California Deserves a Fairer System.
It’s time to
Non-Solar Customers Paid
$8.5 Billion in 2024
to Subsidize Solar Customers
Electric Bills Keep Getting Higher.
California's rooftop solar program is outdated, causing higher bills for millions of customers—including those least able to pay.
California’s Net Energy Metering (NEM) program was created in 1995 to encourage rooftop solar adoption. Three decades later, this outdated system forces those without solar to pay for massive subsidies to homeowners who can already afford solar — shifting billions of dollars annually to non-solar customers’ bills
This is one of the main drivers of increasing electricity prices, with Californians now facing the second-highest electricity bills in the entire country.
How We Fix It
Assemblymember Lisa Calderon (D-Whittier) introduced AB 942 to fix the cost shift and deliver billions in electricity bill savings for Californians. The amended AB 942 will still provide Californians with billions in savings:
When a property is sold, the new owner switches to a more equitable system — resulting in an estimated rate relief of $203 million in 2026 and $2.5 billion from 2026 to 2043.
Reallocate the California Climate Credit from solar customers to non-solar customers, providing estimated rate relief of $220 million in 2026 and $1.1 billion from 2026 to 2030.
