metering Archives - Show-Me Institute Where Liberty Comes First Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:57:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://showmeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/show-me-icon-150x150.png metering Archives - Show-Me Institute 32 32 It’s Time to Make Net Metering a Net Positive https://showmeinstitute.org/article/energy/its-time-to-make-net-metering-a-net-positive/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:40:43 +0000 http://showmeinstitute.local/its-time-to-make-net-metering-a-net-positive/ Net metering is a popular program that allows rooftop solar panel owners to sell extra electricity they generate back to their utility to offset their bill. However, as I wrote recently, […]

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]]> Net metering is a popular program that allows rooftop solar panel owners to sell extra electricity they generate back to their utility to offset their bill. However, as I wrote recently, net metering customers are routinely overcompensated for their electricity. This makes net metering a costly program for an expensive technology that benefits the wealthy at everyone else’s expense.

So how do we fix this? The key is to level the playing field. This could be achieved by altering net metering customers’ compensation rates and opening retail electricity markets for competition.

For those wanting a closer look, I address this in more detail in a recent op-ed for Real Clear Energy.

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