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Solar Net Meter

With net metering, you reap the full benefits of a home solar power system.

When you upgrade your home to solar, your current utility meter is replaced with a net meter, which can spin forwards and backwards. The net meter automatically tracks your solar electricity production and your use of traditional electricity from the utility.

Your meter spins backwards whenever your home solar power system makes more energy than your home needs. Your meter might spin backwards in the middle of a summer day. You are credited for the excess electricity, which goes back into the grid. When you draw power from your utility, your meter will spin forward. Your utility will factor in your solar production and charge you for your net electricity consumption.

With Sunrun, your home stays connected to the utility. This way, you can have clean, renewable energy from the sun during the day, and uninterrupted power from your utility at night.

At the end of the year, the utility calculates your "electricity balance." If your home used more energy from the grid than your home solar power system produced, you'll owe the utility some money. If your home produced more electricity than you used, you won't owe the utility a thing. Most utilities won't pay you for any extra solar electricity you generated but didn't use. It's important that the size of your home solar power system fits your current and future electricity needs.

Have a net metering question for your utility company? Here's a list of utility net metering or solar departments.

At Sunrun we are experts at designing the optimal home solar power system for your home to meet your electricity needs and get you the best return on your solar investment. And Sunrun guarantees your solar electricity production for the life of your customer agreement.