Solar net metering, a system that forces utilities to pay more for rooftop solar energy (the “retail” rate of electricity) versus the typical wholesale price they pay for all other electricity, has failed.

After years of losses for taxpayers and consumers, solar net metering may finally be on its way out. A recent decision from the North Carolina Utilities Commission significantly cut mandated payments to rooftop solar owners, while the state’s regulators rejected a “monetary incentive” that would have amounted to a solar bailout package.

David Williams is the president of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

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