Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Making 'Clean Energy' Pay

[Brian Bartholomew (bb]

> Homeowners and businesses in this Canadian province will be
> compensated by their local utility companies for any electricity
> they generate from small solar, wind or water projects.  [...]
> Similar plans have already been implemented in Europe, and will
> hopefully be introduced to the US population in the near future.

That's called "net metering", and it's been in the US for awhile.

Overview:

        http://www.homepower.com/resources/net_metering_faq.cfm

Table of details, state-by-state:

        http://www.homepower.com/files/netmeter.pdf

                                                        Brian