It allows consumers who generate their own electricity (e.g., using rooftop solar panels) to send excess electricity back to the grid. The consumer's electricity meter runs backward to provide a credit for the energy fed to the grid, or the utility tracks the credit separately. This credits the consumer for the energy produced, effectively promoting the production and use of renewable energy, particularly solar energy, by households and other consumers.
'Net metering' is sometimes seen in the news in the context of promoting the
Asked in UPSC IAS 2016 · Topic: Sustainable Economic Development (Resource Depletion, Energy Transition, and Renewable Energy Policies)
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Answer: A. production and use of solar energy by the households/consumers
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