Oklahoma Solar Panel Surcharge

Oklahoma could be the first complete defeat for solar advocates in their fight against utility efforts to recover costs lost to dg distributed generation use writes utility dive.

Oklahoma solar panel surcharge.

Read on to find out why you rarely see any solar on any rooftops here and compare the policy performance and solar energy jobs here to other states. What s new for 2020 breaking news for 2020. Oklahoma city ok april 22 2014 some oklahoma residents who install solar panels or wind turbines on their property in the future are likely to get hit. We were the first utility in oklahoma to offer universal solar power to customers with the mustang energy center.

Mary fallin signed the solar surcharge bill into law on monday permitting utilities to charge an extra fee to any customer using distributed power generation such as rooftop. While solar advocates contested it as it moved through the capitol it allowed the oklahoma corporation commission to establish separate customer classes and surcharges for distributing energy. Photo by david mcnew getty images. One of the issues is the.

An solar forward employee installs solar electric panels on a rooftop in california. Net metering survived attacks in colorado and kansas and vermont recently increased its policy in a bipartisan effort. Last year arizona added what amounts to a 5 per month surcharge for solar customers a. It sets up a process at the oklahoma corporation commission to establish a separate customer class and monthly surcharge for distributed generation such as rooftop solar or small wind turbines.

Last week with little fanfare and even less debate oklahoma lawmakers. This was followed by another solar energy center near covington oklahoma. Not only does the state lag behind in production but a lack of community solar laws and policies are believed to contribute to fewer solar panels on oklahoma rooftops. We rated oklahoma the worst state in the country to get home solar panels.