The end of net metering and local solar prosperity may sound sensationalist, but that appears to be the goal of a new petition filed with the FERC by NERA.
What’s At Stake
The end of net metering and local solar prosperity may sound sensationalist, but that appears to be the goal of a new petition filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA). The NERA appears to be a front group for major electric utilities and anti-renewable energy groups.
Ownership matters. When farms, homes, businesses, and institutions invest in solar energy, they generate local jobs and own a piece of the clean energy future. That solar prosperity is an almost unlimited growth opportunity for every county and community in America … as long as farms, homes, businesses, and institutions retain the right to generate, and to remain connected to the grid on fair terms.
Net metering and value-of-solar tariffs are the fair terms on which local solar prosperity is built. Corporate utilities have been trying to close the door on net metering state by state, and the current FERC docket is an attempt to accomplish that goal nationwide, in one fell swoop.
This docket could represent the FERC overruling legislatures and utility regulators in red and blue states, ending net metering as we know it nationwide, handing full ownership of the clean energy future to corporate utilities, and closing the door on local solar prosperity just as it is gathering steam in the Heartland.
Posted: December 7, 2022