New Mexico's solar industry is worried about fees the state's largest electric provider has proposed for its customers with rooftop solar panels.
PNM says the grid provides electricity to solar customers when the sun isn't shining and they should have to pay their fair share for the fixed costs of maintaining the system.
The fees could range from $21 to $36 a month depending on the size of a customers' system, and industry representatives say charging a monthly fee could end up undermining the economic benefits of going solar.
Kevin Goodreau of Direct Power and Water Corp. tells the Albuquerque Journal the fees represent the fight of the century for the industry.
Goodreau and other industry representatives have vowed to fight PNM's proposal before the state Public Regulation Commission.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
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