California will slash incentives for new rooftop solar arrays this week. Here's what it means for the Bay Area - San Francisco Chronicle
California will slash incentives for new rooftop solar arrays
Isaac Bonnell, a solar technician with Luminalt, works on decommissioning the solar panels on a home in San Francisco on Friday. Many homeowners are hurrying to swap out old panels for new ones before California reduces incentives for rooftop panels next Friday. Amy Osborne/Special to The Chronicle
The financial incentives that helped spur more than 1.6 million Californians to put solar panels on their homes will end this week.
A rush to go solar leading up to the April 14 deadline has sent installation companies and utilities into overdrive. But many in the industry expect this boom will be followed by a more sluggish era for rooftop solar in California.
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Declining costs and government encouragement have resulted in a rapid increase in solar energy production in the United States over the past 10 years, although solar’s share remains small: 1.6 percent of all electricity generation in 2018. That rapid growth is projected to continue.