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As it stands now, Oncor
does not offer net metering, nor does the State of Texas require retailers
to net meter. If you take the Oncor rebate, meters will be installed
on your home that read both inflow and outflow.
One will not offset the other. Your retail electric provider (TXU,
Reliant, Green Mountain, Direct Energy, etc.) will get both figures from ERCOT. Your
provider will charge you retail (your electric supplier's version of
retail) for your electric usage. The retailer will decide what, if
anything. it will pay you for the electricity you generate and send back
to the grid. It can be as small as one
cent--or nothing-- or as large as the provider wishes. This will make the choice of a
provider for those of you who install solar electricity in the Oncor service area very important. A bill failed to pass the Legislature. Although the bill did pass the Senate, it never came up for vote in the house as our legislators decided to fight about Voter IDs instead rather than govern or lead for the citizens of Texas. The bill would have made it mandatory for the grid to at least pay you "avoided cost" for the electricity you generate. Now we wait for the 2011 legislature to meet to make this mandatory.. Avoided cost is generally
meant to be the cost the electric utility would incur were it to generate
the power or purchase the power from another source. In many cases, this
is considered to be the fuel cost incurred in generating the electricity. As more information is
received by DFW Net Mall, this page will be updated. July 17, 2009 See Net
Metering For
further information about Renewable
Energy or this area of Texas
contact Terry
Jensen Renewable Energy & Green Services
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