Whose sunlight is it, anyway?

The premise of this blog is that the energy powering the planet belongs to all of us. I hope it will contribute to the evolving conversations about the planet's resources, sustainability, and social structures. In time, it might even provoke some ideas about a more just world. The immediate focus of the blog will be "net metering", which is now a heated topic in many states. Pennsylvania, where I live, has a progressive law (the AEPS Act), but the electric utilities have added numerous roadblocks to prevent its full implementation. One of the provisions in the Law is for "virtual meter aggregation". This allows a single customer to apply generation credit from one meter (at the generating site) to another meter where electricity is used.

My own pv solar system was installed for my house in 2009 under that provision. In 2011, however, the power company terminated generation credits. For four years, my complaint has been proceeding through various appeals and is awaiting a decision from Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court.

I welcome comments from readers, and hope this personal blog might become a public forum, as well.

Larry