Three environmental groups argued Wednesday before the California Supreme Court that state utility regulators acted illegally ...

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments for and against overturning a controversial decision made almost ...

The Center for Biological Diversity says policy changes by the state's utility regulator to cut customer incentives hampers ...

Environmentalists want to raise net metering payments to solar panel owners. But the subsidies were unfair to other ...

California Assembly Bill 942 would end net metering for homes with solar panels upon sale of the property. The bill aims to address the cost shift from solar users to non-solar users, estimated at ...

California utility regulators on Thursday approved major changes to the state's booming rooftop solar market that they say will more evenly spread the cost of energy and help reduce the state's ...

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Over the past two decades, California has become a juggernaut of solar energy production. But that doesn’t mean its residents are reaping huge benefits. A new analysis by Los Angeles Times staff ...

In sunny California, solar panels are everywhere. They sit in dry, desert landscapes in the Central Valley and are scattered over rooftops in Los Angeles’s urban center. By last count ...

we at the MarketWatch Guides team determined that the best solar installers in California are Palmetto, Momentum and Sunrun. California ranks first in the nation for installed solar power.

In the U.S., California was one of the earliest pioneers and supporters of solar energy. In 1976, the state passed a law that favored investments in the solar energy sector. A few years later ...