Although solar energy is still a midget among U.S. energy sources, its rapid growth from a small base is beginning to make some of the big players nervous. Regulated utilities in a number of states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho and Louisiana—have started to complain about the various benefits for photovoltaics (PV), says Mac Gunther, in a article appearing on Yale's environment360 website.

Although solar energy is still a midget among U.S. energy sources, its rapid growth from a small base is beginning to make some of the big players nervous. Regulated utilities in a number of states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho and Louisiana—have started to complain about the various benefits for photovoltaics (PV), says Mac Gunther, in a article appearing on Yale's environment360 website. 

Interesting enough, in Portugal the "Micro produção" allows anyone to generate renewable  energy and feed in to the grid and the price of the energy generated at home is more than twice the price of the energy we pay from the grid operators. There is a defined process for this. See http://www.edpsu.pt/pt/PRE/Microproducao/Pages/ligacaoRede.aspx
In many cases, the grid users with local micro solar production in the end of the month receive from the operator money in the end of the month. Usually everyone sells all energy locally produced and buys from the operator the energy they need. It is a good business specially in summer months.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/solar/solar-counterrevolution/?utm_source=energywise&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=092513

Interesting article on renewable energy. Der Spiegel, Germany's leading weekly news magazine, reports this week that Germany's aggressive renewables program "has come with a hefty price tag for consumers," especially the poor.

Interesting article on renewable energy. Der Spiegel, Germany's leading weekly news magazine, reports this week that Germany's aggressive renewables program "has come with a hefty price tag for consumers," especially the poor. 
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/policy/germany-could-face-electricity-customer-revolt