The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Aug. 16 dismissed a lawsuit by renewable advocates against a rule that cuts credits for solar power exported to the grid, finding that the challenges need to be brought to the lower Superior Court. Solar and environmental advocates, led by the Conservation Law Foundation, sought to overturn the rule, which lowers compensation for rooftop solar output by 10 percent annually. Maine lawmakers have repeatedly failed to override Governor Paul LePage’s veto of legislation that would have preserved the more-generous credit program. LePage said that net metering subsidizes solar panel costs at the expense of those who cannot afford them. The case is Conservation Law Foundation et al. V. Public Utilities Commission (PUC-17-185).