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California, by far the country’s leader in rooftop solar, will soon become a far less lucrative market for rooftop-solar companies and the homeowners and businesses they serve.
On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved a plan that will radically reduce the amount of money that customers can save and earn by installing new solar systems in the territories of the state’s three big investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric, which serve about three-quarters of California’s population.