When it comes to fighting for net metering, I feel that the SolarWakeup community has a standing of leadership. Why? Because we stood for retail net metering, together, for over 2 years through the SolarPledge. The SolarPledge also worked in tandem with SEIA to ensure that the industry fought for the ITC extension, together. Was everyone with us from the start? No. Did we create concensus that gave us the results we wanted? Yes. I have respect for the work that Barry and Jigar have done in their careers but why are they doing PR around their petition? What is the agenda behind their petition? Did they have a conversation with Tom Kimbis or SEIA staff before publishing it? I can only think of a single case of a solar company coming out against net metering, but that didn’t sway SEIA even under the Chairmanship of a utility scale developer CEO. I enjoy transparency, that’s why I wrote every day about my thoughts, so here is my recommendation to the team behind the petition. Let’s sit in a room with SEIA, I’m happy to be a neutral 3rd party, and discuss what is really the cause for the strive. Let’s end the senseless newspaper coverage about nonexistent strive and get to a solution, because at the end of the day I don’t see us being that far apart from where we need to be in the future. So tell me the day and I will be there, so we can figure it out together.
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Have a great day!
Yann