Imagine if you had just bought a solar system in Iowa..

[bcroe]

Some may need to make it through the night, but my net metering needs to make
it through 4 seasons. My contract runs another 14 years, but rule changes can
easily make net metering impractical for consumers. Some states have
already done so, but can also be pressured to restore it. Bruce Roe

[rebar]

And then the utility company pulled the rug out from under you..

What's Happening? The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) recently accepted a proposed rule change from Alliant Energy, one of Iowa's two major electric utility providers. This new ruling will drastically change how net metering works in Alliant's service territory and will reduce the financial viability of new solar installations for both residential and smaller commercial customers. Alliant Energy's new tariff takes effect on April 1st of this year and will impact Alliant's 488,000 electrical customers across Iowa.

Are other net metering states going to pull the rug out so to speak?

In a perfect world where everyone had solar and the utility companies didn't need to generate electricity because they could store enough to make it through the night. Or they had figured out how to transmit electricity efficiently from the opposite side of the world. How would the utility companies maintain the grid? Is this the limitation of net metering and why utility companies are changing the rules?

Thanks