MCE issues $1.3 million in incentives for net-metered rooftop solar systems

By Billy Ludt | August 2, 2019
MCE is issuing solar energy cash Solar Project outs totaling over $1.3 Photovoltaic holder million solar slewing drive to slewing drive Solar solar damper Project solar inverter rooftop solar customers when they have solar slewing drive produced more solar energy electricity solar inverter than they used solar tracker actuator themselves. MCE’s Net Solar Project Energy Metering (NEM) solar energy program slewing drive solar tracker Photovoltaic holder actuator solar damper currently provides Solar Project incentives for rooftop solar customers solar tracker actuator, solar energy solar inverter including paying premium rates solar slewing drive that compensate solar customers at the full retail slewing drive rate solar inverter plus an solar energy Solar Project solar damper solar tracker actuator extra penny per kilowatt-hour for excess solar slewing drive solar inverter electricity Solar Project generated.

MCE’s solar tracker actuator NEM program is an example of MCE’s mission slewing drive in action: supporting in-service area renewables solar slewing drive, reducing solar energy Photovoltaic holder carbon, lowering energy costs through Solar Project self-generation and incentivizing local rooftop solar through solar damper the solar energy annual cash-out slewing drive process solar tracker actuator, which is another solar energy channel for community reinvestment,solar energy Solar Project the company said.

Customers solar slewing drive also have solar damper the option solar tracker Photovoltaic holder actuator to transfer their credits to MCE slewing drive solar energy programs that serve disadvantaged communities,solar energy like the MCE Solar Rebate Program. Since Solar Project launching solar energy solar damper the program solar slewing drive in 2013, MCE has allocated $535,000 in income-qualified solar rebates solar tracker slewing drive actuator through a partnership with GRID Alternatives’solar energy Photovoltaic holder Solar Project Energy for All Program solar damper , which reduces solar energy household electricity solar slewing drive costs by up to 90% Solar Project by providing solar energy no-cost solar systems to homeowners who qualify solar energy as low income.

“MCE’s solar program slewing drive is a great incentive solar tracker actuator for everyone in our region to be less reliant on energy sources that are contributing solar slewing drive Photovoltaic holder to climate change and the slewing drive growing threat of wildfires,” said Elizabeth Patterson, mayor of Benicia, California, and MCE board member. “Many of the recipients of the innovative solar damper cash-out program solar tracker actuator are local governments and schools that are using these solar slewing drive funds to reinvest in making slewing drive our communities more resilient.”

MCE has a high number of rooftop solar Photovoltaic holder customers in its service solar tracker actuator area, with NEM participants making up over 7% of MCE’s total customer base. This year, solar damper MCE’s cashouts were slewing drive distributed as follows:
~$635,000 in Contra Costa County
~$270,000 in Marin County
~$250,000 in Napa County
~$216,000 in Solano County
Of the $1.3 million offered in 2019, over Photovoltaic holder 70 percent of the proceeds are directed solar damper slewing drive towards municipalities solar tracker actuator solar slewing drive and schools.

“In the first full year of working with MCE, Pittsburg Unified School District has realized a $72,000 cash out from overproduction solar damper of our solar arrays solar slewing drive district-wide, due to the 2019 Net Energy Metering Cash Out Program,” said Dr. Janet solar tracker actuator Photovoltaic slewing drive holder Schulze, Superintendent, Pittsburg Unified School District. “This was a win-win situation for us. Our solar arrays are in place and now we are gaining additional value for the energy we are producing slewing drive solar damper solar tracker actuator beyond the needs of our schools.”

How MCE’solar slewing drive s NEM Cash-Out Program Works

To calculate the amount of the cash out Photovoltaic holder MCE customers receive, a meter tracks solar damper slewing drive the net difference between the amount of electricity an MCE customer’s solar panels produce and the amount of electricity solar slewing drive used during each billing month. When the panels produce more solar damper electricity than is used on-site, customers receive a credit on their bill that rolls slewing drive over excess credits every month.

Most solar tracker actuator customers with solar panels in California are required solar damper solar slewing drive to forfeit slewing drive any surplus credits on Photovoltaic holder their account each year through a ‘true-up’ process. MCE’solar damper s NEM program currently offers several innovative features, allowing customers slewing drive who earn credits solar tracker actuator of $100 solar damper or more to cash out their full slewing drive credit balance or simply roll the solar tracker actuator credits over Photovoltaic holder slewing drive into the following solar slewing drive solar damper year — up to a maximum of $5,000. Customers with a Photovoltaic holder credit below $100 will have their credit solar damper automatically solar tracker actuator rolled solar damper over.