What is Net-Metering?
Imagine the simplest possible metering arrangement: a single, 1950s-standard electromechanical meter. Now imagine that a residential customer, Ray McSolar, added a rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system (also known as a solar-electric system) to his home, on his side of this meter. Ray wakes up pretty early for his job; on most days, hes up and out of the house before the sun rises. In these dark morning hours, Ray makes his coffee and breakfast while watching some morning news on the TV. In this case, the meter spins forward as Ray is consuming electricity from the grid. As the sun rises, Ray heads off to work. Making sure not to waste a drop of electricity, he shuts off all his appliances. His meter spins in reverse as the solar panels churn out electricityelectricity Ray sends back to the overstressed grid. When Ray returns at night to cook dinner and relax in front of the TV, the meter spins forward again while he consumes electricity. The result? Ray benefits because his bill will only
A. Net metering is used when a customer has installed a renewable generating source on his/her property such as solar photovoltaic panels. The net meter records both the energy delivered to the customer and the energy that the customer sends back to the utility. The customer is charged only for the energy he/she receives minus the energy sent back to TTD.
Net metering simply means that your Solar Energy System will literally turn your meter backwards when you are supplying electricity to the grid (a.k.a. utility company). This meter is standard with all of our grid-connected Solar Energy Systems and allows you to sell electricity back to the utility company!
Net metering is a metering and billing agreement between utilities and their customers, which facilitates the connection of small, renewable energy-generating systems to the power grid. Electricity produced by the renewable energy system can flow directly into the utility grid, spinning the existing electricity meter backwards. When you are making more electricity than you are using, like typical summer days, your extra electricity automatically gets metered back out (sold) to the utility grid. You receive credit for this power at the same rate they sell it to you. This allows the owner of the PV system to generate excess power during the day and use it at night without the need for batteries.
Net Metering is the agreement between an owner of a solar system and the local Utility Company that allows the owner to spin the meter backwards, and therefore selling extra electricity to the Utility. The owner can be a net producer or net consumer based on the electricity produced and used. Exact provisions vary with each state, but the effect is to allow you to generate excess power during the day, and use it at night, without needing batteries.
