My local coop solar policy

oil pan 4 · 10-30-17, 10:10 PM

In a nut shell it's best case scenario.
They install you a cogeneration meter for no additional charge. I have complained about my current provider charging 20 to 30 more dollars per month for the netmeter.
The coop pays consumption rate of 7 cents per kwh, not generation of 1 or 2 cents per kwh.
When I asked about inverter types permitted, permits and inspections they looked at me like I was crazy. For example the regional city power provider here has a laundry list of approved inverters you can use, all of which are ABB (very expensive) and your stuff has to be all permitted and inspected and signed off on by an engineer. Almost like they don't want you to have solar panels.
They said they only have 2 other residential solar panel cogen meter users in all of the coop, but they want more.

10-30-17, 10:10 PM	#1
oil pan 4 Land owner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NM Posts: 1,026 Thanks: 12 Thanked 127 Times in 107 Posts	My local coop solar policy In a nut shell it's best case scenario. They install you a cogeneration meter for no additional charge. I have complained about my current provider charging 20 to 30 more dollars per month for the netmeter. The coop pays consumption rate of 7 cents per kwh, not generation of 1 or 2 cents per kwh. When I asked about inverter types permitted, permits and inspections they looked at me like I was crazy. For example the regional city power provider here has a laundry list of approved inverters you can use, all of which are ABB (very expensive) and your stuff has to be all permitted and inspected and signed off on by an engineer. Almost like they don't want you to have solar panels. They said they only have 2 other residential solar panel cogen meter users in all of the coop, but they want more.