SDG&E Exceed Net Metering
Last updated 7/1/2016 at 7:03am
SDG&E sounded the alarm a year ago that net metering applications were piling up fast and it has now become the first California utility to breach its cap.
Under CPUC's January decision, new net metering customers will be able to keep retail rate remuneration for energy exported to the grid after the cap is hit, but they will also pay a one-time interconnection fee between $75 and $150, a non-bypassable monthly charge ranging from $0.02/kWh to 0.03/kWh, and will be moved onto time-of-use rates.
Bernedette Del Chiaro, executive director of California Solar Energy Industries Association (CalSEIA), doesn't anticipate any slowdowns in rooftop Solar installations in SDG&E's service territory, according to PV Tech.
"If anything, we anticipate a return to growth as more consumers realize that NEM 2.0 isn’t a threat to the economics of Solar and that now is just as good to go Solar as ever," she said.
The other two major California utilities, Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric, aren't far behind SDG&E in reaching their own net metering caps.
