2019 House Bill 5144

Revise electricity “net metering” mandate

Introduced in the House

Oct. 23, 2019

Introduced by Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D-53)

To revise a “net metering” mandate imposed on utilities, which requires them to purchase electricity from customers who generate small amounts, including ”microgrid” net metering arrangements in which a number of people subscribe to local solar or wind facility that sells electricity to the utility and distributes the proceeds to subscribers. The bill would repeal a provision that requires a study to determine the actual market value of power sold back to a utility under “net metering” programs and making that the basis of how much the generator collects from the utility.

Referred to the Committee on Energy