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Northwestern Energy, Montana’s largest utility overpays for rooftop solar energy, study suggests

April 8, 2018 /

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Homes and businesses with rooftop solar provide a small benefit to NorthWestern Energy through net metering, the company reported this week, although maybe not enough to warrant current compensation.

In a 40-page cost-benefit analysis of solar net metering, Montana’s largest utility company concluded that the energy rooftop solar delivered back onto the grid had a net value of about 4 cents per kilowatt hour. That’s about a third of what net-metering customers are currently compensated.

TOM LUTEY [email protected]

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