Wisconsin regulators to update 17-year-old rules on customer-owned power sources
CHRIS HUBBUCH
Updated
Tyler Mairs, front, Paul Hainz, left, and Mike Eveland, of Full Spectrum Solar, install solar panels this week on a Middleton home. Wisconsin's rules on customer-owned generation were adopted in 2004, when rooftop solar was little more than a novelty.
In a move that could make it easier for homeowners and businesses to generate their own electricity, Wisconsin regulators plan to update the state’s 17-year-old rules on customer-owned energy sources.
Mike Eveland, left, and Paul Hainz, of Full Spectrum Solar, install a solar panel on the roof of a Middleton home. More then 2,000 Wisconsin homeowners applied for solar rebates in 2020 for systems totaling nearly 14 megawatts of capacity.
Mike Eveland, left, and Paul Hainz, of Full Spectrum Solar, install a solar panel on the roof of a Middleton home. More then 2,000 Wisconsin homeowners applied for solar rebates in 2020 for systems totaling nearly 14 megawatts of capacity.
Tyler Mairs, front, Paul Hainz, left, and Mike Eveland, of Full Spectrum Solar, install solar panels this week on a Middleton home. Wisconsin's rules on customer-owned generation were adopted in 2004, when rooftop solar was little more than a novelty.
