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Arizona charging solar users $50 a month sun fee - dmcowen674 - 03-01-2015
2-28-2015
Arizona charging solar users $50 a month sun fee
Starting in April, solar users across Arizona will be subject to an additional rate charge of about $50 per month.
This new “demand charge” will be based on a solar users’ peak power demand during the month and will be levied regardless of how much electricity is offset by their residential solar units.
The Salt River Project (SRP), one of the nation’s largest public power utilities, has been fighting for this and other renewable energy fees because of what the company argues is needed to cover grid infrastructure and maintenance costs. This final approval of the plan by the elected board, which also includes a 3.9 percent rate increase for all customers.
Next door in New Mexico, PNM, the state’s largest utility, is pursuing a similar track. The company recently proposed a distributed solar generation fee that could cost new solar installers $30 a month to connect to the grid.