I received a letter from BTU today saying they were changing from net metering (we have significant investment in solar generation at our home) to consumption billing (retail rates) and generation credit (tied strictly to the Power Cost Recovery Charge (PCRC) component of the electric rate), and this change started on June 1. Not even a heads up. I'm guessing I have no recourse. Any thoughts?

Well bummer, there goes my biggest argument for pushing CSU to step up and offer net-metering. I did a lot of research into this last year and net-metering is disappearing nation-wide, it's an ongoing trend. I was surprised that BTU was still doing it to be honest.

Did they simply update the signed generation agreement and send you a notice? Curious if this constituted a contract.

FWIW CSU is currently:
Sell to consumer: $0.1356
Buy back: $0.0568

(buy-back top of page 48) https://opendoc.cstx.gov/WeblinkPublic/DocView.aspx?id=6577851&dbid=0&repo=DOCUMENT-SERVER&cr=1

Edit: It looks like Bryan City Council approved the removal of net-metering (rather, approved new rate schedules including Distributed Generation Systems) back in May:

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These terms and conditions supersede all prior agreements, representations, or understandings related to Distributed Generation Interconnection Agreement.

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https://wtaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/BryCoun050526BTUbkgd.pdf
https://wtaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/BryCoun050526btuOrd.pdf

harrierdoc said:

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I received a letter from BTU today saying they were changing from net metering (we have significant investment in solar generation at our home) to consumption billing (retail rates) and generation credit (tied strictly to the Power Cost Recovery Charge (PCRC) component of the electric rate), and this change started on June 1. Not even a heads up. I'm guessing I have no recourse. Any thoughts?

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I'm not deep into solar lingo.

Does this mean they bill you one rate (which is higher) when you use BTU electricity in excess of what your solar can produce AND then when you are producing more than you use (and feed back into the grid), you are paid a lower rate?

Maybe I misread it, but it seemed to me like they charged you retail for whatever you used regardless of the source and paid you wholesale on what you produced regardless of if you were using it or not.

That would have made solar a no-go for me when I bought it.

plant science guy said:

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Maybe I misread it, but it seemed to me like they charged you retail for whatever you used regardless of the source and paid you wholesale on what you produced regardless of if you were using it or not.

That would have made solar a no-go for me when I bought it.

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no, at first, they just took the difference between what we used and produced, and either charged us retail for any extra we consumed, or paid us wholesale for any extra production we had. This is different.

I am really pissed about this, had no idea it was going away and just completed a large solar install that factored this into the ROI.

It's frustrating.

A policy-proof approach would be using a battery with Self-Consumption mode enabled, so you use your own generated electricity first, only tapping into the grid when you run out, and selling off any surplus.

Stucco said:

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A policy-proof approach would be using a battery with Self-Consumption mode enabled, so you use your own generated electricity first, only tapping into the grid when you run out, and selling off any surplus.

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This was my plan all along. I guess that removes the grid-tie-only option from my options.