Plug-In Solar · take control of your electricity
Small solar panels can make electricity for your home through a regular wall outlet. We're working to make certified plug-in solar an option across Canada.
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A little power of your own
Muskrat Falls is part of the story behind electricity bills in Newfoundland and Labrador. A small solar kit would give households another way to meet part of their own electricity needs. For someone with a sunny balcony or back step, that could be a useful choice.
A plug-in solar kit uses small panels to make electricity for your home. A device called a microinverter converts that power for use in your home's wiring. Kits can mount on a balcony, a wall or a railing and connect through a regular wall outlet. Germany has more than a million of them. We're working to make certified kits an option here.
The province already uses an exemption to allow net-metering customers to generate electricity. That gives the campaign an existing route to examine for plug-in solar. We're asking for a clear place for small, certified kits in the rules, so households can understand what is allowed.
We're asking the province to use its exemption process to open a route for certified plug-in solar. The aim is to let more households make electricity for use at home. Add your name to support that request.
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Goal: 50 by January 1, 2027. The Public Utilities Board, with cabinet direction, can carve out a simplified pathway for certified plug-in systems. Newfoundland is the only province where private generation requires an exemption, the exemption mechanism already exists. Every signature is delivered with the email it generated.
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