Tag: net metering
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Increases to solar net metering rates advance after widespread public concerns at City Council meeting
Rate increases for customers in Colorado Springs Utilities’ net metering solar program have moved closer to taking effect next year. The Colorado Springs City Council voted 6-2 to advance the proposed rate changes at Tuesday’s council meeting, after several hours of a public hearing where residents and solar providers voiced their concerns. The official vote…
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Colorado Springs Utilities proposal for solar customers includes choice of two ways to increase rates
Colorado Springs Utilities would give solar net metering customers two options to choose from as the utility looks to increase rates for residents who have a home solar panel. The net metering program, which more than 11,000 homes in the city participate in, allows residents with solar panels to connect them to the city’s grid.…
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Focus groups, fees and plug-in panels: Interest in home solar grows in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Utilities will take another run at enacting new fees for residents who connect their home solar panels to the power grid as the popularity of solar energy continues to grow. At a Utilities Board committee meeting scheduled for May 18, staff members are expected to present a new model for updating the net…
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Solar users successfully push Colorado Springs City Council to drop planned Utilities rate change
Dozens of solar power supporters packed the room on Tuesday to ask the Colorado Springs City Council to remove a new charge for net metering customers from the next rate plan for Colorado Springs Utilities. They got what they wanted. The City Council voted 5-4 late Tuesday afternoon to reject the changes to net metering.…