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Senate advances net‑metering bill to encourage small electricity producers
Summary
The Senate advanced House Bill 7, which would allow homeowners and small generators to return surplus electricity to the grid and receive compensation; sponsors said utilities support the bill and metering technology generally supports reversing meter flow.
The Utah State Senate on January 30 advanced House Bill 7, a measure that would allow small electricity producers — for example, rooftop photovoltaic systems or small hydro installations — to send surplus power back to the grid and receive compensation.
Representative Snow, sponsor of the bill in the House, told senators the measure "allows that electricity to be put back into the system, and they…
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