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Estimated U.S. Net Metering Customers by State and Customer Class                                        
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Table 4.2  Estimated U.S. Net Metering Customers by State and Customer Class, 2005 and 2006
State Electric Industry Participants 2006ª 2006 2005
Residential Non-Residential Total Total
  Alabama - - - - 13
  Alaska - - - - -
  Arizona 4 185 3 188 152
  Arkansas 2 3 1 4 5
  California 19 24,160 1,972 26,132 17,427
  Colorado 17 380 25 405 145
  Connecticut 2 165 16 181 75
  Delaware 1 40 10 50 20
  District of Columbia 1 1 1 2 -
  Florida 5 41 7 48 29
  Georgia 1 1 0 1 1
  Hawaii 4 184 23 207 98
  Idaho 4 28 6 34 21
  Illinois 4 4 7 11 8
  Indiana 3 11 9 20 16
  Iowa 7 10 7 17 16
  Kansas 5 15 4 19 11
  Kentucky 3 3 2 5 3
  Louisiana - - - - -
  Maine 1 3 0 3 8
  Maryland 5 13 0 13 9
  Massachusetts 5 454 104 558 246
  Michigan 5 9 4 13 7
  Minnesota 26 310 19 329 193
  Mississippi - - - - -
  Missouri 4 4 2 6 5
  Montana 2 41 5 46 253
  Nebraska - - - - -
  Nevada 2 213 23 236 188
  New Hampshire 4 69 28 97 93
  New Jersey 5 1,789 203 1,992 604
  New Mexico 7 22 2 24 16
  New York 5 1,088 119 1,207 130
  North Carolina - - - - -
  North Dakota 2 1 1 2 4
  Ohio 8 36 16 52 31
  Oklahoma 4 299 153 452 30
  Oregon 14 463 77 540 341
  Pennsylvania 6 145 29 174 134
  Rhode Island 2 81 21 102 81
  South Carolina - - - - -
  South Dakota - - - - -
  Tennessee - - - - -
  Texas 9 375 56 431 163
  Utah 3 104 7 111 30
  Vermont 5 200 32 232 164
  Virginia 11 58 2 60 28
  Washington 13 124 34 158 96
  West Virginia 1 - - 1 1
  Wisconsin 12 169 110 279 240
  Wyoming 7 22 5 27 11
Total 232 31,323 3,146 34,469 21,146
a Includes entities with net metering programs in more than one state.
Note: Non-residential may include some customers for whom no customer class is specified. Dash indicates no data was reported for the state. Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to independent rounding.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, "Annual Electric Power Industry Report."