Net metering is a way to make solar more affordable, but the benefits vary by state. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of NerdWallet, but this does not ...

A big change to how solar energy is measured in California just went into effect that may cause homeowners in the state to reassess the value of installing solar panels. Previously, whatever excess ...

California Assembly member Laura Friedman has introduced AB 2256, which would require the CPUC to fully consider the costs and benefits of rooftop solar when revisiting its net energy metering (NEM) ...

As someone who lives in rural Wood County, I experience frequent power outages. That means worrying about whether my freezer is going to thaw or if my blood sugar alarm is working. For my neighbor ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case that could be pivotal to the spread of rooftop solar ...

Solar advocates worry that changes in the rules for rooftop solar could slow installations in North Carolina. Environmental groups are asking the North Carolina Court of Appeals to overturn Duke ...

The Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA) and Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) are desperately trying to convince Minnesota legislators that our state’s first-in-the-nation net ...

As global leaders celebrated a hard-fought agreement to triple the world’s renewable energy production and transition away from fossil fuels, an attorney for the state of California was in a San ...

Despite being turned back by the California Public Utilities Commission and an appeals court in San Francisco, three groups have taken their fight to overturn recently passed rules regarding rooftop ...

This story originally published in Boiling Point, a newsletter about climate change and the environment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. The fate of California’s wildly successful rooftop solar ...