Welcome to Solar Freedom: Your home. Your roof. Your power. The podcast where we help you defend the freedom and independence of rooftop solar with our hosts from the Solar Rights Alliance: Dave Rosenfeld, Executive Director, and Cailey Underhill, Advocacy and Development Director.
IN THIS EPISODE:
We share takeaways from solar wins, explain the CA Supreme Court solar lawsuit, and answer your questions about solar batteries.
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Your rooftop solar contracts are safe, thanks to you! In a demonstration of grassroots power, your efforts defanged AB 942, the bill that would have broken 2 million solar contracts. We dive into how you won, and where we go from here.
We also explain another rooftop solar win in the California Supreme Court, which decided that the California Public Utility Commission is not above the law, and that a lower court needs to decide if the CPUC broke the law when they created “NEM3.”
And we also spoke with the Executive Director of the California Solar & Storage Association, Brad Heavner, about getting a battery, adding more solar panels to your system, and more.
KEY MOMENTS:
What happened with AB 942: 1:08
What the Supreme Court decided about NEM3: 5:55
Brad Heavner, Executive Director of CALSSA: 20:18
Solar Hero Dency: 50:21
Tools to take action: 52:17
“You’re using energy, and the fuel is free. The fuel is absolutely free. You’re driving around, seeing other people standing at the gas station, you know, pulling out their credit cards. And you have created your own power from sunshine. It’s really beautiful. “ -Brad Heavner
GET THE FULL STORY:
Solar Freedom, Episode 1:
https://bit.ly/SolarRightsAlliancePodcast-Episode1
Solar Freedom, Episode 2:
https://bit.ly/SolarRightsAlliancePodcast-Episode2
Solar Freedom, Episode 3:
https://bit.ly/SolarRightsAlliancePodcast-Episode3
Solar Freedom Episode 4:
https://bit.ly/SolarRightsAlliancePodcast-Episode4
MORE BACKGROUND:
The solar contract and California’s guarantee:
The CA State Supreme Court Decision on NEM3:
https://solarrights.org/blog/2025/08/07/nem3appeal/
The utilities and their allies spent more than $1 billion influencing politicians, nonprofits, academia, and more:
https://solarrights.org/blog/2024/11/13/utilitypayments/
Learn more about the utility lies about rooftop solar:
https://solarrights.org/cost-shift/
Six tips for buying a solar-powered battery
https://solarrights.org/blog/2023/07/30/six_tips_for_deciding_if_battery_storage_is_for_you
We’d love to hear your stories and questions!
Give us a call at 619-292-8740, and let us know in your voicemail that you’re calling for the podcast. We’ll select questions and stories to play on the air for each episode!