Office building in Houston with 500kW solar array. Been under CenterPoint's net metering program since 2015. Just discovered they've been calculating the credit at avoided cost rate ($0.025/kWh) instead of retail rate ($0.089/kWh). That's about $15,000 per year in lost credits. Texas net metering rules require retail rate credit. Anyone else seen this?
CenterPoint net metering credit calculation wrong for 3 years
Connie - Texas doesn't have statewide net metering. Each utility has their own program. What does CenterPoint's specific tariff say? Some Texas utilities do pay avoided cost, not retail.
Robert's right. Texas is a mess for net metering. CenterPoint's distributed generation tariff might specify avoided cost. Check the actual interconnection agreement your client signed.
You're both right - checked the interconnection agreement and it does specify avoided cost rate. Client's solar installer told them it would be retail rate but that was wrong. No recovery possible. Expensive lesson.