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More and more utility companies are buying solar energy panels from homeowners and corporate entities. Doing so requires an interconnection agreement with your local utility.

In a majority of states, homeowners using solar can take advantage of a concept known as net metering. The excess energy produced by your solar panels, through net metering, can be sold to local utilities. Because solar meters run backwards, it is possible to take advantage of this in the daytime while at work – your solar panels would feed the energy back to the utility, while later on in the evening you can use utility energy. The utility company “pays” you at the same rate per watt as what it charges you, thus creating a “net metering” situation. This can serve you well if your state has net metering, as you could wave bye-bye to costly electric bills.

If you intend to sell electricity to the utility company, you can’t just do it. This is where the aforementioned interconnection agreement would come in. The names and terms may change from utility to utility, but the bottom line is that these agreements contain all you need to know about the terms of your venture. Here’s what it means to you.

Federal and state laws require utility companies to supply you with standard interconnection agreements. You would get all the information you need, as well as terms and conditions, with regards to supplying power to utilities. These can include your obligation to get any required permits, maintain homeowner’s insurance and meet certain connection specifications.

Sometimes set apart as a separate document, the agreement will also include the specifics related to the sale and purchase of power by each of you. Most of the time, it would not be necessary to install more than one meter to gauge how power is being transferred, as the existing meter could be ran forward when you are using the utility’s energy and backward when the utility is drawing energy from you.

You may wonder if you can expect a check in the mail if the energy you supply exceeds the energy you used. Unfortunately, net metering laws do not require the utilities to do so. Instead, the company will credit the monetary equivalent of the excess generation to the next month’s electrical bill until you eventually use it during a cloudy or rainy month.

Interconnection agreements are standard, straightforward agreements, so don’t worry about them too much. Just make sure you get one before hooking up to the local utility.

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