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Julia Simon

California plans to cut incentives for home solar, worrying environmentalists

The commission that regulates California's utilities decided to cut a key incentive for rooftop solar. That move has climate activists worried. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty)

The commission that regulates California's utilities voted unanimously to cut a key incentive for rooftop solar that helped make the state the largest solar market in the nation.

California is considered the bellwether for the nation's renewable energy policy. Solar advocates worry that getting rid of the incentive will slow the state's solar market, and will embolden opponents of rooftop solar incentives in other states to adopt similar policies.

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