Thank you William. Though Hawaii has already gone down this path (mostly), HECO is not, to my knowledge, redoing existing NEM contracts. But now reading about California's path forward, I wonder if HECO is planning on doing this. Since PUC filings are lengthy and arduous to read and digest, understanding their plans is difficult.
Bed-side reading anybody? Ugh. Picking up a phone and speaking with a human to clarify these types of details has proven difficult. Different answers to the same question is normally how it has worked for me. Leading to more confusion. As much as it pains me, this topic and others in the solar industry (namely manufacturers placing an undue burden on us installers) are forcing us to evaluate adding other income streams that our license class allows us to perform. Namely straight up commercial and government electrical work, they seem to be simpler (no cutting edge equipment and janky software) with less surprises down the road, changing the economics of solar and most importantly they typically are not design-build. I realize this type of work has its own headaches but the scales are tipping in its favor as time marches on. I can't tell if I am just getting old and am tired of the constant changes to our industry or are the changes getting worse? Aloha, Lou Russo Owner [email protected] Office - 808 345 6762 Spree Solar Systems LLC CT-34322 On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM William Miller via RE-wrenches < [email protected]> wrote: > Friends: > > > > Here is an update on the NEM3 problem. There is a move to change more of > California’s solar customers to the NEM3 rate. Here > <https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/california-blames-solar-panel-programs-20202781.php> > is an article on the subject. > > > > I sent an email to all of my grid-connected clients to inform this about > this. I also created a web-page for them. You can find it here > <https://millersolar.com/MillerSolar/Resources/Client_Resources/Utility_News/Utility_News.html> > . > > > > This is an extremely bad precedent for the solar industry. I would watch > this carefully. > > > > William Miller > > > > Miller Solar > > 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 > > 805-438-5600 > > www.millersolar.com > > CA Lic. 773985 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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