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“Adding solar to city facilities is another step toward building a stronger, more resilient Evansville,” said Mayor Stephanie Terry. “This project supports the goals of our Climate Action Plan while helping us manage long-term energy costs. Every dollar we save on energy is a dollar we can reinvest in the services and infrastructure our residents rely on.”

Vectren is the first of five Indiana utilities to propose new rates for distributed solar generation, under a 2017 state law that calls for replacing net metering compensation, says an Alliance statement.

Only a handful, however, of Indiana companies in renewable energy received loans, according to the data. And collectively, they received less than $5 million.

Local property owners who have been thinking about installing solar panels could receive a discount just by attending a meeting.

“We believe the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission errored and made a huge overreach in allowing CenterPoint to use something called “instantaneous netting” and we believe...

It’s part of a larger effort to provide solar to vulnerable communities and create solar jobs for unemployed, underemployed, and formerly incarcerated Hoosiers. 

Vectren customers generating their own solar power would be compensated less for the extra energy they send back to the power grid under a request filed with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on Friday.

It will provide significant upside to solar growth in 2022 through 2025, as more projects can secure the 26 percent and 22 percent credits through "commence-construction" or "safe-harboring" provisions by 2023.  

A state consumer advocate office is recommending Indiana regulators deny a request by Vectren to compensate customers less for the extra energy they send back to the power grid.

Morton Solar is opposing this by saying that if someone benefits their community through solar production, they should be compensated equally to what they pay for the amount of electricity.