as jennifer mcgraw reporting for us. >> now people in california could be getting a portion of nearly 9 billion dollars worth of federal rebates for certain home energy improvements. the funding coming from the inflation reduction act and that can go towards energy efficient improvements like installing electric stoves, heat pumps rewiring our new insulation. the program pays up to $14,000. it is available to households making less than 150% of the area's median income. california is among several states that have applied to receive a share of this funding. and california leads the nation in solar power, energy. but now there's just so much of that. so energy on the grid that electricity is sometimes just being thrown out. so in response, the state is cutting back on incentives for having rooftop panels, slowing the pace of installations installations in 2022. 2.4 million megawatts of. hours of that electricity went unused in california. 95 1% was solar. it's basically being thrown away as a result and electricity rates are going up. some people believe that a surplus of solar is a pr