SAN DIEGO - A controversial overhaul of rooftop solar regulations instituted more than two years ago by the California Public Utilities Commission will get another look after the state Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a trio of environmental organizations.

The highest court sent the third iteration of the state's net energy metering tariff program, colloquially known as NEM 3.0, back to the state appeals court.

All seven justices determined an earlier decision by an appeals court judge gave too much deference to the utilities commission when it rebuffed the environmental groups' lawsuit seeking to overturn the NEM 3.0 regulations.

In its 18-page decision , the state Supreme Court said it was not concluding the new solar rules are "correct or incorrect - only that the Court of Ap

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