When Arizona regulators allowed the state’s biggest utility to charge a special fee on residential customers with solar panels in 2013, the decision was groundbreaking. Now utilities across the country are making similar moves.
This month, two major California utilities copied the rooftop solar fees used by Arizona Public Service Co. and Salt River Project.
Southern California Edison announced its proposal to the Public Utilities Commission Aug. 3. It is essentially the same proposal Arizona regulators will consider this week from APS: a monthly $3-per-kilowatt fee based on the capacity of a customer’s solar panels.
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