Government-backed study breaks down controversial anti-solar argument: '[They] are ultimately policy decisions'

Government-backed study breaks down controversial anti-solar argument: '[They] are ultimately policy decisions'

Utility customers who don't have solar won't have to worry about paying exorbitantly high energy bills to offset the costs associated with net metering — a billing system that compensates solar panel owners for excess electricity they send to the grid — according to a new government-backed study. As pv magazine reported, the analysis initiated by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimated that "net metering is…