net metering Archives - Renew Economy

Why rooftop solar – and full retail feed in tariffs – benefits all consumers
Studies show that far from a net cost, net metering is in most cases a net benefit—for the utility and for non-solar rate-payers.
Mark Muro and Devashree Saha

May 30, 2016

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Why community-scale solar is solar electricity market’s latest darling
Community solar is being proposed as a bridge to a more comprehensive value-based pricing system for distributed generation.
Kieran Coleman and Anthony Teixeira

May 27, 2016

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California net metering 2.0 keeps retail rates for rooftop solar
California regulators have proposed a future net metering regime that will preserve retail payments for residential rooftop PV.
Jeff St John

Dec 16, 2015

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Hawaii just ended net metering for solar. Now what?
How demand flexibility and storage can preserve solar PV’s value.
Mark Dyson and Jesse Morris

Oct 20, 2015

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Value of battery-backed solar in California: 25¢/kWh
Storage advocates use net-metering models to calculate a potential tariff for solar-plus-storage.
Jeff St John

Sep 9, 2015

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US study says solar worth 50% more than average retail electricity price
New studies say median value of solar power in US is 17c/kWh – nearly 50% more than the average retail electricity rate of 12c/kWh.
Derek Markham

Sep 2, 2015

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Hawaii’s biggest utility wants to ditch solar net metering
New tariff will pay less for solar, but open the grid to more customer-owned PV.
Jeff St John

Jan 22, 2015

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Negative impacts of rooftop solar will fall on US utility investors
PV has been increasing at a rate of 50% a year has led many US utilities to question the impact that continued expansion will have investors and ratepayers.
Roy L Hales

Nov 19, 2014

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Arizona public service enters the rooftop solar business
After a long fight with the solar industry, APS now wants to get into the solar business itself. Industry reactions are mixed.
Stephen Lacey

Aug 1, 2014

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Solar tariffs: An enormous question for ‘solar choice’
Distributed solar power production is under fire. In nearly 1 of 3 US states, utility companies are trying to undermine policies that make it economical to produce energy from a solar panel instead of buying it from a utility.
John Farrell

Apr 10, 2014

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Could Minnesota’s ‘value of solar’ make everyone a winner?
In Minnesota, a new method of contracting now in place could change the relationship between solar-producing customers and their electric utility.
John Farrell

Mar 18, 2014

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Net-metering does not equate to being “self-reliant”
Net-metering vs feed-in-tariffs? If you want to be truly self-reliant, you have to go off-grid.
Craig Morris

Mar 10, 2014

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