TEP to wait for 2016 rate case before attempting to modify net metering

Utilities in Arizona have been pushing back strongly against distributed solar, arguing that they should either not be required to compensate customers for electricity they generate at full retail rate, or requiring additional charges for these customers. However, at least one of these conflicts will take place on better ground for the solar industry. On Thursday, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) approved a motion filed by Tucson Electric Power (TEP) agreeing to wait until its 2016 rate case to make its argument for why solar customers should be reimbursed at the rate the utility pays for large-scale solar. The utility's motion to move this request to the rate case came after the recommendation of staff and other parties to the proceeding who argued that this matter would be better served in a rate case. TEP has also agreed to modify a warning to its customers that the policy could be changed, by removing a June 1st, 2015 date for this change. The ...

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