'For the first time a federal court has said utilities can be liable under antitrust laws if they attack rooftop solar,' said ajeansu. 'The future for renewable energy just got a lot brighter.'
that Arizona power utility Salt River Project—which jacked up electricity rates by more than 60% for customers who installed rooftop solar in the Phoenix metropolitan area—can be prosecuted for violating federal antitrust laws.
"This is a game-changer in the struggle to defend rooftop solar against utilities' all-out war on clean, affordable, climate-resilient energy." "We're thrilled that the Salt River Project will be held accountable for obstructing rooftop solar," Jean Su, director of the Center for Biological Diversity's energy justice program, said in a statement."This is a game-changer in the struggle to defend rooftop solar against utilities' all-out war on clean, affordable, climate-resilient energy."
"For the first time," Su added,"a federal court has said utilities can be liable under antitrust laws if they attack rooftop solar. The future for renewable energy just got a lot brighter."that"SRP customers with household solar systems generate clean, renewable power, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce reliance on SRP's fossil fuel-based grid. These solar customers provide SRP some of its only competition.
After SRP slapped solar customers with a 65% electricity rate hike in 2015,"rooftop solar applications dropped precipitously, with one installer,In 2019, William Ellis and other residents sued SRP, arguing that the utility's pricing plan penalized solar customers and companies in an attempt to maintain monopoly control.
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