Subscribe today to the Washington Examiner magazine and get Washington Briefing: politics and policy stories that will keep you up to date with what’s going on in Washington. SUBSCRIBE NOW: Just $1.00 an issue! AWAITING THE FOLLOW-UP: California’s hardy solar industry is on ‘pins and needles’ in anticipation of action to reform the state’s net energy metering rules after a vote on the Public Utility Commission’s ‘NEM 3.0’ proposed decision was delayed indefinitely in February. NEM 3.0, first introduced in December, would update state regulations that provide for public utilities to purchase excess electricity generated by at-home solar panels, reducing the payoff for households.