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Utilities Committee Recommends Net‑Billing for Rooftop Solar; Council OKs Sewer Interlocal and Reimbursement Policy Changes
Summary
Gastonia City Council on Nov. 6 approved changes to utility policies: adopting net billing for rooftop solar compensation and authorizing an interlocal sewer agreement to upsize a force main, while also revising the reimbursement policy to remove off‑site reimbursement provisions.
Gastonia City Council considered multiple utilities items Nov. 6, including a change to rooftop solar billing and approvals related to sewer infrastructure and utility policy.
Rooftop solar: Utilities staff presented three billing approaches — a buy‑all/sell‑all framework, net metering (retail credit for exported energy), and net billing (customer consumes on‑site; any exported power purchased by the utility at the utility’s avoided cost). Staff recommended net billing to avoid shifting system infrastructure and fixed‑cost recovery to non‑solar customers. The council adopted the net‑billing approach by motion; staff said a net‑billing framework allows customers to…
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