Solar Installers Say Duke Energy Plan Would Hurt Rooftop Business

March 11, 2022. Click the green headline to hear and read the story broadcast by WUNC-FM 91.5

A group of North Carolina solar installers is challenging Duke Energy's proposal to change the way rooftop solar owners are paid for electricity. They say it would hurt business and hamper the state's climate change efforts. The 15 companies spelled out their objections in a letter Thursday to Gov.

Current Solar panel owners would also lose important energy credits from their Duke Emergy electric bills.