Solar companies rush to fill orders before Californias incentive changes

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) — The State of California’s upcoming solar incentive changes has a lot of San Diegans on edge. “It’s a very contradictory policy,” said Michael Gilroy, a Chula Vista resident. Solar owners receive money for excess electricity created by their panels, but soon the amount they’re credited could drop by an average of 80%. “It was now or never so we finally made the decision to do it,” Gilroy said. Californians are usually credited at the retail rate of electricity. But with this upcoming change, customers will receive the “actual avoided cost.” This is equal to the…