Surplus Solar Bill Introduced in California

Assembly Bill 1920, which is sponsored by Environment California, was unveiled at the location of California’s largest solar producer, SPG Solar in Novato. AB 1920 will enable consumers who produce solar power to get paid by their utility company for any excess electricity they produce on an annual basis. The level of compensation would be set by the Public Utilities Commission and would help the utility meet their renewable energy goals mandated by state law.

“If California wants to become the Saudia Arabia of the sun, we have to remove all barriers to going solar and we have to be fair for those who have invested their own money in solar power,” said Bernadette Del Chiaro, clean energy advocate with Environment California. “This bill will encourage not just more solar power but conservation and efficiency as well as owners see a benefit to generating surplus power.”