Full Title: Rooftop Solar Reduces Costs for All Ratepayers
Author(s): Richard McCann, Brad Heavner, and Bernadette Del Chiaro
Publisher(s): California Solar + Storage Association
Publication Date: February 22, 2025
Full Text: Download Resource
Description (excerpt):
As California policy makers seek to address energy affordability in 2025, new research shows why rooftop solar can and has helped control rate escalation. This research stands in direct contrast to claims that rooftop solar is to blame for rising rates. This report shows that the real reason electricity rates have increased dramatically in recent years is out of control utility spending and utility profit making, enabled by a lack of proper oversight by regulators.