Download Free (.pdf)Navigating Utility Rates and Net Metering: How ETB Consulting Can Help
Understanding utility rates and net metering policies is one of the most critical, and often most confusing, aspects of modeling solar and energy storage projects.
ETB Developer’s Newest Feature: NEM Programs
We’re excited to announce our newest feature – NEM Programs – for ETB Developer. This feature includes pre-built net energy metering (NEM) or net billing programs that users can select in an Energy Use Profile.
How Utility Rate Inflation Impacts Energy Storage Viability
As energy markets constantly change, utility rate inflation remains a significant driver of change, creating challenges and opportunities for consumers and businesses alike. One notable shift is the erosion of value for standalone photovoltaic (PV) systems under the NEM 3.0 framework.
Entering a NEM 3.0 Era: Here’s What’s Changing for Solar and Energy Storage
NEM 3.0 is at our doorstep. On December 15, 2022, the CPUC voted unanimously to pass NEM 3.0, which will dramatically change California’s solar and energy storage landscape . NEM 3.0 will reduce the value of exported energy by roughly 75% , leaving rates at a fraction of what they …
NEM-3 “Net Billing” Tariff Revised Proposed Decision (November 2022) – Summary of key issues, What it means for Solar and Storage Economics, How to Model Projects in Energy Toolbase
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released their much anticipated, revised Proposed Decision (PD) on the state’s “NEM-3” successor net metering tariff last week. The newly revised PD establishes a “Net Billing” tariff that introduces an entirely new framework for valuing exported energy.
UPDATE: Governor DeSantis Vetoes Anti-Solar Net Metering bill that would make Rooftop Solar Unaffordable for Residents
Hundreds of bills that passed both the House and the Senate have made their way to the desk of Governor Ron DeSantis, awaiting a signature of approval or a veto. Electric utilities and lawmakers across the country, in addition to Florida’s emerging solar market, have their eyes on bill HB-741, the bill that would put an end to net metering (NEM) statewide.
SMUD Net Metering Update – New Mandatory Solar and Storage Rate Cuts the Value of Exports by More Than Half
SMUD implements new solar net energy metering (NEM) rules – New Mandatory Solar and Storage Rate Cuts the Value of Exports by More Than Half
The Transition from NEM-2 to NEM-3 in California is on the Horizon – What you Need to Know about Grandfathering Protections
NEM-3 is expected to have a huge impact on the economics of solar and energy storage projects in California. While the final NEM-3 rules are yet to be determined, the inevitable outcome is that the value of solar will get eroded, likely significantly.
New York’s Public Service Commission Issues Net Metering Successor Tariff Order
On July 16 th, 2020, the State of New York’s Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an Order adopting new rules for the S tate ’ s net energy metering (NEM) successor tariff. With the implementation of the Value of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER) Transition Order in March of 2017, the …
California Utilities now Accepting Applications for Net Energy Metering (NEM) – Paired Storage
We published a policy update in February of 2019 entitled “CPUC Approves Energy Storage Net Metering” that summarized the CPUC’s decision to allow customers with (ESS) energy storage systems to receive credits for storage exports that are sent back to the grid, as long as the storage system charges entirely …
Our Top Performing Blogs Posts of 2019
We’re already halfway through the year, and a lot has happened in the renewable market in the first 6 months of 2019. From new policy changes to allow energy storage net metering, to arguably one of the biggest changes of the year, California’s three investor-owned utilities (IOU’s) went through a major electric rate reform, rolling out time-of-use (TOU) rates as the default for all customers.
CPUC Approves Energy Storage Net Metering
A big win for energy storage developers in California. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a decision that will allow customers with energy storage systems to receive credits for any excess energy that is sent back to the grid. In the past, only excess energy produced by solar …