Michigan lawmakers propose to boost consumer-generated renewables

Utility Dive: Among other groups, the bill package would help the state's farmers who have been negatively impacted by the reduced amount of money utilities pay for excess energy.

The bills aim to restore "fair-value pricing" for excess renewable generation sold back to utilities, said Rep. Gary Glenn, R, chairman of Michigan's House Energy Policy Committee.

In addition, “current law places a cap on how many customers can participate in a utility’s distributed generation program,” Barrett said Monday in a statement. “We are quickly outgrowing the arbitrary limit to net metering, and my bill removes that cap."

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