Xcel’s retail electricity rates have risen nearly 40% in the past decade and the utility announced its intention to increase rates in each of the next four years. If allowed to compel community solar subscribers to accept a long-term, flat rate payment, Xcel would put them at a severe disadvantage to traditional net metering customers, an unlikely legislative intent.
Xcel’s retail electricity rates have risen nearly 40% in the past decade and the utility announced its intention to increase rates in each of the next four years. If allowed to compel community solar subscribers to accept a long-term, flat rate payment, Xcel would put them at a severe disadvantage to traditional net metering customers, an unlikely legislative intent.