Tag: demand charges
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Missouri legislature, electric co-ops look to charge solar customers more
The Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association (MOSEIA) sent word that the state’s upcoming HB539 and SB178 bills, which seek to modify the state’s net-metering program, could negatively impact homeowners and small businesses who generate their own solar power. While current law prohibits utilities from charging distributed generation (solar) customers differently thanRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Extensible Energy tells us how to reduce commercial demand charges with just solar (no batteries)
Solar PV systems for commercial buildings seem like a no-brainer considering the roof space, but growth has been slow in this segment in part because solar on its own doesn’t solve a commercial building’s biggest energy cost: monthly demand charges. Solving for demand charges usually means coupling the solar withRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Iowa government unironically tables a “sunshine tax” on solar system owners, which is as regressive as it sounds
Stuff like this is why California’s fight for a Solar Bill of Rights matters. In Iowa, utilities are moving a “sunshine tax” through the state legislature. The bill, which is in front of the full House Commerce Committee, would impose fees of about $300 a year on solar customers underRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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New York utilities seek demand charges in REV mass market rate design proposals
New York is at an important juncture in its Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) development as a working group is currently assessing proposals for mass market rate design, two of which include demand charges. Considering the whole point of REV is to build toward a distributed future, this raised ourRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Arizona regulators reject new solar fixed charges requested by two utilities (but ends net metering)
Out in Arizona, home of the demand charge, the Arizona Corporation Commission rejected a request by two utilities to subject new solar customers to large monthly fixed charges. As part of their recent rate cases, Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) and UNS Electric sought a monthly Grid Access Charge andRead More — Solar Builder magazine