A few years ago, Arkansas changed how individuals and organizations with solar panel arrays are compensated for the energy they generate for the grid. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis noticed while reporting on solar arrays coming online this spring that all were grandfathered in under the old rules and wouldn’t be able to operate under the new ones. He spoke with a local solar company to learn more and offers this report.
Across Arkansas, the math on solar power changed almost overnight. Where a school district or business once got paid close to retail price for the extra power their solar panels sent back to the grid, they’re now getting a fraction of that.
The shift came from Arkansas Act 278, which cut net metering rates and ended a financing model that helped fund dozens of solar projects around the state…