By David Wichner | Arizona Daily Star
ucson Electric Power has proposed a new rate structure for those who install rooftop solar in the future that would cut credits for excess solar production.Tucson Electric Power Co. has proposed a new rate structure for future customers with rooftop solar that would cut credits for excess solar production and mandate time-of-use rates with new monthly charges.
TEP filed its solar proposal recently in the second phase of a rate case decided in February, which resulted in an $8.50 increase to the average home customer’s monthly bill.
Last December, after years of legal wrangling, the Arizona Corporation Commission set a new solar policy phasing out net metering, which reimburses customers for excess energy production at the full retail price.
