subject: Do Home Solar Panels Work in the Northwest? [print this page] Do Home Solar Panels Work in the Northwest?
In most net metering programs, the utility installs a special dual-reading' meter at the customers home that will keep track of both the energy consumed by the home, and energy that is generated by the home solar panels. The customer is then billed only for the net amount of electricity that they draw from the utility, effectively receiving the utility's full retail price for the electricity that is generated from the home solar panels.
