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Solar system produces less than your usage

Solar Panel Generates 1100 kWh in a month

House Uses 1500 kWh in a month.

Your total Dominion Energy bills will be for 400 kWh and a monthly service charge

Solar system more power than you use

Solar Panel Generates 1100 kWh

House Uses 1000 kWh Total Dominion Energy bills you for 0 kWh and a monthly service charge

100 kWh is delivered to the grid (when solar production is greater than the home or business usage) 100 kWh carryover applied

General Information

We will continue to Net Meter and transfer the Net Meter to the next owner. Until Dominion Energy is advised that the system has been removed, the premise is considered a Net Metering premise.

No. Due to safety reasons, if the electric service to your home is out, your renewable energy facility will be forced offline. This precaution is to prevent your generation system from feeding excess electricity onto the grid, which would put utility line workers at risk as they repair electrical lines. The only way to supply power to your home with a distributed generation during power outages is to invest in an energy storage system and a transfer switch.

Under the typical net metering arrangement, the amount you are charged for the energy you consume is equal to the amount you are credited when your system feeds back to the grid.

Under the Off-Peak Plan, the amount you are charged or credited will correspond to the cost associated with that season, day and time. For example, if your system is generating at 1pm, you’ll be credited off-peak hour rates instead of basic residential rates.

The credits you receive when your system is sending electricity back to the grid can only be applied to the tier in which they are accrued. So if you build credits during on-peak hours, they can only be applied to future on-peak hours.

System Requirements

Net Metering is intended to allow a customer to offset a portion or all of the electrical energy requirements of their home or business. The system must be sized so that it does not reasonably produce more energy than 150% of the expected annual electrical consumption.

Maximum renewable generator sizes (AC capacity):

  • Virginia Residential – 25 kW
  • Virginia Non-residential – 3000 kW

These system sizes are based on the maximum expected AC output of the system after all losses have been applied including panel orientation, shading, and inverter losses.

The energy you produce and consume offsets the energy you would normally purchase from Dominion Energy and can be valued at the amount you would pay for your next kilowatt-hour. The value will vary with individual usage patterns and you should refer to your previous electric bills to determine the appropriate value. Any excess energy returned to the grid is recorded as a credit and used to offset future electric energy delivered to the home or business.

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