How does net-metering work?
With a grid-tied (Sol-Gen) solar electric system, you still have your line coming in from the utility, just like before. However now you also have a line out to send your extra electricity back to the utility grid. Net-metering measures the difference between the electricity you buy from the utility and the electricity you generate with your solar electric system. When you are making more electricity than you are using (like on 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. Net-metering allows you to use the electric utility grid like a bank account; you can put electricity into it that you don’t use immediately, and you can withdraw the same amount later on at no net cost to you. The net-metering billing system is a 12-month billing cycle. Because you make more in the summer and less in the winter, they allow you to credit your summer months into your w
