State of Net Metering in 2025 | The Buzz

Solar energy compensation programs continue to change across the country, as states move away from retail net metering. A great resource for following these trends is the NC Clean Energy Technology Center.

The Center is home to the Database of States Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE), a public good that provides information on policies and programs related to clean energy at the federal, state, local, and utility level across the United States.

Its quarterly 50 States of Solar. series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on distributed solar policy, with a focus on net metering, distributed solar valuation, interconnection rules, community solar, residential fixed charges, residential demand and solar charges, and third-party ownership.

Joining The Buzz to sum up the latest actions, and chat about the future of net metering is Rebekah de la Mora, a Senior Policy Analyst at the NC Clean Energy Technology Center at NC State University.

• 1:08 - Top line trends in changes being made to net metering
• 4:49 - Are there more actions happening now than previously?
• 7:37 - So, is it fair to say "net metering is dead" ?
• 9:09 - Impact of interval data & time of use rates on distributed generation compensation
• 13:35 - Will moving to TOU billing hurt nascent solar markets?
• 17:46 - What states have "friendlier" solar compensation rates?
• 19:15 - Boosting incentives for commercial solar customers
• 23:02 - Emerging markets for commercial solar + storage