Net Metering 101

As solar panels have dropped in price, thousands of people have installed solar panels on their homes and businesses. One of the benefits of solar panels is that people can sometimes not only meet their electricity needs, but they can sell their electricity to the electrical grid. Selling the excess electricity to the grid is called “net metering.” Net metering is one of the hottest topics for utilities today because of the way the rates are currently set up in many places, net metering can be a massive subsidy for solar panel owners.