'They will continue to be compensated under the current rates.' 'Existing net metering customers are unaffected by this proposal,' he said. But the new proposal will only affect customers who apply to connect their solar systems to the grid after April 1, 2024, according to MGE spokesperson Steve Schultz. If changes are approved, residential customers would receive rebates in line with those of large-business customers. Under the current structure, large-system customers receive 7.5 cents per kilowatt-hour generated into the grid, while residential customers receive 13 cents per kilowatt-hour, according to a document filed with the PSC. Currently, the company has two rates: One for large systems over 100 kilowatts, typically larger businesses or facilities, and another for systems 100 kilowatts and under, typically residential and small-business customers. Madison Gas & Electric, or MGE, proposed merging its billing rates for large and small solar energy systems. MGE proposes bringing net metering for residential customers in line with large businesses Proposals from both utilities have yet to be approved by the PSC. They come as the utility industry lobbies against a state bill that would allow non-utilities to provide community solar farms, and after the industry lobbied against a bill last session that would have exempted providers of third-party owned systems from regulation as a public utility. They cited changes to net metering and proposed rate hikes.

Renewable energy advocates and municipalities have filed objections with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, or PSC, to rate proposals from both Madison Gas & Electric and Alliant Energy. As part of that process, both utilities have proposed changes to 'net metering.' Net metering is a billing mechanism in which utilities pay solar owners for the electricity they add to the grid.

A pair of Wisconsin utilities are proposing changes to the reimbursements given to customers with solar panels that put energy back into the grid, as industry groups lobby against measures advocates say would help expand access to residential solar.Īlliant Energy and Madison Gas & Electric have applied to increase electric rates in 2024.

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