Green power grab (WV adopts net metering)

[jpak]

http://wvgazette.com/section/Business/2006110410

With a coal-fueled economy, making a commitment to buying and using renewable energy is foreign to most — but not all — West Virginia businesses.

“I don’t think green power is marketed very well in the state,” said Richard Doty, president of Vertex Technology Management Inc., an information technology firm in Charles Town.

But that hasn’t stopped Vertex from promoting the use of renewable energy sources like wind, solar and water power, collectively known as “green power.”

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In October, the PSC adopted “net metering” rules, which allow people who generate their own power to sell the excess to the power company to offset their electric bill.

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[Champion Jack]

1. Here's more on this

http://www.wvecouncil.org/news/2006/10_11.htm

The agreement accepted by the Commission has several benchmarks that are favorable for homeowners and small businesses who want to trade excess generated power back to their utilities to offset their electric bill:

1. An even trade for power used vs. power returned to the utility’s grid. In other words power sent into the grid would be credited as an offset to the customer’s future electric bill on a net kwh basis (the utility’s applicable retail rate). In contrast, Ohio’s reimbursement only cover’s the utilities fuel costs (a wholesale rate much lower than retail)

2. This generation credit will be carried over on a rolling twelve (12) month basis. Again, Ohio has only a one-month window to redeem such credits.

3. Maximum rating of Net Metering installations is 25 Kilowatts where many states limits are 10 KW.

IMHO it's about damn time WV got it together

[JohnWxy]

2. some big revollutions start out small, a few people at a time.