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Net Metering and Green Pricing Customers by End Use Sector                      
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Table 7.5.  Net Metering and Green Pricing Customers by End Use Sector, 2002 - 2006
Year
Green Pricing
Net Metering
Residential
Non Residential
Total
Residential
Non Residential
Total
2002 688,069 23,481 711,550 3,559 913 4,472
2003 819,579 57,547 877,126 5,870 943 6,813
2004 864,794 63,539 928,333 14,114 1,712 15,826
2005 871,774 70,998 942,772 19,244 1,902 21,146
2006 609,213 35,954 645,167 31,323 3,146 34,469
  Notes: Green Pricing programs allow electricity customers the opportunity to purchase electricity generated from renewable resources, thereby encouraging renewable energy development.  Renewable resources include solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric power, and wood. Net Metering arrangements permit facilities and residences (using a meter that reads inflows and outflows of electricity) to sell any excess power generated over its load requirement back to the distributor to offset consumption. 
  Source:  Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, "Annual Electric Power Industry Report."

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annual electricity statistics back to 1949
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