Pathway 5.

Electricity Decarbonization → Distributed Renewable Energy

5.2.10 Net Metering and Value of Solar

LPDD Recommendation: “Public Utility Commissions should maintain net metering until an alternative rate that measures the true value of solar generation is established.”

13 Resources Found, Displaying 11 thru 13

Hawaii’s Proceeding to Investigate DER Policies

Jurisdiction: State Agencies

Created separate interim rates for solar-plus-storage and solar alone, pending a final net metering successor to be developed.

Austin Energy’s Value of Solar tariff

Jurisdiction: Public Utilities

Developed a methodology based on a value stack including avoided energy value, avoided plant O&M value, avoided generation capacity value, avoided transmissions and distribution value, and avoided environmental compliance value.

Minnesota Value of Solar study

Jurisdiction: State Agencies

Provided a template for how to consider the various types of value that solar systems provide to the grid and society.