[Imc] Electricity: "Net Metering"

[John Wason]

Eric, I'm taking the liberty of reposting this post of yours from the
cmi.politics newsgroup to the Greens and IMC listserves.  I think this is
fascinating info that people concerned about such topics should be aware of.
Perhaps it will prove useful to Pauline in producing her radio show, for
example, to the IMC news and print groups, and to the Greens' municipal
utitlity committee.  Thanks, Eric!

John


>On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Eric @Work <erics at soltec.net> wrote:
>
>> Thought all of you interested in Energy should be aware of this. One issue
>> that needs to be hot in Champaign is "net metering" which provides fair
>> rates for renewable energy. It allows owners of small solar or wind systems
>> to put excess power into the grid and draw it back later without the current
>> cost penalties. Net metering allows the electric meter to run forwards and
>> backwards, with the consumer paying the net at the end of the month.
>> You can read all about it on the Environmental Law Policy Center's website
>> at (http://www.elpc.org/energy/netmetering.html)
>> 
>>  Also check out the   www.pollutioncalculator.org
>> <http://www.pollutioncalculator.org>  site, it is also good fun
>> 
>> Eric Sizemore