California power providers might be changing the rates to make it less worthwhile for homeowners to install solar panels.
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Part of the article: "Why is this happening? Because California wants more money. According to the California Public Utilities Commission so many people have installed solar to get out of paying their montly electric bill that utilities can?t cover the cost of maintaining the distribution system, i.e. the power lines that keep setting parts of the state on fire. Increasingly, the cost of maintaining those lines is falling on people who can?t afford to install solar who tend to be lower income people. And that?s unfair according to the PUC and California won?t allow that. So they?re creating a new tax on those who can afford to pay it."