Tag: net metering
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Update: Utah solar customers avoid rate changes for now
Last week, we provided an update on some of the net metering debates around the country. Here is what we said about Utah: Following the example of its backward-thinking neighbors (see: Nevada, Arizona), Utah’s investor-owned utility Rocky Mountain Power (another Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary), has proposed a series of fixedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Net metering vs. demand charges: The latest news in an endless regulatory debate
No matter how many studies come out to show the value of distributed generation and rooftop solar, there will likely be just as many that state the opposite. Every side is then able to choose the reports that state what they’d like them to state and form their agendas fromRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Report: Rooftop solar provides even more value than retail rate metering
Net metering is often seen as a good deal for solar installers and their customers, but a negative for utilities and their customers — the non-solar taxpayers in the community. It is said that those others are subsidizing all the great benefits the solar adopters receive. Is it true? A reportRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Texas solar deal: Provider offers rebate for installing SunPower system, net meter credit
Texas electricity provider TXU Energy is issuing a limited-time instant rebate for residential consumers who purchase SunPower rooftop solar systems through the company. At the same time, TXU Energy unveiled a new plan that increases the credit customers get for the electricity that their solar systems generate but they don’tRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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California regulators say they deny all legal challenges to their net metering rules
All states seem to have a problem with net metering except the one that has the biggest and best solar industry going — California. This commitment continues after the California Public Utilities Commission approved a resolution to deny all legal challenges to recently adopted net metering rules for solar customers.Read More — Solar Builder magazine