In a few days, three environmental groups — including one from San Diego — get their chance to try to persuade the California Supreme Court to overturn a controversial rooftop solar policy issued by the California Public Utilities Commission nearly three years ago.

“We’ve been working on this for a long time and we hope the court makes the right decision,” said Roger Lin, senior attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity .

The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Los Angeles.

The case centers on whether the utilities commission, known as the CPUC, made the legally correct call when it changed the rules regarding how the estimated 2 million rooftop solar customers in California get compensated when their systems generate more electricity than they consume.

In December 2022, t

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