• May 13, 2022
• David Burdick
• Insight

The CPUC’s proceedings have resumed regarding proposed changes to California’s Net Metering Program. Back in December of 2021, the CPUC issued a Proposed Decision to substantially re-structure California’s Net Energy Metering (NEM) program. The proposed changes include (among other things) …

• February 4, 2022
• David Burdick
• Insight

On February 3, 2022, the California Public Utilities Commission issued a notice that the proceedings regarding the Proposed Decision to change the Net Energy Metering (NEM) Program are officially on hold. “The proposed decision, which was issued on December 13, …

• January 19, 2022
• David Burdick
• Insight

As highlighted in our recent articles, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is proposing devastating changes to the State’s Net Energy Metering (NEM) Program. The NEM Program has been wildly successful in empowering electricity customers in California to deploy …

• January 5, 2022
• David Burdick
• Insight

In California, time is running out for new solar & battery projects. SGIP battery incentive funding continues to dwindle rapidly. And a recent proposed decision from the CPUC could wipe out the economic value of new solar projects. Thus it …

• December 15, 2021
• David Burdick
• Insight

On Monday, December 13, 2021, the California Public Utilities Commission released their proposed decision regarding changes to California’s Net Energy Metering (NEM) Program. NEM is the program which enables behind-the-meter / rooftop energy systems (like solar) to earn credits for …

• August 25, 2021
• David Burdick
• Insight

THE VALUE OF SOLAR IS ON THE DECLINE

According to a recent study published by The Breakthrough Institute, the value of solar in California’s wholesale electricity market has fallen by around 37% since 2014 relative to other sources of electricity …

• July 8, 2021
• David Burdick
• Insight

In California, there are only a few months left to submit new solar and battery projects to secure the current NEM benefits and rich battery incentives.

The Current NEM Program Is Closing Soon

As highlighted in our recent article…

• May 11, 2021
• David Burdick
• Insight

Net Energy Metering (NEM) is the utility program which enables on-site (or behind the meter) energy installations (like solar) to earn credits for exporting electricity to the grid. Under the terms of the NEM program, electricity that is generated by …

• October 16, 2019
• Ashley Hale
• Insight

In our previous TerraBlog post, How CCAs can partner with their NEM customers to reduce their Resource Adequacy costs with energy storage systems, we shared the process we use to model the impact of pairing energy storage systems with …

• August 29, 2019
• Ashley Hale
• Insight

In our previous TerraBlog post, “How CCAs can model and deploy battery energy storage and DERs”, we shared a case study for using the Building Efficiency Optimization (BEO) software to reduce a community choice agency’s (CCAs) cost to …