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No on utilities paying customers less for excess solar power

SB100: Require the Public Service Commission to set the compensation rate for eligible customer-generators.

Analysis by the Lexington Herald-Leader: A controversial bill sought by major utility companies that could make rooftop solar panels less lucrative for homeowners will require the Kentucky PSC to determine the rates at which residential solar customers are compensated by utilities for selling their excess power back to the grid, a practice known as "net metering." Currently, utilities must pay the same rate for excess power as they charge residential customers. The Kentucky Solar Industries Association immediately called on Bevin to veto the bill: "Monopolies won today. It is a blow to every Kentuckian who wants to choose solar as his or her energy provider."

Legislative Outcome: Passed Senate 23-12-2 on Feb/13/19; Passed House 55-36-9 on Mar/14/19; Kentucky House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins voted NO; Signed by Governor Matt Bevin on Mar/26/19

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader on Kentucky voting records SB100 , Mar 14, 2019

Fund energy research; increase energy savings

In a 2007 special legislative session Adkins sponsored the "Energy Independence National Leadership Act" that he said brought a considerable amount of energy research work to the Universities of Kentucky and Louisville, and triggered a sharp increase in the number of energy-saving schools in the state.
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal on Kentucky voting records , Nov 14, 2018

Other governors on Energy & Oil: Rocky Adkins on other issues:
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Andy Beshear
Daniel Cameron
Kelly Craft
Mike Harmon
KY Senatorial:
Amy McGrath
Charles Booker
Daniel Cameron
Mitch McConnell
Nate Morris
Pamela Stevenson
Rand Paul

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