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PUC says net‑metering rules are being gamed; calls for legislative fix
Summary
PUC commissioners told the Appropriations Committee that some developers have used net‑metering rules to operate de‑facto merchant generation projects, and that a legislative change would be the cleanest way to restore PUC oversight and set caps after a court struck the commission's earlier cap.
Commissioners said the state’s net‑metering framework has been used by some developers to attach large solar installations to behave like merchant generators, creating outcomes the legislature did not intend and complicating retail billing and interconnection.
Representative Fleming asked whether small businesses were being overcharged under existing net‑metering rules and whether the PUC had tools to address the problem. Chairman…
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