The California Photo voltaic & Storage Affiliation (CALSSA) shared a brand new breakdown of latest photo voltaic job losses in each a part of California.
Simply over seven months in the past, the Gov. Gavin Newsom-appointed California Public Utilities Fee (CPUC) made drast reductions to Web Power Metering — this system answerable for lowering the prices of going photo voltaic by compensating system house owners for his or her power manufacturing — by slashing the worth of photo voltaic power shared again to the grid by photo voltaic properties and companies by 70-80% in a single day. On the identical time, the CPUC and Gov. Newsom promised to offer incentives for power storage to assist soften the blow however these incentives have but to materialize.
For the reason that CPUC’s resolution, the photo voltaic trade is experiencing enterprise closures and depression-level layoffs at a time of unprecedented federal assist for photo voltaic set up.
A survey of California photo voltaic and storage corporations discovered 17,000 jobs have or shall be misplaced by the tip of 2023 due the latest web metering adjustments. The huge job loss represents 22% of all photo voltaic jobs in California. CALSSA’s new breakdown of the survey numbers estimate no a part of California is spared from the ache of photo voltaic job losses.
| Area | Estimated Jobs Misplaced | Counties |
| Pacific North | 664 | Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Trinity |
| Sierra North | 1,291 | Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, Yuba |
| Bay Space | 2,705 | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma |
| Central Valley | 3,167 | Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne |
| Central Coast | 665 | Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz |
| Los Angeles | 3,010 | Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange |
| Inland & Desert | 2,848 | Riverside, San Bernardino |
| San Diego | 2,651 | San Diego, Imperial |
“Throughout California we’re seeing the grim actuality of how the CPUC’s cuts to photo voltaic are taking livelihoods away from 1000’s of households,” mentioned CALSSA Government Director Bernadette Del Chiaro. “Nobody would count on a supposed local weather chief like California to be pulling the plug on inexperienced jobs and our quickest and most accessible path to a clear power future. However that’s the place we’re immediately. Underneath the CPUC’s management California is answerable for the most important lack of photo voltaic jobs in our nation’s historical past.”
Information merchandise from CALSSA
