The utilities want to SELL you electricity, whether it is generated from coal, oil, natural gas, wind, nuclear, or anything else.
Solar energy, generated from PV panels on your roof, you generate yourself, and REFUND back to the utility.
The whole concept of net-metering requires a single electric meter that runs forward when the utility feeds you electricity, and backward at the same rate when electricity generated by your panels is fed back to the utility.
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