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How do I sell excess electricity to LIPA?; What is NET METERING?

April 26, 2017electricity excess LIPA Metering NET sell

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How do I sell excess electricity to LIPA?; What is NET METERING?

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Thanks to New York State’s “net metering” law, homeowners can use solar power to literally turn back their electric meter and sell excess power back to LIPA. Without solar PV panels, your electric meter spins forward when electricity flows from LIPA into your home. With solar panels, whenever you produce more power than you are using, the excess power flows back to the utility’s electric grid system, spinning your electric meter backwards! At the end of the month, you are billed only for net consumption – the power you receive from LIPA minus the power you send back to LIPA.