Figure 7

Net Metering Programs  

in the United States 

VT: 15/150 kW

NH: 25 kW

25 kW

MA: 60 kW

100

CT: 100 kW

50 kW

kW

100 kW

RI: 25 kW

25 kW

40 kW

25/100 kW

20 kW

25 kW

10/500 kW

30 kW

NJ:  2 MW

25 kW

under

40 kW

1 MW

10 kW

DW: 25 kW

development

10/500

MD: 30 kW

kW

15 kW

D.C.: 100 kW

100 kW

25/100

10 kW

kW

10/100

kW

50 kW

25/100

kW

50 kW

State wide net metering rules for all utilities

+

State wide net metering rules only for certain utility types (e.g., investor owned utilities only)

In these cases, other utilities (e.g., municipal utilities, cooperatives) may have different rules.

Net metering offered by one or more individual utilities.

MW and kW indicate limits on system size; in some cases, limits vary by customer type

Source: Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE), http://www.dsireusa.org, February 2005.

periods and under consume during slack periods, compared to how they might behave if they received

accurate price signals.

+

Numerous regulatory barriers have been shown to stand in the way of distributed generation tech 

nologies, including photovoltaics, reciprocating engines, gas turbines, and fuel cells.

57

These barriers

include state to state variations in environmental permitting requirements that result in significant burdens

to project developers. Similar variations in net metering policies cause confusion in the marketplace and

represent barriers to distributed generation (Figure 7). Net metering allows customers with small generating

21

Towards a Climate Friendly  

Built Environment

+