Cashing in on your solar savings (Calif.)

[jpak]

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_8901807

Electricity generated by a solar roof cuts a homeowner's utility bill, but some of those folks are upset when they learn that the best they can do is end up with a $0 bill, no matter how much power they produce.

That could be about to change.

AB 1920, working through California's Assembly, might mean that big utilities, such as Pacific Gas & Electric, would have to to write checks to customers whose solar-roof power generation exceeds the amount they use.

California could be the first state with such a program, although others, including Michigan, Minnesota and Rhode Island, are considering similar strategies.

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[Zorro]

1. I like this idea

Of course, I'm generating about 25% more electricity than I'm projecting to use over the year from the solar panels I installed last month.

[tinrobot]

2. Now that's an incentive.

I wonder if it would also cover other forms of energy, like wind.

[diane in sf]

3. Goood, incentives are growing solar power like crazy in Germany, why not here?