An annual survey that gauges renewable-energy policy around the country shows that, in the past year, states have generally made it easier for homeowners to produce their own power with small-scale photovoltaic and wind systems. The report, called "Freeing the Grid," grades the states in two key policy areas–net metering and interconnection, which is the procedure customers must follow to connect their renewable-energy systems to the grid. "States nationwide have generally upheld and, in some cases, strengthened these pillars of clean-energy investment," the report’s summary says. "Considering the overwhelming number of attempts by traditional-power interests to weaken net metering over the past year, this is a major win for consumer choice and energy innovation."
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