Net-Metering Subsidies: An Issue That Won't Go Away
Law360, New York ( October 1, 2015, 1:51 PM EDT) -- Net metering, the practice of allowing self-generators to sell surplus energy back to the grid at retail rates, is now allowed in over 40 states,[1] but the debate over whether it unfairly subsidizes those generators at the expense of other utility customers rages on.[2] One recent battleground is in Pennsylvania, where the Commonwealth Court overturned an order of the Public Utility Commission that cited ratepayer impacts as a basis to reject a net metering customer's claim that it was entitled higher rates for selling excess energy to the utility during peak demand periods. Dauphin County Industrial Development Authority v. Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, No. 1814 C.D. 2014 (Pa. Commonwealth Court, Sept. 9, 2015) (Dauphin County)....
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