Doing the Math: Is Net Metering a Cost to Utilities, or a Benefit?

![][1] Utilities often claim that allowing customers to run their meter backward (by generating electricity on-site, e.g. from rooftop solar) can affect their bottom line because these customers don't pay enough to cover the cost of maintaining the grid. In at least one case, however, a utility's cost-benefit analysis of net metering was

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