From DOE/ EERE, via IREC (original image found here) – the most recent map of states in the US that have net metering policies. Kansas is one of the blank spots with no such policy.
Not all of them are good net metering policies, of course. Check out this report – Freeing the Grid: 2007 Edition (report prepared by the Network for New Energy Choices, IREC, et al) (.pdf).
There is a big difference between true net metering (such as the policy that just passed in Colorado this year) and other forms of net metering. The new Colorado law revised an old one from 2005.
Some of the things that make a difference - the size of the installation allowed (is it big enough for farm and business needs? or does it just serve small residential customers?), additional requirements by utilities such as external disconnect switches to be installed at customer expense, the rate of reimbursement to the customer-generator, etc.
— Maril Hazlett, www.climateandenergy.org
August 28, 2008 at 6:09 pm
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