National Grid Solar Panel Program

National grid participates in the rhode island renewable energy re growth program.

National grid solar panel program.

Rhode island s renewable energy growth re growth program is a performance based incentive pbi that offers financial benefits to national grid customers who install solar on their home. The electric grid is your almost 100 efficient battery. You can participate in this program either by installing a batterystorage system controlled by one of the approved inverters below. See if you qualify for instant online rebates on smart thermostats led bulbs and more.

That solar electricity will then get used by the neighborhood. No electricity gets wasted. These programs are funded by an energy efficiency charge on all customers gas and electric bills in accordance with rhode island law. Grants incentives solar photovoltaics generation the renewable energy trust administers renewable funds.

National grid offers many energy efficiency rebates incentives and services to help rhode island residents businesses and institutions manage their energy usage. This program is an alternative to net metering that allows customers with solar panel systems to sell their output at a fixed price under long term tariffs. When this happens a grid connected solar home will automatically use electricity from the grid to meet its electricity needs. National grid will give you full credit for every solar kwh you send to the grid this is called net metering and this dollar credit carries forward from month to month.

When the time is right national grid makes it easy by sending a signal directly to your inverter which controls your battery. You can view the rates on the national grid website. To that end the connectedsolutions program from national grid and eversource is a bring your own battery program that provides annual incentive payments to customers who install a solar storage system and provide their utility with access to the stored energy in their battery. In the other case when solar panels generate more electricity than a grid connected home needs it will send its extra electricity into the grid.

This process happens automatically and is seamless to the homeowner. National grid helps our customers explore solar options through a partnership with energysage the country s leading solar marketplace. In the summer batteries will be called. Small wind and hydro generators the renewable energy trust administers renewable funds.

For more information visit the commonwealth solar initiative section on massachusetts technology collaborative s renewable energy trust s website.