An arrangement in which any excess energy produced by grid-tied PV systems flows in reverse back through the utility meter. In some cases, utilities give credit for such excess power, enabling it to be "banked" for later use.
A simplified method of metering the energy consumed and produced at a home or business that has its own renewable energy generator. Under net metering, excess electricity produced will spin the existing home or business electricity meter backwards, effectively banking the electricity until it is needed by the customer. This provides the customer with full retail value for all the electricity produced.
The process by which an on-site generator (such as photovoltaic (PV)) operating independently of the utility grid, can be interconnected to the grid. The electric meter will show the NET difference between what is generated on site to what is supplied by the grid.
An arrangement permitting a household or business (using a utility meter that spins forward and backward, reading both inflows and outflows of electricity) to sell excesses of power generated over its load back to the utility supplier to offset costs.
Using a single meter to measure usage and generation of electricity by customers with a wind or solar power energy system. The net energy used or produced is either purchased from or sold to the power company.
Allows the electric meters of customers with generating facilities to turn backwards when the generators are producing energy in excess of the customers' demand, enabling customers to use their own generation to offset their consumption over a billing period.
A method that allows homeowners’ electric meters to turn backwards when they generate more electricity (such as through onsite solar power) than they use. When electric meters turn backward, the customer receives retail prices for the excess electricity generated. Without net metering, a second meter usually is installed to measure the electricity that flows back to the provider; the utility company purchases the power at a below-retail rate.
Allows the electric meter to run backwards as electricity produced by the customer (e.g., power from solar panels) is fed back into the electrical grid.
A method of crediting customers for electricity that they generate on site in excess of their own electricity consumption. Customers with their own generation offset the electricity they would have purchased from their utility. If such customers generate more than they use in a billing period, their electric meter turns backwards to indicate their net excess generation. Depending on individual state or utility rules, the net excess generation may be credited to their account (in many cases at the retail price), carried over to a future billing period, or ignored.
Grid intertie method that uses one meter which runs forward when you are using energy from the grid and turns backward when you sell power to the grid. At the end of the month you pay the net amount you have used, or the utility pays you if you use less than you produce.
The process that allows generation to be made available to the company from a consumer who owns and operates a solar, wind, fuel cell or hydroelectric facility with a generating-installed capacity of 25 kW or less. The facility must operate in parallel with the company’s existing facilities and be primarily intended to offset part or all of the consumer’s own electrical requirements. The consumer-generator shall be credited/charged for the net energy supplied.
The ability to generate electricity on the customer side of the meter that feeds into the grid and runs the electrical meter backward. Any use of electricity from the grid runs the meter forward, and the customer only pays for the net usage. Under New York State law, only residential customers can net meter electrical generation from PV panels.
The system by which a utility customer can "run their meter backwards" by owning a small, on-site electrical generating system such as a small wind turbine. The customer can "net out" their consumption, and possibly enter into a small purchase agreement with their utility if their generator produces more power than they consume.
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A practice used in conjunction with a solar electric system where your electric meter tracks your net power usage, spinning forward when you use electricity from the utility, and spinning backward when your system is generating more electricity than you need.
a desirable form of buy-back agreement in which the line-tied house's electric meter turns in the utility's favor when grid power is being drawn, and in the system owner's favor when the house generation exceeds its needs and electricity is flowing into the grid. At the end of the payment period, when the meter is read, the system owner pays the utility the difference between what was used and what was produced.
an agreement with the utility company to purchase the electricity produced by the digester system at a rate equal to the farm electricity purchase rate
Arrangement that permits a facility (using a meter that reads inflows and outflows of electricity) to sell any excess power it generates over its load requirement back to the electrical grid to offset consumption.
The practice of using a single meter to measure consumption and generation of electricity by a small generation facility (such as a house with a wind or solar photovoltaic system). The net energy produced or consumed is purchased from or sold to the generator, respectively, at the same price.
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Net metering is a state level electricity policy for consumers who own "qualifying facilities," which are generally smaller, renewable energy sources such as a wind or solar power. "Net", in this context, is used in the sense of meaning "what remains after deductions" -- in this case, the deduction of any energy outflows from metered energy inflows. Under net metering, a system owner receives retail credit for at least a portion of the electricity they generate.