{"id":365,"date":"2016-02-01T09:40:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T14:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/?p=365"},"modified":"2016-01-29T10:16:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T15:16:14","slug":"are-net-metering-changes-in-mississippi-forthcoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/are-net-metering-changes-in-mississippi-forthcoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Are net metering changes in Mississippi forthcoming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mississippi utilities calling for a rehearing<\/h2>\n<p>Utility companies in Mississippi have asked for a rehearing to discuss a new solar net metering rule passed by the Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) back in December.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, the Mississippi PSC <a href=\"http:\/\/watchdog.org\/254508\/net-metering-rule\/\" title=\"approved a new rule for homeowners with rooftop solar\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>approved a new rule for homeowners with rooftop solar<\/strong><\/a> that allowed those homeowners to sell back excess electricity generated by their solar panels to the utilities for 7 to 7.5 cents per kilowatt hour.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mississippi electric power associations want rehearing on net metering rule. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j3a9A73R7v\">https:\/\/t.co\/j3a9A73R7v<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mswatchdog?src=hash\">#mswatchdog<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mspolitics?src=hash\">#mspolitics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mississippi Watchdog (@MissWatchdog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MissWatchdog\/status\/690171240418525184\">January 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 7 to 7.5 cents per kilowatt hour was a compromise between the 10 cents per kilowatt hour requested by net metering customers and the 4 to 4.5 cents per kilowatt hour requested by Entergy, a utility company in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The utilities want to revisit that compromise, and the going rate that was determined.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/net-metering-changes-makes-future-of-solar-in-nevada-unclear\/\" title=\"Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tech_Forum_29_14231682575-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear\" alt=\"Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/net-metering-changes-makes-future-of-solar-in-nevada-unclear\/\" title=\"Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear\"><h4>Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear<\/h4><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/net-metering-changes-makes-future-of-solar-in-nevada-unclear\/\" title=\"Net metering changes makes future of solar in Nevada unclear\" class=\"hide375\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Net metering debates becoming commonplace<\/h3>\n<p>Not only are debates centered on net metering nothing new for U.S. states, but those debates seem to be picking up steam as 2016 begins. Net metering discussions are currently a popular topic among solar customers, government officials and utility companies in <a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/california-regulators-reject-steep-solar-fees-proposed-by-utilities\/\" title=\"California\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>California<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/net-metering-changes-makes-future-of-solar-in-nevada-unclear\/\" title=\"Nevada\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nevada<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/will-maine-follow-nevadas-footsteps-and-reverse-course-on-net-metering\/\" title=\"Maine\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Maine<\/strong><\/a>, among other states.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/will-maine-follow-nevadas-footsteps-and-reverse-course-on-net-metering\/\" title=\"Will Maine follow Nevada's footsteps and reverse course on net metering?\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Solar_Hot_Water_Panels-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Will Maine follow Nevada's footsteps and reverse course on net metering?\" alt=\"Will Maine follow Nevada's footsteps and reverse course on net metering?\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/will-maine-follow-nevadas-footsteps-and-reverse-course-on-net-metering\/\" title=\"Will Maine follow Nevada's footsteps and reverse course on net metering?\"><h4>Will Maine follow Nevada's footsteps and reverse course on net metering?<\/h4><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/will-maine-follow-nevadas-footsteps-and-reverse-course-on-net-metering\/\" title=\"Will Maine follow Nevada's footsteps and reverse course on net metering?\" class=\"hide375\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Future unclear<\/h3>\n<p>While some solar advocates thought that the <a href=\"http:\/\/watchdog.org\/210815\/rooftop-solar\/\" title=\"new solar rules in Mississippi\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>new solar rules in Mississippi<\/strong><\/a> that have taken effect in the recent past would propel the solar industry in the state, debates like this are putting a temporary hold on large expansion.<\/p>\n<span class=\"source-attribution\">Orginally published on &rarr; <a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/net-metering-battle-might-be-brewing-in-mississippi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Utilities Local<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi utility companies have asked for a rehearing on a new solar net metering rule passed by the Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[57,40,46,6],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar","tag-mississippi","tag-net-metering","tag-rooftop-solar","tag-solar-power"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}