Date of Award
6-1-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Department
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor
Amin Khodaei, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Mohammad Matin
Third Advisor
David Gao
Fourth Advisor
Jun Zhang
Keywords
Net metering, Economic and environmental concerns, Solar power
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of net metering on customers engagement. Brief discussions about net metering, its purpose, its challenges and benefits, and the history of net metering in the United States are included within the thesis. The thesis illustrates the net-metering rules, regulations and policies in the United States, and it shows that they are applied in 43 states plus the District of Columbia. Nevertheless, It has clearly seen that they are not similar in all states.
The thesis then identifies the impacts of net metering on utilities and solar power owners in particular. Subsequently, a solution has been proposed for net metering challenges, which includes a case study on residential net-metered customers.
On the basis of the results of this research, it can be concluded that net metering could be a good practice for everyone, and could affect on economic and environmental concerns widely.
Publication Statement
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Recommended Citation
Albaker, Abdullah F., "Impact of Net Metering on Customers Saving" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 14.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/14
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Rights holder
Abdullah F. Albaker
File size
110 p.
Copyright date
2014
File format
application/pdf
Language
en
Discipline
Electrical engineering