[RE-wrenches] Nem3

[Lou Russo]

Thank you William.

Though Hawaii has already gone down this path (mostly), HECO is not, to my
knowledge, redoing existing NEM contracts. But now reading about
California's path forward, I wonder if HECO is planning on doing this.
Since PUC filings are lengthy and arduous to read and digest, understanding
their plans is difficult.

Bed-side reading anybody? Ugh.

Picking up a phone and speaking with a human to clarify these types of
details has proven difficult. Different answers to the same question is
normally how it has worked for me. Leading to more confusion.

As much as it pains me, this topic and others in the solar industry (namely
manufacturers placing an undue burden on us installers) are forcing us to
evaluate adding other income streams that our license class allows us to
perform. Namely straight up commercial and government electrical work, they
seem to be simpler (no cutting edge equipment and janky software) with less
surprises down the road, changing the economics of solar and most
importantly they typically are not design-build.

I realize this type of work has its own headaches but the scales are
tipping in its favor as time marches on.

I can't tell if I am just getting old and am tired of the constant changes
to our industry or are the changes getting worse?


Aloha,

Lou Russo
Owner
lou at spreesolarsystems.com
Office - 808 345 6762
Spree Solar Systems LLC
CT-34322



On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM William Miller via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Friends:
>
>
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> Here is an update on the NEM3 problem.  There is a move to change more of
> California’s solar customers to the NEM3 rate.  Here
> <https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/california-blames-solar-panel-programs-20202781.php>
> is an article on the subject.
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> I sent an email to all of my grid-connected clients to inform this about
> this.  I also created a web-page for them.  You can find it here
> <https://millersolar.com/MillerSolar/Resources/Client_Resources/Utility_News/Utility_News.html>
> .
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> This is an extremely bad precedent for the solar industry.  I would watch
> this carefully.
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> William Miller
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