AB 942: IOUs Trying to Break Ag Solar Contracts
AB 942 (Calderon) proposes to let the IOUs break the contracts that were signed by agricultural producers and processors who invested in solar energy. The bill would force customers who have been in the Net-Energy Metering (NEM) program for more than 10 years on NEM 1.0 or NEM 2.0 to transition to the newest NBT tariff (NEM 3.0).
Customers in NEM 1.0 and NEM 2.0 contracted a 20-year grandfather period on the tariff when they entered the program. AB 942 wants to break that contract.
The bill would also transition any solar installation to the newest tariff if a property is sold.
AECA strongly opposed this legislation, and urges you to contact your local Assemblymembers and Senators to communicate your opposition.
Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (SD 4, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, Tuolumne)
senator.alvarado-gil@senate.ca.gov 916-651-4004
Senator Anna Caballero (SD 14, Fresno, Merced, Madera, Tulare)
senator.caballero@senate.ca.gov 916-651-4014
Senator Shannon Grove (SD 12, Fresno, Kern, Tulare)
senator.grove@senate.ca.gov 916-651-4012
Senator Melissa Hurtado (SD 16, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Tulare)
senator.hurtado@senate.ca.gov 916-651-4016
Senator Jerry McNerney (SD 5, San Joaquin)
senator.mcnerney@senate.ca.gov 916-651-4005
Assm. Juan Alanis (AD 22, Merced, Stanislaus)
assemblymember.alanis@asm.ca.gov 916-319-2022
Assm. Joaquin Arambula (AD 31, Fresno)
assemblymember.arambula@asm.ca.gov 916-319-2031
Assm. Jasmeet Bains (AD 35, Kern)
assemblymember.bains@asm.ca.gov 91-319-2035
Assm. Stan Ellis (AD 31, Kern, Tulare)
assemblymember.ellis@asm.ca.gov 916-319-2031
Assm. Heath Flora (AD 9, San Joaquin, Stanislaus)
assemblymember.flora@asm.ca.gov 916-319-2009
Assm. Alexandra Macedo (AD 33, Fresno, Kings, Tulare)
assemblymember.macedo@asm.ca.gov 916-319-2033
Assm. Rhodesia Ransom (AD 13, San Joaquin)
assemblymember.ransom@asm.ca.gov 916-319-2013
Assm. Esmeralda Soria (AD 27, Fresno, Madera, Merced)
assemblymember.soria@asm.ca.gov 916-319-2027
Assm. David Tangipa (AD 8, Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne)
assemblymember.tangipa@asm.ca.gov 916-319-2008
Policymakers and regulators need stand up to the IOUs and ensure they honor the agreements made with growers and processors.