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FAIRMONT — Solar energy users who sell energy back to the energy grid maintained by FirstEnergy Corp. will no longer have their sale price cut by half.
Two major energy companies, Mon Power and Potomac Edison, have come to an agreement over the proposed change in net-metering rate. This change is for clients who use solar panels
FirstEnergy utilities and solar advocates have reached an agreement over the utilities' net metering plan for customers that generate their own electricity. The deal proposed to the West Virginia Public Service Commission by Mon Power, Potomac Edison and groups including solar installer Solar Holler would resolve what has been an especially intense rate case-based dispute.
As someone who lives in rural Wood County, I experience frequent power outages. That means worrying about whether my freezer is going to thaw or if my blood sug
Solar advocates, led by Solar Holler founder and CEO Dan Conant, are fighting a plan by FirstEnergy utilities Mon Power and Potomac Edison to change the structure of net metering in West Virginia. They say the plan would short-change customers who generate their own electricity, but the utilities and others, including the state Public Service Commission Consumer Advocate Division, say non-solar customers are subsidizing solar customers under the current setup.