Comments on: Making Solar Power Affordable Through Net Metering http://www.solarpowerfor.us/blog/2007/02/affordable-solar-power-with-net-metering/ All things "Green" Sat, 19 May 2012 06:13:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Alexander Moran http://www.solarpowerfor.us/blog/2007/02/affordable-solar-power-with-net-metering/#comment-565 Alexander Moran Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:41:22 +0000 http://www.solarpowerfor.us/blog/2007/02/affordable-solar-power-with-net-metering/#comment-565 As Rick said there two main strategies to pay for your solar installation, rent it or buy it and use net metering. A third option that I believe will be given careful consideration in the next couple of years by all governments is feed in tariffs. This mean that that the power utility pays a fair price for the power you produce. Solar power is mainly generated at summer peak demand. If power utilities are caught short they have to pay high price for energy on the spot market. If you generate power at peak then I think you should get a peak rate. In Germany power companies pay 50c per kw hour and its not government subsidized. This is not just a credit back on your power this is cold hard cash. As Rick said there two main strategies to pay for your solar installation, rent it or buy it and use net metering.

A third option that I believe will be given careful consideration in the next couple of years by all governments is feed in tariffs. This mean that that the power utility pays a fair price for the power you produce.

Solar power is mainly generated at summer peak demand. If power utilities are caught short they have to pay high price for energy on the spot market. If you generate power at peak then I think you should get a peak rate. In Germany power companies pay 50c per kw hour and its not government subsidized.

This is not just a credit back on your power this is cold hard cash.

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