Today’s Headlines: California has drastically cut rooftop solar incentives

California has sharply reduced incentive payments for rooftop solar power, taking a sledgehammer to a program that helped 1.5 million homes and businesses put solar panels on their roofs. Appointees to the Public Utilities Commission said the approved revamped incentive program would encourage more people to install batteries that can bank clean power for California’s hot summer evenings when the state has found itself short on power.