NC Needs Fair Rules

NC Sustainable Energy Association Press Release

Dear Friends,
Would you like to produce clean, solar energy from your rooftop? You probably answered, "yes."

Yet even if we handed solar panels out on street corners, you might not be able to start generating clean power and saving money. Why not? Because state rules prevent you from easily connecting your solar panels to the electricity grid and receiving fair credit for the clean power they produce.

We can change this, by making fair rules. North Carolina needs good "net metering" and "interconnection" rules. This year we are working with our state legislature to get them.
Will you sign a petition asking Senator Basnight and Representative Hackney to support net metering?

Go to www.votesolar.org/nc.html

Best Regards,

Natalie Burlison
Administrative and Membership Assistant
North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association

Net Metering is the simplest, fairest way to bill customers who have their own renewable generators. Put simply, if you don't use a utility kilowatt-hour from the utility, you don't pay for it. If you create excess energy, your meter simply spins backwards, storing credit for next month - like cell-phone rollover minutes. In some form, it exists in 35 states, including all with successful renewable energy programs.

The NC Sustainable Energy Association works to ensure a sustainable future by promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency in North Carolina through education, public policy and economic development.