Green power grab (WV adopts net metering)

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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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