'This is substantially more onerous,' he said. 'For us, we think it is an outrageous and unfair move by a monopoly,' he said.īywater said rate changes imposed in Nevada killed rooftop solar installations - dropping them by 99 percent - and led major solar companies to leave the state.

'Customers partially relying on renewable energy through the net metering program must still pay their fair share of the costs to serve them,' Hoogeveen said.īut David Bywater, Vivant Solar's interim chief executive officer, described the proposal as the most onerous assault on the solar industry in the country, predicting it will topple one of Utah's fastest-growing economic engines. 'Rocky Mountain Power supports renewable resources as long as an appropriate rate is in place that allows customers to use private generation without adversely affecting other residential customers,' said Greg Hoogeveen, Rocky Mountain Power's senior vice president and chief commercial officer. Those costs - which the utility company says will balloon to $667 million over the next 20 years - are driving a proposed three-prong rate increase for any new solar customers after Dec. SALT LAKE CITY - Rocky Mountain Power says a study of what rooftop solar customers are paying shows that the current rate structure is not sustainable, with costs of $6.5 million being shifted each year to other customers. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. The cap on Rocky Mountain Power’s program is 170 MW for residential and small business users, and 70 MW allocated for large non-residential customers. I have produced 8000 uncompensated kwh more than I have consumed since 2017 and drive my EV and PHEV (spent $10 for gas last year) for free.This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. For their new net metering transition program, Utah has an individual system capacity limit of 25 kW for residential users and 2 MW for all other users. 2022 Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp and part of Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Rooftop solar can produce enough electricity for a home and EVs. all the benefits of an energy-efficient home.

Distributed power generation of rooftop solar benefits everyone and would accelerate our adoption of renewable energy, reduce its cost, and significantly reduce fossil fuel consumption. , with 370.7K visits, 65 authority score, 0.75 bounce rate. Other competitors of the in July 2022:, with 54.0K visits, 49 authority score, 0.65 bounce rate. The best way for RMP and the PSC to show they truly care about climate change is to reinstate net-metering. According to our estimations is getting 54.0K visits in July 2022 and the authority score of this domain is 49. When disasters like earthquakes happen, distributed power production minimizes the breadth of power outages. Utah originally valued independence, but our lawmakers and commissioners do not serve the public interest. Private power generation has been killed. New solar installations peaked at 12,408 in 2017 but decreased to only 3,540 in 2019. RMP and especially individual members of the Public Service Commission need to be sued and held legally accountable for the demise of net-metering and the subsequent devaluation of the power generated by rooftop solar. While I wish success for Salt Lake Tribune writer Tim Fitzpatrick in his new role, being funded by Rocky Mountain Power is like saying, “Help us put out the fire we started,” and continuing to light new ones.

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