Idahoans hold up signs supporting solar energy at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise in 2024. (Courtesy of the Idaho Chapter Sierra Club)

Solar panel advocates have filed a petition for reconsideration asking the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to resolve their concerns over a decrease in reimbursement rates that Idaho Power pays to customers who generate their own electricity through rooftop solar panel systems.

In a press release issued last week, the groups Vote Solar and the Sierra Club announced that they filed the petition and have asked the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, or PUC, to create a working group to review the fairness of solar reimbursement rates before the next scheduled review in 2028.

“The PUC acknowledged that the Export Credit Rates are unreasonable and volatil

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