The California Supreme Court just gave state officials a golden opportunity to revitalize the rooftop solar industry, helping millions of homes and businesses lower their electric bills and fight the climate crisis.

Unfortunately, there’s little chance Gov. Gavin Newsom will do it.

When the California Public Utilities Commission voted in 2022 to slash rooftop solar incentives, environmentalists sued the agency. They won a big victory this month , with the state’s top court ruling that a lower court was wrong when it said environmentalists couldn’t challenge the agency’s logic in cutting payments to solar customers. Now the lower court will need to take another look.

This would be a perfect time for Newsom to make the lawsuit irrelevant and demand that lawmakers pass a bold plan to adv

See Full Page