Sentences with phrase «user utility grid»
«These are actual tools that are worked on collaboratively all the way across the value chain, including with the end - user utility grid operator.»
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The utilities are trying to charge solar users more in grid - fees.
Utilities have been pushing their state regulatory commissions to charge solar users a fee to cover possible costs to the electric utility of integrating solar generation into the grid.
But some utilities» profits have fallen as a result and contended that the policy unfairly shifts costs of grid upkeep to non-solar users.
The escalating battle centers over two ways traditional utilities have found to counter the rapidly growing solar market: demanding a share of the power generated by renewables and opposing net metering, which allows solar panel users to sell the extra electricity they generate back to the grid — and without which solar might no longer be affordable.
The new monitoring and meter technology, utilities argue, bolster an emerging smart grid infrastructure, saves energy, allows for careful planning and empowers end users to tailor their energy usage to times when power is cheapest.
The success of the smart grid depends on being able to collect energy use information from all homes and businesses both to help users save energy and to help utilities to manage grid demand and respond to outages and other issues.