Making Cents

Net Metering is a billing mechanism by which excess power you generate and don't use throughout the day is sent back through the grid, resulting in "stored credits" that you can draw from when you need them, like at night. It's basically like using the grid as a free battery!

Maine 

 Net Energy Billing | MPUC (maine.gov) 

New Hampshire

 puc.nh.gov/sustainable energy/Net Metering/Net_Metering.html 

 Receive a Federal Tax Credit: 30% of the total project cost. There is no income limit, and the credit can be used for multiple years until it is spent! We can explore a Power Purchase Agreement if you don't have the tax liability to make that worth it. The video to the left is our favorite breakdown.

If the property is owned by a Non-Profit organization like a school or church, the project may be eligible for a 30% Direct Payment from the IRS!

www.whitehouse.gov/cleanenergy/directpay/

Using the monitoring systems that come with every NES Solar Project, you can sign up for a broker that will cut you a check for every mWh you produce throughout the year.

www.inspirecleanenergy.com/blog/clean-energy-101/what-are-renewable-energy-credits