Solar Power Net Metering System

With net metering the homeowner is only billed for the net energy used each month that is the difference between the energy produced by the solar power system and the energy consumed by the house over the monthly billing period.

Solar power net metering system. When your solar power system generates more electricity than you use over the course of a month your utility bill will receive a credit based on the net number of kilowatt hours you gave back to the grid. In fact you can bring your electric bill down to zero if your system is designed to offset all of your electric usage. With net metering the excess electricity your home produces covers the times when you don t produce enough. This is the standard electricity bill with solar net metering.

Many states have passed net metering laws. The biggest benefit of net metering to solar homeowners is the utility bill savings as net metering can greatly reduce your monthly power bills. Net metering allows residential and commercial customers who generate their own electricity from solar power to sell the electricity they aren t using back into the grid. So rebates and method of calculation for solar net metering bill may differ as per your state.

In other states utilities may offer net metering programs voluntarily or as a result of regulatory decisions.