SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay), released the following letter, urging the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to hold utilities accountable for missing deadlines to interconnect solar and storage:
November 21, 2025
Alice Busching Reynolds, President
California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
RE: Urging the California Public Utilities Commission to hold utilities accountable for missing deadlines to interconnect solar and storage
Dear President Reynolds,
We, the undersigned legislators, are writing to urge the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to hold Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE) accountable for repeatedly missing state-mandated timelines to interconnect solar and storage.
California has long led the nation in working towards a clean energy future, setting a goal of generating 100% of the state’s energy from renewable and zero-carbon sources by 2045. The state has made substantial progress towards this goal, which can largely be attributed to significant investment in clean energy resources. Despite this progress, California will not meet this target unless it remains on track in bringing new clean energy resources online.
Timely interconnection is more important now than ever. The accelerated end to the federal investment tax credit means that many systems must be either started by mid-2026 or completed by the end of 2027 to remain viable.
When Californians install solar and storage, they cannot turn on their system until the utility gives their approval. This approval process, known as interconnection, is governed by Rule 21, which sets timelines that utilities are required to follow for each stage in the process. The CPUC has nearly five years of data that shows the utilities miss some of these timelines as much as 73% of the time.[1] Clean energy advocates recently filed a formal complaint that demonstrates the extent of these rule violations.
When utilities drag out interconnection, customers are forced to carry loans and leasing costs for potentially unreasonably or unpredictably long periods of time, all while accruing additional interest payments. Further, each day mired in interconnection is another day where the customer must pay high rates to the utility instead of earning savings from their system.
Despite this clear record of non-compliance, the CPUC has not chosen to enforce the rules.
PG&E and SCE must be held accountable as soon as possible to ensure that California installs as much solar and storage as it can before the end of the tax credit and beyond. This will put our state in the best position possible to meet our ambitious climate goals and make electric rates more affordable for all Californians.
Sincerely,
Dawn Addis
Assemblymember, 30th District
[1]California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA) vs. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (U39E) and Southern California Edison Company (U338E), Table 2, available online at: https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/SearchRes.aspx?DocFormat=ALL&DocID=580416116.
Dawn Addis was elected to the California State Assembly in 2022 to represent the coastal 30th Assembly District, which includes San Luis Obispo, Monterey, and Santa Cruz Counties. She is the Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee 1 on Health.
CONTACT: Alexis Garcia-Arrazola, (916) 319-2030