SCE provide net metering to their Palmdale customers crediting every kWh sent to
the grid at retail value.
Net metering values your unused solar generation sent to
the grid at the retail power rate.
Rocky Mountain Power value every kWh of energy exported to
their grid at retail value under their net metering program available in Ogden.
Under net metering each kWh of unused solar generation is exported to
the grid at the retail tariff rate.
Net metering allows excess solar generation to be sold to
the grid at the retail power rate.
Southern California Edison's net metering program values each kWh of excess solar generation sent to
the grid at the retail power price.
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) customers in Brentwood are entitled to 1 for 1 net metering crediting each kWh of solar generation exported to
the grid at the retail rate.
Net metering credits unused solar generation sent to
the grid at the retail rate for power.
Not exact matches
Under existing VOS program designs, solar customers continue to purchase all of their electricity from the
grid at the utility's
retail rate and receive credit for the solar electricity exported to the
grid at the approved VOS rate.
Not sure what you mean by «rate» and «commercially available solar» covers a lot of territory from 5 KW residential rooftop installations to gigawatt - class utility - scale power plants (both PV and thermal)-- but the cost of electricity from rooftop PV is approaching parity with the
retail cost of
grid electricity, and that's the point
at which distributed PV will explode like cell phones and personal computers did.
Net metering allows unused solar generation to be sent to the
grid and for the customer to be credited
at the
retail value for power.
If more power is sent to the
grid than drawn the customer will receive credit
at the
retail value in the form of credit to future bills or cash.
Excess solar generation is exported to the
grid and they credit you
at their
retail price for power.
TEP has proposed that the amount paid for customer - sited solar generation fed back into the
grid — called the «solar export» rate — should be less than the
retail rate,
at 9.7 cents / kWh, which is nearly 2 cents / kWh lower than the current 11.5 cents / kWh paid for net metered solar.
Net metering assists payback times greatly since utilities must credit you
at their
retail power price for energy your solar system exports to the
grid.
Customer Self Supply, customers receive a PUC - approved credit for electricity sent to the
grid and are billed
at the
retail rate for electricity they use from the
grid.
Essentially a solar owner would be required for a 20 - year period to sell all his or her power to the
grid at a new, presumably lower - than -
retail rate to be determined by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
When more energy is sent to the
grid than drawn to the home credit is provided to future months still
at retail value.
When a solar system produces more power than what is being used in the home this excess power is sent to the
grid and credited by SCE
at the
retail power rate per kWh.
The
grid parity
at the link works when you're buying electricity
at the high
retail rates, but it will take a lot longer if you're a utility that can buy wholesale.
Essentially a solar owner would have to sell all his or her power to the
grid at a rate to be set by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) and buy back what he or she needed
at the
retail rate.
Each kWh of unused solar generation sent to the
grid is credited
at the
retail power rate.
In a billing month if more energy is sent to the
grid than drawn by the home credit is still provided
at retail value to future bills within the same 12 month billing cycle.
From now on, new customers and installers will receive credits
at a lower - than -
retail rate over a three - year period while a new plan based on a calculation of the value that solar provides to the
grid is devised.
Under net energy metering, solar system owners are credited
at the
retail rate for the excess solar energy that they feed onto the
grid, while being charged normally for the electricity they draw from the
grid.
When more energy is sent to the
grid than drawn within a billing month credit is still provided
at the
retail rate and can be applied to future bills within the same 12 month billing cycle.
Enter net energy metering (NEM), a policy in which utilities compensate producers of renewable energy
at the
retail rate for any excess production that flows back to the
grid, allowing them to offset the cost of energy they draw from the
grid at times when their system is not producing enough to cover their needs.
Net metering requires your utility to only bill you when your solar system outputs less to their
grid than what your home pulls from the
grid and surplus energy is credited
at the National
grids retail rate.
And electricity
retailers are also accused of picking up more profits from exports of excess electricity back to the
grid from rooftop solar systems — for which they pay 6c / kWh (and in some cases nothing
at all) and then sell it to the houses in the same street for up to five times as much.
Solar owners could could also choose what's known as a «buy - all / sell - all» system, in which a solar owner would have to sell all his or her power to the
grid at a to - be-determined rate set by PURA and buy back what he or she needs
at the
retail rate.
Net metering is, to me, an especially egregious form of subsidy in that it effectively pays «suppliers» a
retail or even above
retail rate for electricity while potentially wreaking havoc with the
grid at great expense.
When more power in a month is generated than consumed for the
grid each surplus kWh is still credited
at the
retail value.
What this means is that in periods (usually during the middle of the day) when your solar system is producing more power than your home is using, you are credited for the excess solar energy you feed back into the
grid at the full
retail rate of power.
They claim that this will «provide direct access to power
at cost and without the additional charges and costs associated with transmission, of power including;
grid costs, poles and wires, electricity
retailer margins to supply to the end user.»
Net metering laws help offset some of the cost of a
grid - tied wind system by allowing the homeowner to sell extra energy back to the utility
at retail prices.
Net metering requires utilities to credit unused solar generation sent to the
grid at or close to
retail value.
If more power is exported than pulled from the
grid PG&E will credit you
at their
retail power rate, with high solar production even in northern California net metering is an amazing incentive.
NV Energy also runs a net metering program valuing excess power sent to the
grid at 95 % of the
retail value.
NV Energy in order meet their RPS quota are offering rebates to their solar customers alongside their net metering program crediting energy exported to the
grid at 95 % the
retail rate.
At $ 70
retail, if the Waka Waka doesn't fulfill a specific set of needs you have (e.g. solar power while off
grid and a bright light) then you're overpaying for an underpowered battery pack.