Overturning the '15 Percent Rule' Can Expand Distributed Generation
July 02, 2012 at 09:00 AM EDT
If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a “rule” that precludes distributed renewable energy projects from supplying more than 15 percent of the power to most “distribution circuits” (part of the low-voltage electric grid that brings power into homes and businesses). With the rapidly falling cost of solar power, many places in the country are starting t