Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2023 02:36:56 +0000
A rate modification for solar customers in North Carolina was recently approved by the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC). This has an impact on people living in North Carolina who want to use the utility grid that Duke Energy manages for what is essentially a form of energy storage, which is done through a process […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:00:41 +0000
In 2020, following some pilot projects, Zimbabwe’s electric utility company ZETDC started its net metering program. Zimbabwe’s net metering regulations say anyone who has a renewable energy source, e.g. wind or solar, and has a grid-tied inverter can apply for net-metering. At the time they were introduced, the threshold to apply for net metering was […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 22:49:33 +0000
The discussion about California’s grid, rooftop solar energy, and net metering goes on. Following up on the comments under this article and then this article as well as years of debate, research reports, lobbying, solar industry pushback, and a net metering update that seems to be in complete limbo, below is a comment from CleanTechnica […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 16:19:38 +0000
We have some of the most informed readers in the world, but that doesn’t mean they agree on everything. In fact, sometimes they have feverish yet well informed debates that genuinely use logic (rather than ad hominem attacks and other logical fallacies) to discuss different technology or policy approaches. I was just reading through the […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 01:36:15 +0000
Georgia Public Service Commission votes unanimously to establish clean energy working group, but rejects expansion of popular rooftop solar program
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 03:10:19 +0000
JACKSON, MS and WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to adopt its updated Net Metering and Interconnection Rules. The new rules expand the state’s net metering program by raising the participation cap for rooftop solar and prioritizing solar adoption for low-to-moderate income (LMI) customers, among other steps. Following is a […]
Credit to Author: Vijay Govindan| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:00:37 +0000
In this post, I’ll cover how electricity from a new Texas residential solar system is already cheaper than grid electricity costs. I previously wrote an article about which solar system to use, where I compared Tesla versus SunPower for the better system, and I’ll also follow that up with the decision I made and why […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 03:50:45 +0000
There have been attacks on solar net metering for a decade or more, due to the fact that net metering shifts revenue and profit from utilities to individual homeowners. An extreme attack on California solar net metering arose in the past year, but then recently stalled and got punted indefinitely after a lot of backlash. […]