đź”— Articles: Friday 12.Apr.2024
pv magazine: California Supreme Court to review rooftop solar net metering
The case involves the state’s NEM 3.0 net metering scheme and the rate structure that went into effect in April 2023. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a request by the state’s largest investor-owned utilities to cut compensation to customers that export excess solar generation to the grid, a process called net energy metering.
Net metering rates were rapidly cut by 80% under NEM 3.0. This change, combined with a high-interest rate environment, has pushed the state’s robust rooftop solar industry off a cliff, damaging the return on investment for homeowners, and leading to more than 17,000 solar jobs lost, demand falling 80% post-implementation, and numerous companies filing for bankruptcy.
“The commission’s new rooftop solar policy enables the utilities’ self-interested attack on rooftop solar,” said Bill Powers, an energy expert with The Protect Our Communities Foundation. “The real problem is heedless pursuit of maximum profit by the utilities at the expense of reasonable rates and commonsense climate action.”
TorStar: Jagmeet Singh backpedals on consumer carbon levy
Referring to a March report that concluded industrial carbon pricing systems were far more effective than the consumer levy on fuel, Singh told reporters that the New Democrats “want more attention on the policies that are the biggest drivers of lowering emissions,” such as the industrial price on pollution and methane regulations. He said the NDP would release its own climate plan.
“It can’t just be that our only approach to fighting the climate crisis is using free-market solutions,” he said. “That is not sufficient to meet the seriousness of what we’re up against.”
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Overall, the Abacus data showed a small increase in the number of respondents who don’t support the federal carbon pricing system, although it also revealed they were skeptical of all political messaging around the issue – regardless of whether it was positive or negative. When it comes to which of the two major federal leaders was providing the most accurate information around the policy, 27 per cent of responders chose Trudeau, 32 per cent chose Poilievre, and 41 per cent said neither.
TorStar: Jon Wells: 14 years. 140 officers. Inside the Lucas Shortreed case
She determined it was OEM: Original equipment manufacturer vehicle paint.
To find a match for her white paint sample, she tapped into an RCMP database that stored more than 15,000 paint samples.
She determined the paint had come from the frame of the hit-and-run car, near where the windshield meets the front door, and found 578 samples in the database that matched.
Globe: Priest accused of sex assaults against children in Nunavut dies
The Oblates of Lacombe Canada and the Oblate Province of France say Johannes Rivoire died Thursday.
Rev. Ken Thorson with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Lacombe Canada said Friday in an email the death may be difficult news for those who advocated for the priest to face justice in Canada.
Globe: Gary Mason: Victoria has a problem it can’t solve: homelessness
Pandora Avenue, in the downtown core, has long been a magnet for displaced persons. A broad stretch of sidewalk extending a long city block is today the site of a number of tents, some quite large, that house dozens and dozens of homeless people, many of whom are drug-addicted and mentally ill. Outreach workers have noted the recent arrival to the camp of people from outside the province and also an increase in the number of youth.
It’s all had a debilitating impact on nearby businesses, such as McDonald’s and Save-On-Foods, which are constantly calling police to deal with issues caused by those who have little to eat and no place to turn when nature calls.
Yahoo Sports: Coyotes players reportedly told team is moving from Arizona to Utah
Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong met with the team before their game against the Edmonton Oilers on Friday to confirm rumors that the NHL has facilitated a sale of the team to Ryan and Ashley Smith, owners of the Utah Jazz, according to ESPN. Players had reportedly been demanding answers, leading Armstrong to fly up to Edmonton to break the news.
Last Updated: 12.Apr.2024 23:50 EDT