As Solar Power Spreads, Diverse Users Fight Utility Attempts To Penalize It

Photovoltaic solar power field at Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee

You’d be surprised how much a rooftop solar panel can make utility-company executives sweat. Home solar installations are on the rise in the U.S., and that has electric utilities worried. Now they have a new worry: A remarkably varied group of advocates and interest groups is fighting efforts by utility lobbyists to restrict, penalize, or boost… …read more