Net metering
- September 28, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Schemes
Context:
States and Union Territories have adopted ‘net metering’ for Roof Top Solar projects
Concept:
- Net Metering is a system that gives solar energy owners credits for the power that they add to the grid.
- When solar panels produce excess power, that power is sent to the grid. And this power can be ‘taken back’ when the solar plants are not functioning – example, during the night.
- When a unit of solar energy that has been ‘net metered’, the bi-directional electricity meter will run backwards. Customers are billed only for the ‘net’ energy used.