If you are considering using solar energy to power your home, the environmental benefits and long-term cost savings are both good incentives. But, as you dig deeper into research about solar energy, ...

Net metering is a way to make solar more affordable, but the benefits vary by state. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of NerdWallet, but this does not ...

What is net metering? Learn how the battle over solar-power reimbursement is shaping the future of energy independence in each state due to state law and utility regulations. Home solar power has ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

We should be working to help stabilize electricity bills through programs such as net metering, which allows households to hedge against rate hikes, Solar United Neighbors’ Brandon Praileau ...

For the first time in a long time, the future of rooftop solar in Indiana is now more uncertain than ever. Solar power is about to become much more expensive for Hoosiers as a state policy meant to ...

Homeowners with an interest in adopting solar are usually swayed when they learn that their solar-paneled home is its own power-generating entity. Like a smaller version of Con Ed. During the day, ...

Utilities across the country are trying to find ways to undermine rooftop solar, and some states are giving them some help. This month alone, Wyoming's legislature introduced a bill that would ...

The Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA) and Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) are desperately trying to convince Minnesota legislators that our state’s first-in-the-nation net ...

Imported (consumed) and exported (supplied to the grid) electricity units were adjusted at the same rate. This is why ...