By David Wichner | Arizona Daily Star
A state hearing judge has called for Arizona utility regulators to end so-called net metering for rooftop solar customers, but not quite yet.
If the Arizona Corporation Commission follows the recommendation, it would mean new solar customers would initially get far less financial credit on their electric bills for the excess power they produce, and that benefit might eventually disappear altogether.
In a filing in the Arizona Corporation Commission’s ongoing examination of the value of rooftop solar, administrative law judge Teena Jibilian said regulators should scrap the current system of reimbursing customers with rooftop solar at the full retail rate for power.
