{"id":270,"date":"2016-01-29T07:20:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T12:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/?p=270"},"modified":"2016-01-28T21:56:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T02:56:20","slug":"net-metering-battle-might-be-brewing-in-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/net-metering-battle-might-be-brewing-in-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Net metering battle might be brewing in Mississippi"},"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:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/battle-between-nevada-lawmakers-and-solar-customers-intensifies\/\" title=\"Battle between Nevada lawmakers and solar customers intensifies\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1024px-Giant_photovoltaic_array-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Battle between Nevada lawmakers and solar customers intensifies\" alt=\"Battle between Nevada lawmakers and solar customers intensifies\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/battle-between-nevada-lawmakers-and-solar-customers-intensifies\/\" title=\"Battle between Nevada lawmakers and solar customers intensifies\"><h4>Battle between Nevada lawmakers and solar customers intensifies<\/h4><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/battle-between-nevada-lawmakers-and-solar-customers-intensifies\/\" title=\"Battle between Nevada lawmakers and solar customers intensifies\" 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:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/california-utility-companies-proposed-new-fees-for-solar-customers-rejected\/\" title=\"California\"><strong>California<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/battle-between-nevada-lawmakers-and-solar-customers-intensifies\/\" title=\"Nevada\"><strong>Nevada<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/maine-reaches-milestone-will-review-net-metering-policy\/\" title=\"Maine\"><strong>Maine<\/strong><\/a>, among other states.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/maine-reaches-milestone-will-review-net-metering-policy\/\" title=\"Maine reaches milestone, will review net metering policy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/solar-panels-closeup_df4j52k-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Maine reaches milestone, will review net metering policy\" alt=\"Maine reaches milestone, will review net metering policy\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/maine-reaches-milestone-will-review-net-metering-policy\/\" title=\"Maine reaches milestone, will review net metering policy\"><h4>Maine reaches milestone, will review net metering policy<\/h4><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/maine-reaches-milestone-will-review-net-metering-policy\/\" title=\"Maine reaches milestone, will review net metering policy\" 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\">Source &rarr; <a href=\"http:\/\/watchdog.org\/254508\/net-metering-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Watchdog.org<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utility companies in Mississippi want a rehearing to discuss a new solar net metering rule passed by the Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,5],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}