By Ivan Penn in the Los Angeles Times

January 20, 2016

Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and Pacific Gas & Electric are pushing back against a regulator proposal for new rules on compensating California homeowners and businesses for the solar power they produce.

The three investor-owned utilities have united in an unusual counterproposal that would be less generous to solar-panel owners than the plan that the California Public Utilities Commission is set to vote on next week.

The utilities maintain that electricity customers will continue to shoulder an undue financial burden if the PUC approves the proposed new rules on the compensation system, known as net-energy metering. In regulatory filings and a news release, Edison said the utilities see the need for “a more sustainable future for all customers,” not just those with solar.

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