Oklahoma Solar Panel Surcharge

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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. Last year arizona added what amounts to a 5 per month surcharge for solar customers a. 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.

We were the first utility in oklahoma to offer universal solar power to customers with the mustang energy center. What s new for 2020 breaking news for 2020. This was followed by another solar energy center near covington oklahoma. 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.

One of the issues is the. 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. Now two new five megawatt farms are being built in southeast oklahoma in davis and durant. 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.

An solar forward employee installs solar electric panels on a rooftop in california. We rated oklahoma the worst state in the country to get home solar panels. Net metering survived attacks in colorado and kansas and vermont recently increased its policy in a bipartisan effort. Last week with little fanfare and even less debate oklahoma lawmakers.