This process allows the network to achieve consensus without using the mammoth quantities of electricity consumed during mining. (investinblockchain.com)
These credits are used to offset electricity consumed by the customer at a different point in time during the same billing period. (cleanenergysolutions.org)
The owner is then free to use that reimbursement credit towards electricity they consume from the grid when solar is not meeting their current energy load. (blog.aurorasolar.com)