Despite the deluge of criticism it received in September, the California Public Utilities Commission has doubled down with proposed changes to the state’s net metering system. Instead of a Net Metering 3.0, the Commission’s proposal – which will be voted on January 27th – has moved onto a Net Billing tariff – so the new system is no longer officially called NEM 3.0. To put it simply, CPUC has sided with the interests and proposals of the big three investor-owned utilities in the state – SDG&E, PG&E, and SCE. The payments rooftop solar owners receive from the grid will be reduced, by 77% according to one reading of the new policy and by between 75% and 83% by another. Exact…