California regulators are in the process of revising the state’s incentives for rooftop solar installations and other small-scale renewables. The current incentives, known as “net energy metering,” compensate local producers for surplus energy fed back into the grid with a full retail credit, rather than a less-expensive wholesale or “avoided cost” rate.

Ratepayer advocates believe this full retail credit is a subsidy for wealthy homeowners who disproportionately have rooftop solar, while some environmental and solar groups argue they are a necessary tool to achieve California’s ambitious climate agenda and promote economic growth.

We’ll hear a debate tonight on the state’s approach to subsidizing this type of renewable energy tonight on State of the Bay at 6pm PT. Joining us will be:

• Severin Borenstein, Director of the Energy Institute at Haas School of Business
• Loretta Lynch, former President of the California Public Utilities Commission

Plus, as the Bay Area starts to emerge from the pandemic, will hunger finally subside? Tanis Crosby, Executive Director of the San Francisco Marin Food Bank, we’ll give us the latest.

And finally, we’ll hear from State of the Bay frequent contributor Lara Bazelon, Director of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinics at the University of San Francisco School of Law, about her new novel, “A Good Mother.”

Tune in tonight at 6pm PT on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live. Call 866-798-TALK with questions during the show!