Oklahoma Solar Panel Surcharge

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Oklahoma solar panel surcharge.

Og e is committed to using environmentally friendly energy sources. Photo by david mcnew getty images. 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. Last week with little fanfare and even less debate oklahoma lawmakers.

What s new for 2020 breaking news for 2020. Jun 11 2020 a bill that would allow regulated electric utilities to impose a surcharge on customers who install rooftop solar panels or small wind turbines passed the oklahoma house of representatives on monday. We were the first utility in oklahoma to offer universal solar power to customers with the mustang energy center. Last year arizona added what amounts to a 5 per month surcharge for solar customers a.

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. One of the issues is the. Now two new five megawatt farms are being built in southeast oklahoma in davis and durant. Not only does the state lag behind in production but a lack of community solar laws and policies are believed to contribute to fewer solar panels on oklahoma rooftops.

Net metering survived attacks in colorado and kansas and vermont recently increased its policy in a bipartisan effort. An solar forward employee installs solar electric panels on a rooftop in california. 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. 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.