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Public Comment
From:Alexander Black <alex@heliosenergyca.com>
Sent:Friday, September 25, 2020 3:07 PM
To:Public Comment
Subject:Anaheim City Council to extend Solar NEM 1.0 deadline
As you know, we've lost AT LEAST 6+ months of this year's business due to COVID-19.
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2020 was the 'proposed' final year of Anaheim Public Utilities NEM 1.0, which maintains an equal cost kWh exchange
of 1:1 for all new Solar installations.
January 1st, 2021 is the current set date for NEM 2.0.
There are multiple Anaheim businesses, schools, and churches that were in process of getting approved & installed
for solar this year, but due to COVID-19 had to SHUTDOWN.
Now as they start to come back online, it's too late to finish before year's end, as NEM 2.0 essentially renders Solar no
longer financially advantageous.
NEM 1.0 should be extended an additional 12 months to give businesses the chance to finish
what they started.
California mandated a shutdown for many months, granted extensions on taxes, eviction relief, business payroll relief,
etc. in response to the global pandemic.
If everything else was frozen in time, would it not make sense for NEM 1.0 too?
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We know you care about your community and Anaheim businesses. If you decide to grant this 12-month NEM 1.0
extension it will allow businesses and homeowners alike to flourish after struggling through one of the most difficult
times I personally have ever experienced.
Thank you all sincerely for everything you do for our community. We appreciate you.
Sincerely,
Taylor Crouse
Helios Energy
*NEM Explanation:
Anaheim Public Utilities (along w/ SCE, LADWP, SDG&E, etc.) provides a service known as Net Energy Metering (NEM). NEM occurs as commercial or residential Solar system's
create excess electricity during the day, they SEND/SELL that electricity back to the grid, and then at night when the sun's not out, they RECEIVE/BUY that power back.
NEM 1.0
When YOU RECEIVE/BUY Anaheim Public Utilities 1 kWh, you pay $1.00
When YOU SEND/SELL Anaheim Public Utilities 1 kWh, they'll pay you $1.00
NEM 2.0
When YOU RECEIVE/BUY Anaheim Public Utilities 1 kWh, you pay $1.00
When YOU SEND/SELL Anaheim Public Utilities 1 kWh, they'll pay you $0.33
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On Sep 25, 2020, at 2:41 PM, Public Comment <publiccomment@anaheim.net> wrote:
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The City is in receipt of your public comment. Your comment will be distributed to the
City Council for their consideration and made part of the public record of the City
Council meeting.
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