I do not see the benefit this bill offers as it allowed the energy companies to reset their meters on their customers. All those (me included) who had energy credits lose those and now get half of what we used to for power.

As of today they are revising their contracts and taking out the part where customers sign over their renewable energy credits to TXU for free.

I am currently working on building eco-friendly portable classrooms that are solar powered for schools, the solar power will help during the school year but in the summer months when the sun is out longer and the classrooms are used less they will produce more than they use, I am still unclear as to how or if they will be compensated for the extra power, if they have no compensation the cost of solar just doesn’t make sense and I regretfully need to scrap the idea

If anyone has any information on buyback rates I would greatly appriciate it, I just contacted TXU and the directed me to Oncor, I have read a lot of stuff from other people about getting the runaround from both of them so we will see

Texas Net Metering Order
Net metering is ordered by the Public Utility Commission of Texas under Substantive Rules, Section 23.66(f)(4), which became effective in 1986. The order requires utilities to offer a net metering option to qualifying facilities of 50 kW or less, using renewable energy resources. Utilities will install a single meter for such customers and allow the meter to turn backward to register the net energy consumption or production by the customers. Net consumption is billed at the applicable tariff, and excess generation by the customers during a billing cycle is purchased by utilities at the avoided cost (fuel cost only, no capacity component). Texas initiated the net metering program 10 years ago to promote small wind power and PV markets in the state. There is no statewide limit on the number of customers or total capacity under the net metering program.