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Del Chiaro: California solar sales fell 80% after net metering changes
“California just announced, you know, just put in place major changes to the number one driver to that market, which was net metering, and we just got data today that shows that sales are down 80% across the state.”
Bernadette Del Chiaro Oct 6, 2023 ▶ 12:48 Can California pull off its clean energy ambitions?
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Del Chiaro: CPUC proposal forces multi-meter solar to repurchase generated power
“The Public Utilities Commission wants to apply the draconian changes to net metering and then some. They want to basically declare every electron that solar system generates on that apartment building and export and then force people to buy it back from PG&E a…”
Bernadette Del Chiaro Oct 6, 2023 ▶ 1:00:07 Can California pull off its clean energy ambitions?
Assertion Partly supported
Del Chiaro: Pending proposal restricts solar installations to licensed electricians
“There's a proposal right now pending before a licensing board called the California Contractor Licensing Board that would require solar and storage distributed to be only installed by electricians.”
Bernadette Del Chiaro Oct 6, 2023 ▶ 41:12 Can California pull off its clean energy ambitions?
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Del Chiaro: Electricity delivery is the largest expense on utility bills
“The expense to rate payers of delivering those electrons into our cities, piping it into our homes and our businesses, is the largest expense right now on a utility bill.”
Bernadette Del Chiaro Oct 6, 2023 ▶ 28:45 Can California pull off its clean energy ambitions?
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Del Chiaro: Rooftop solar grew fastest in working-class communities before NEM 3.0
“Our largest growth in our market prior to this NEM III decision was in working class communities in California.”
Bernadette Del Chiaro Oct 6, 2023 ▶ 29:28 Can California pull off its clean energy ambitions?
Assertion Partly supported
Del Chiaro: California has 1 GW of distributed residential battery storage
“The largest battery in the world is in California hanging on garage walls. It's a gigawatt worth of energy storage capacity in a distributed fashion.”
Bernadette Del Chiaro Oct 6, 2023 ▶ 55:21 Can California pull off its clean energy ambitions?
Assertion Partly supported
Del Chiaro: California's August blackout shortfall was only 250 MW
“To put that in context, when California had blackouts a couple summer, a couple Augusts ago, the delta in our needs was around 250 megawatts.”
Bernadette Del Chiaro Oct 6, 2023 ▶ 55:30 Can California pull off its clean energy ambitions?
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