Interconnection standards provide the recommended methods and best practices for connecting PV and other distributed generators to the electric grid. Net metering is an economic arrangement with the electricity provider that allows customers to sell the excess electricity generated from the renewable energy sources to the utility at the same rate as the rate charged for the electricity supplied by the utility.

In the Interconnection and Net Metering Section of this Web site, you can learn about:

• Current model interconnection and net metering standards and methods;
• Current interconnection and net metering standards and methods in different parts of the country;
• Discussion of current issues in implementing interconnection and net metering standards and methods;
• Studies of important issues in interconnection and net metering standards and methods.