Barry Cinnamon (right), owner of rooftop-solar-power company Cinnamon Energy Systems of Los Gatos, visits with his customer Selcuk Gun near dual battery units installed at his home in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Bay Area rooftop-solar businesses are reeling from a statewide change that gutted compensation for homeowners […]
On Friday, solar equipment company Enphase Energy in Fremont will lay off 350 workers. The company said market conditions are forcing the move, but solar advocates are saying those conditions were created by the state when it changed the amount it pays solar owners for the energy they create. Since then, the demand for solar […]
Elected officials and school leaders in Alameda County are calling on the state to block a controversial proposal that could prevent California schools from embracing solar power. School board officials in Oakland and state leaders want the state to reject the proposal that they say would spike solar costs on rooftops and parking lots and […]