Maybe the electric utilities are right, for a change. Maybe
net-metering—the ability to run your kilowatt-hour meter backwards, with solar
panels on your roof or a windmill in your backyard–is not the best policy for
America, or for Americans.
But the utilities’ populist appeal to fairness and equality
is disingenuous. When did electric utilities ever care about justice–or the
poor?
If they are right about net-metering, it’s for all the wrong
reasons.
