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Net Energy Metering

How We Sell Our Excess Power Back to the Power Company A first hand account of use of net metering.

Maryland's Net Metering Law Unofficial Copy - Annotated Code of Maryland Article 78, Section 54M, Provision to provide net energy metering for electric customer-generators.

Model Net Metering Tarriff Applicable to service to residential customers ordinarily eligible for residential service or general service to the principal residence of the customer, where a part or all of the electrical requirements of the customer can be supplied from a photovoltaic power production source, where such source is connected for parallel operation with the service of the Utility, and where such source is located on the customer’s premises and is intended to offset part or all of the customer’s electrical requirements.

Net Energy Billing/Net Metering for Wind The following document was prepared by the New Hampshire Wind Turbine Owners, a group of several individuals owning residential wind machines, in support of a request to the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission to allow net billing for small wind turbines in the state. It is an excellent summary of the reasons for net billing and a good example of how wind turbine owners elsewhere should approach this issue.

Net Metering Information on Net Metering from the Solar Energy Industries Association.

Net Metering Programs The concept of net metering programs is to allow the electric meters of customers with generating facilities to turn backwards when their generators are producing more energy than the customers' demand. Net metering allows customers to use their generation to offset their consumption over the entire billing period, not just instantaneously. This offset would enable customers with generating facilities to receive retail prices for more of the electricity they generate. Without a net metering program, utilities usually install a second meter to measure any electricity that flows back to the utility grid and purchase it at a rate that is much lower than the retail prices.

Power to the People "Net metering" makes producing energy at home more economical. After an environmentally conscious home owner installs solar panels on the roof or a wind-driven generator in the backyard, clean electricity flows for free--but only while the sun shines and the wind blows. One way to cope with this intermittence is to store energy in batteries. But a growing number of utility companies now allow home owners a less expensive option. They can deposit the excess electricity they produce into the power grid and withdraw it at later times using just their standard household electrical meter, which can run equally well backward or forward. Permitting such "net metering" gives a single home owner a privilege normally exercised only among giant utility companies: trading electricity generated at one time for the power required at another.

Solar Energy Industries Association Model Net Metering Legislation This document is intended as model, photovoltaic-only, capacity-capped, program-capped net metering legislation. It is designed to be applicable in areas where electric industry restructuring has taken place, as well as in areas where it has not. Due to the evolving nature of restructuring activities, however, this document will likely undergo future revisions.

Summary of Net Metering in New York During the summer, the New York Senate passed the New York Net Energy Metering Law. Sometime in the late summer or early fall, the governor signed it into law. Interestingly, there was no press coverage of this bill. Therefore, this brief from the New York Solar Energy Industry Association is here to make customers in New York aware of this new rule.

Tariff Filings To Implement Net Energy Billing Arrangements With Residential Customers Operating Photovoltaic Generating Facilities With a Capacity of 10 kW or Less Order on Net metering of residential photovoltaic generation for the State of New York.