By Herman K. Trabish | GreenTech Media
The battle over net metering between Colorado’s Xcel Energy and rooftop solar advocates could make the recent impassioned debate in Arizona seem tame.
Xcel Energy, Colorado’s dominant electricity provider, will have its 2014 Renewable Energy Standard Compliance Plan reviewed by the state Public Utilities Commission in February.
In its filings, the utility proposed to change net energy metering (NEM) to a “net metering incentive.” To validate the request, Xcel filed a value of solar study that puzzled Colorado solar advocates.