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California District Court of Appeals Upholds State’s Net Metering Tariff
On March 9, 2026 a California appeals court has upheld the latest version of the state’s net metering tariff, NEM 3.0, which was challenged on the basis that it violated the statutory goals of the net metering program because it did not take account net metering’s social benefits, “fails to promote sustainable growth of renewable energy, and omits alternatives to promote… renewable systems… in disadvantaged communities.”
In its decision, the court found “petitioners do not sufficiently describe the benefits of the tariff that the Commission purportedly failed to quantify,” and that NEM 3.0 “adequately serves the various — albeit sometimes inconsistent — objectives”
