California’s state legislature has passed AB 2316, a community solar funding scheme whose payments will be tied to the value of the electricity at the time it’s sent into the grid – thus heavily incentivising co-located battery energy storage. Fully 51% of each community solar project will be “dedicated” to benefit low-income customers and service organisations, with regular reports to lawmakers on low-income participation rates. The time-of-day pricing is coupled with outright energy storage requirements. This move has been on the cards since April, when the State Assembly approved a community solar framework with recognizable emphasis on energy storage and subsidy for low-income owners. Up till now, California has been one of the weaker-performing states in terms of its community…