to that , solar advocates, like kaylee underhill say we told you so. >> more public comment came into cpu scene about this issue than any other topic in cpuc history, and still the governor and the cpuc chose to cut solar credit for all of these consumers and we are seeing the cliffs that this has created starting now. >> reporter: for any new systems installed after april 15th of last year, the net metering read, the amount of credit given for excess energy would be slashed by about 75% that led to an mad dash to install the systems, said keith crutchfield, owner of solar in santa rosa. >> for the first part of the year we were insanely busy and it was kind of liketo keep up with that amount of demand in such a compressed timeframe. that demand, after april 15th, fell off a cliff. it stopped basically wants april 15th happened , it went away. >> since then, he says he has seen many solar companies go out of business, especially those who grew too fast during the run up. >> basically, no business is , in their entirety, survive a cliff when it comes to a drop off in demand . you can't