Sentences with phrase «net electricity they consume»

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We are really approaching the point where it will be entirely «mainstream» for US suburbanites to live in solar - powered homes that will not only be «net zero energy» in the sense of generating as much or more energy than the house itself consumes, but will also generate all the electricity to operate an EV, which will be integrated with the house so its batteries can provide power to the house at night and during grid outages.

Most utility companies across the country have net metering programs to credit solar system owners for feeding solar electricity to the power grid, when the system is generating more than the home consumes at the time.

«(B) the net sales of electricity by the facility to customers not consuming the thermal output from that facility will not exceed 50 percent of total annual electric generation by the facility.

If renewable technologies such as a wind turbine and / or photovoltaic cells are used to generate electricity, then it is possible to have a «net - zero carbon» home (where the amount of energy that you consume per year is equal to (or less than) the amount of energy that you produce on - site).

One project was a net - zero, new construction home, which produces more electricity than it consumes.