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Elisa Rivas

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Elisa Rivas is an energy development attorney who advises clients on utility asset transfers or encumbrances, applications for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Permit to Construct, transmission projects, and the California Environmental Quality Act. She has represented client interests before the California Public Utilities Commission in electric and natural gas General Rate Cases, Section 851 and 854 applications, wildfire proceedings, and other administrative litigation.

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On March 9, 2026, the California Court of Appeal handed down a decision in favor of the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Net Billing Tariff, which was adopted in 2022 as a successor to the then-current Net Energy Metering (NEM) 2.0 tariff. The Net Billing Tariff reduced compensation for exported energy due to concerns that…

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On August 7, 2025, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Center for Biological Diversity, Inc. v. Public Utilities Commission (Cal., Aug. 7, 2025, No. S283614), 2025 WL 2253765 (Center for Biological Diversity). The case centers around the Net Energy Metering program, updated by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in…