The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has decided to drastically reduce its export rates — what the utilities pay solar users for excess energy — to mitigate a utility-alleged “cost-shift” to non-solar ratepayers.
The two-day hearing adjourned at 9:25 pm ET, after almost 30 hours of public testimony, with a vote of 4-1 to implement significant changes to Arizona policy. The export rates were only one piece of this, and solar advocates are already suggesting that this could devastate the rooftop-solar industry in the state.
As pv magazine reported in October, the decision will value distributed solar based on the price of utility-scale solar generation, as evaluated each year with a five-year horizon…
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