A Republican - backed bill in Indiana requiring the phase -
out of net metering in five years has passed the state Senate and is now under review by the House.
A Republican - backed bill in Indiana requiring the phase -
out of net metering in five years
With the Rubin Group
out of the net metering space, legislative champions have stepped into the vacuum to propose a host of bills that would support customers who install solar for their own use:
Not exact matches
A report by the California Public Utilities Commission is due
out this fall on the costs and benefits
of rooftop solar that may help determine the direction regulators and lawmakers take on
net metering programs in the state.
The gathering followed an 18 - month roller - coaster ride that kicked
net metering out of the state, leading to an exodus
of solar installers.
Net metering is important because most people are
out of the house during the day when solar is producing the most energy and little to none is used.
The reason for
net metering being such a valuable incentive is that most people are
out of the house during the middle
of the day when their solar is producing the most power.
The combination
of Net Metering, a healthy solar carve
out system, the 30 % federal solar tax credit as well as having one
of the highest utility power costs in the nation makes solar a great investment for your home.
(In the end, that legislation's worst impacts were stripped
out of the bill and most
net metering is allowed to proceed in Mississippi, though there are reports that electric coops are using the interconnection process to limit solar deployment.)
The reason for
net metering being so important is that solar produces the most during the day when most people are
out the house, this excess power is exported to the grid and the customer recieves retail value for that power in the for
of a credit on your bill.
Jessica leads Vote Solar's campaigns in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada where she has helped preserve retail rate
net metering in CO and worked to pass 11 clean energy bills
out of the 2017 Nevada Legislature.
Net -
metering customers are refunded for each kilowatt hour
of electricity they generate themselves, which the utility says averages
out to it paying 10.6 cents per kilowatt hour for customers» solar power.
Nevada's solar market has grown quickly in recent years, setting off a fierce debate between the state's major utility NV Energy and solar advocates as the rapid expansion
of solar installations maxed
out the state's 235 MW
net metering cap earlier this summer.
Where there is a
net metering law in place (most states) and you are not on a time
of use tariff it is relatively easy to work
out what you will be paid for solar you export to the grid as it is just your retail rate
of power.
Check
out the excellent DSIRE database
of state solar incentives and learn more about your state's
net metering policies.
Since the energy produced by your solar system varies based on time
of day and weather conditions — and the times when you use the most energy often will not coincide with when your system is producing the most —
net metering is a convenient way to even things
out.
Under
net metering, excess electricity generated by the solar installation is valued at the same retail rate customers would pay the utility for it, which allows them to cancel
out the cost
of electricity they purchase from their utility at other times.
As Lisa Wood, a nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings and lead at the Institute for Electric Innovation, points
out «In reviewing NEM studies, Muro and Saha chose to focus on a handful
of studies that show that
net metering results in a benefit to all customers, to the exclusion
of studies showing the opposite.
Net metering means you are billed or credited (usually credited) for the net amount of power worked out from kWh's exported to the grid minus kWh's bought from the gr
Net metering means you are billed or credited (usually credited) for the
net amount of power worked out from kWh's exported to the grid minus kWh's bought from the gr
net amount
of power worked
out from kWh's exported to the grid minus kWh's bought from the grid.