An Ohio couple is suing the city of Bowling Green after it approved a monthly fee for customers with solar panels. According to Canary Media, the lawsuit could be “a preview of a statewide battle” with the public utilities commission set to reexamine net-metering rules.
Leatra Harper and Steven Janston said in the suit that they installed solar panels because they were “deeply concerned” about their pollution footprint. Burning gas, oil, and coal to produce energy is associated with chronic illness and millions of premature deaths every year, while a similar amount of material that makes up a solar panel can produce electricity from the sun every day for decades instead of being burned into the air once.
A growing number of homeowners are also installing solar panels to boost property values and drastically slash their energy bills — even down to $0…