Home Power Net-Metering Net-Metering laws, becoming more popular throughout the US are coming into vogue. At the moment, the advantages land squarely on the Home Owner. Under most Net-Metering rules (check with your utility to your specific rules), a Home Owner is allowed to produce energy that is fed back into the grid counted up at the end of a billing period, usually one month. The Home Owner is allowed full retail compensation for the KWH actually exported to the grid, as measured by a special Meter. The meter is important as there are many types. Each utility will have their preferred meter, usually a Bi-Directional Meter, that measures consumption and export KWHs. An advantage for the Home Owner is that most utilities bill you by a Time-of-Use Rate. This means during Peak hours (10am-6pm) energy you buy from your utility will cost more than Off-Peak consumption (6pm-10am) HINT: Some utilities use multiple tears for billing. Off-peak from midnight to 7am, then 7am-10am called Mid-Peak, then Peak (noon-6pm), then back to Mid-Peak (6pm-midnight) and then back to Off-peak. Each tear charged a different rate. The advantage is that even though you consume energy during Peak-times (being charged full rate) you get full retail value for any wind energy your produce both in Peak-times, but ALSO when you generate energy during Off-peak hours. Being totaled at the end of the month, your total production is given a full retail rate. The Hardware you’ll choose for your wind generator(s) to be used for Net-Metering will be based on Energy. Check your electric bill and determine how many KWH’s of energy the site consumes. Net-Metering allows the Home Owner to produce KWH’s against this consumption. sitemap