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California is, of course, the largest user of solar energy by far. Much to my surprise, North Carolina ranked 4th near the end of last year behind Arizona and New Jersey (with NJ also a surprise);**
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A more recent study shows that North Carolina has taken over 2nd place which is even more surprising.***
Something that makes rooftop solar practical is net-metering where excess power is sold to the energy company.**** Power companies are fighting this in a number of places, however.
* http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-08/solar-is-the-fastest-growing-energy-says-top-fossil-fuel-major
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3068599/sustainable-it/renewables-fastest-growing-energy-source-feds-say.html
http://www.solarcity.com/residential/backup-power-supply
** http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=24852
*** http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article101994067.html
**** http://www.seia.org/policy/distributed-solar/net-metering
http://www.seia.org/policy/distributed-solar
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