State net metering policies
State net metering rules provide an incentive for individuals and businesses to invest in their own small renewable energy systems by allowing them to sell excess power that they produce back into the grid.
More than 40 states, including Alaska, offer some form of net metering. Different rules in each state determine the maximum amount of power individual producers can sell back to the utility, the price at which the utility must purchase the power and the length of time an individual producer can “bank” the power they produce before a “net” bill must be calculated.