On July 12, the Mississippi Public Service Fee (PSC) voted to undertake its up to date Web Metering and Interconnection Guidelines. The brand new guidelines broaden the state’s net-metering program by elevating the participation cap for rooftop photo voltaic from 3 to 4% of a utility firm’s peak demand and prioritizing photo voltaic adoption for low-to-moderate revenue (LMI) prospects, amongst different steps.
In response to Mississippi Today, the fee added a $3,500 state rebate for house and small enterprise house owners buying photo voltaic, with greater funds to households incomes as much as 250% of the federal poverty degree.
“The Mississippi Public Service Fee took a optimistic step with the adoption of those new internet metering guidelines, and regardless of no change within the credit score charge for rooftop photo voltaic prospects, the Fee used an modern method and a number of other of SEIA’s solutions to broaden the cost-saving advantages of photo voltaic to extra Mississippians,” stated Will Giese, Southeast regional director for SEIA, in a press release. “LMI prospects will obtain extra compensation for his or her photo voltaic technology, and the principles now cowl households which are as much as 250% above the federal poverty line. This new rule will apply to virtually half one million properties and over 1.2 million folks in Mississippi. Different states ought to be aware of Mississippi’s method to making sure photo voltaic is accessible for LMI prospects.”
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