By Julia Pyper | Greentech Media
A federal court judge in Arizona has ruled that SolarCity’s legal challenge against Salt River Project can move forward, dismissing the Arizona public utility’s request to block the case.
The October 27 decision throws out SolarCity’s claim for antitrust money damages, as well as claims seeking other non-monetary relief. But it allows the solar installer’s core monopolization claims to proceed.
The lawsuit was filed in response to a new pricing plan Salt River Project (SRP) approved in late February that adds a fee of about $50 per month to all leased and owned solar systems, primarily through a new demand charge. Net metering was also reduced from the retail rate of $0.09 cents per kilowatt-hour to $0.05 cents per kilowatt-hour.
