Vermont Democratic House Campaign

1/25/12 - Alan Panebaker
Full Article on VTDigger.org

A bill that would make it easier for more people to generate their own electricity received overwhelming approval in the Vermont House of Representatives Tuesday.

House Bill 475, which increased the capacity for so-called solar net metering systems, will give people with solar panels on their homes more credits on their electricity bill than they saw before.

Net metering allows residential electric customers to generate their own power using small-scale renewable energy systems. Any excess power that customers produce goes back to their utilities, essentially running their electric meters backwards. Customers then get a credit on their electric bill.

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