Editing Net metering (section)

=== Canada ===
[[Ontario]] allows net metering for systems up to 500&nbsp;kW, however credits can only be carried for 12 consecutive months. Should a consumer establish a credit where they generate more than they consume for 8 months and use up the credits in the 10th month, then the 12-month period begins again from the date that the next credit is shown on an invoice. Any unused credits remaining at the end of 12 consecutive months of a consumer being in a credit situation are cleared at the end of that billing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.energy.gov.on.ca/english/pdf/renewable/NetMeteringBrochure.pdf |title=Net Metering in Ontario|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318230718/http://www.energy.gov.on.ca/english/pdf/renewable/NetMeteringBrochure.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2009}}</ref>

Areas of [[British Columbia]] serviced by BC Hydro are allowed net metering for up to 100&nbsp;kW.  At each annual anniversary on March 1 the customer is paid a market price, calculated as daily average mid-Columbia price for a previous year.<ref name="test">{{cite web|url=https://www.bchydro.com/netmetering |title=BC Hydro's Net Metering Program}}</ref>   FortisBC which serves an area in South Central BC also allows net-metering for up to 50&nbsp;kW. Customers are paid their existing retail rate for any net energy they produce.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fortisbc.com/Electricity/CustomerService/NetMeteringProgram/Pages/default.aspx |work=FortisBC |title=Net metering program |access-date=15 April 2013 }}</ref> The City of New Westminster, which has its own electrical utility, also allows net metering.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newwestcity.ca/services/electrical-utility/sb_expander_articles/871.php |title=Electrical Net Metering Program |date=Aug 13, 2018 |access-date=Aug 13, 2018}}</ref>

[[New Brunswick]] allows net metering for installations up to 100&nbsp;kW. Credits from excess generated power can be carried over until March at which time any excess credits are lost.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbpower.com/html/en/save_energy/renewable_projects/net_metering/net_metering.html |title=Net Metering |publisher=Nbpower.com |access-date=2013-12-15}}</ref>

[[SaskPower]] allows net metering for installations up to 100&nbsp;kW. Credits from excess generated power can be carried over until the customer's annual anniversary date, at which time any excess credits are lost.

In Nova Scotia, in 2015, 43 residences and businesses began using solar panels for electricity. By 2017, the number was up to 133. These customers’ solar systems are net metered. The excess power produced by the solar panels is bought back from the homeowner by Nova Scotia Power at the same rate that the utility sells it to its customers. “The downside for [[Nova Scotia Power]] is that it must maintain the capacity to produce electricity even when it is not sunny.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1545779-solar-panel-installation-heating-up-in-nova-scotia |title=Solar panel installation heating up in Nova Scotia |date=2018-02-14 |website=The Chronicle Herald |language=en |access-date=2018-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217024142/http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1545779-solar-panel-installation-heating-up-in-nova-scotia |archive-date=2018-02-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>