2022 Innovation Issue: Coming regulatory change could stymie small-scale solar

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  1. The loss of net metering kills Rooftop Solar in Indiana.
    Net Metering lets you sell your solar to your neighbors at the normal price, and essentially makes the power grid behave as a battery pack for nights and dark days. Batteries are ~80% effective – so any amount under 80% net metering is absolutely anti-consumer trash and useless to a customer.
    Most of Indiana pays out somewhere under 1/4 of what you pay under the new rule.

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