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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUtilities push back against growth of rooftop solar panels
One of the biggest thrills Lynn Krell and her husband experienced after they installed solar panels on the roof of their Hattiesburg, Mississippi, home was watching their power meter run backward as their utility credited them for excess power they sold back to the grid.
Those credits also showed up on their electricity bill, helping to cut their average monthly payments by $11 in addition to the $250 or so they saved during peak summer months by using solar power themselves.
But eventually the Krells began to question the value of the credits. The Krells learned that Mississippi regulations allowed utility companies to buy roof-generated solar power at a small fraction of the retail rate they charge to deliver that power back to customers homes. The Krells talked to rooftop solar owners in other states where more generous compensation rules allowed them to offset their entire electricity bills.
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Mississippi, which gets a lot of sun, was one of the last states to give subsidies to people who install solar panels on their roofs in 2015, and those subsidies remain among the stingiest in the country. Thirty-seven states reimburse at the full retail rate, but Mississippi offers significantly less. That, experts say, is one of the reasons rooftop solar hasnt caught on there. Only 586 Mississippi households have the technology.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/utilities-push-back-against-growth-083021673.html
lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)So shall it be written, so shall it be done.
Florida
And SC, IL, CA, KS, OH.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Paying the retail rate isn't fair or sustainable because it means you get to use the grid for free.
Samrob
(4,298 posts)diane in sf
(3,913 posts)Right wingers will cheat on the vote and get away with it. I dont know how many times we have voted in our state just to have our right wing state government overrule the will of the voters! I live in MO and its been done several times over the years.
msongs
(67,409 posts)SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)They white wing Republicans that rule that state have made it one of the worst, if not THE worst, based on quality of life metrics.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)I'm still waiting for my utility company to inspect it and give permission to operate so I can turn it on.
It should take about 10 minutes but I can't even find out when they will schedule it.
When connected I will only get the wholesale rate (about 1/3 retail).
DENVERPOPS
(8,834 posts)and possibly in the many other states that Xcel is the monopoly energy provider.....
My opinion is that the PUC now considers that their job is to protect a monopoly energy provider from the consumers.....LOL