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They are in fact "investor owned". As opposed to municipal utilities, which generally oppose these regressive policies.
by miguelazo 3y ago
They are in fact "investor owned". As opposed to municipal utilities, which generally oppose these regressive policies.
- jeffbee 3y agoThat isn't abundantly clear in the article. They don't cite a position paper by any MUDs, and there does not seem to be anything stopping MUDs from having community solar in practice already, as SMUD does.
- miguelazo 3y agoEven if the article doesn't articulate that, if you follow energy policy in California that becomes clear very quickly. Almost no municipal utilities supported revising Net Metering, which ended up reducing the solar energy credits for residential systems by 75%.