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.
Utilities in many localities are resisting this. But there are bills pending in Congress (and in some state legislatures) that will mandate net-metering and forbid onerous insurance and licencing procedures. The utilities own the transmission lines and charge you for their use in direct proportion to the electricity you buy from them.
This is not to say that electricity from wind, nuclear, or biomass is not better for the environment than what comes from fossil fuels. But isn't home-grown power better?