Solar Credits Remain Hot in Utah
Solar Credits Remain Hot in Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Utah rooftop solar stakeholders and outside renewable energy advocates are challenging a Utah Public Service Commission (PSC) decision to lower the export credits customers receive for pumping solar energy into the grid.
The PSC, the largest utility in the state, announced in late October that it is reducing the export credit rate from 9.4 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to 6 cents per kWh in the summer and 5.6 cents per kWh in the winter. Rocky Mountain Power had previously requested permission to reduce the rate, which is granted to customers in exchange for sharing excess solar energy with the public through the utility as a way to encourage private investment in solar panels, to 1.5 cents per kWh.