Please share for #CA net metering: California Solar Installer? Help! Great beach reading! (for solar wonks)

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renewableenergyworld.com 27 Apr '12, 8am

Please share for #CA net metering: California Solar Installer? Help! Great beach reading! (for solar wonks)

The good people at the Vote Solar Initiative and SEIA need about a minute of your time, and believe me, that minute will be well spent. If you already know about California’s net-metering ticking clock, just click here now before it’s too late. If you don’t know what’s happening, read on: There’s a little solar policy that people may take for granted called “net metering.” If you’re a solar pro reading this, you know what net metering is: You generate extra solar energy during the day, and the utility credits your bill at night. In other words, “spinning your meter backward,” yada, yada, yada, the “roll-over minutes” of solar. The problem is that net metering in California has a cap of 5 percent of the peak power needs of each California utility. How is that 5 percent of peak power calculated? Good question! Until now, it’s never been really defined. So, utilities are usin...

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@centrosolar » 14 May '12, 6pm
Thanks to @SolaFred for gr8 explanation on critical net metering issue. CA residents & installers step up! [link] via @reworld
@JobsinSolar » 09 May '12, 11pm
RT @centrosolar: Got a minute to protect the growth of #solar and solar jobs in California? E-mail the PUC now. [link]
@SolarFred » 01 May '12, 4pm
Invoking "puppies" in this tweet to call attention to @votesolar's #solar & #net metering 20K email campaign. Oy. [link]
@REWorld » 01 May '12, 3pm
Agreed! RT @EcoOutfitters: TY @SolarFred for gr8 explanation on critical net metering issue. CA pls step up! [link]
@EcoOutfitters » 01 May '12, 1am
TY @SolaFred for gr8 explanation on critical net metering issue. CA residents & installers pls step up! [link] via @reworld
@SunPower » 30 Apr '12, 9pm
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@kcpickett » 27 Apr '12, 9pm
RT @SolarFred: Please share for #CA net metering: California Solar Installer? Help! [link] Great beach reading! (for solar wonks)
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@swise » 27 Apr '12, 5pm
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@centrosolar » 09 May '12, 10pm
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