Note: Rates for Standard to and from Canada do not include charges for customs clearance. Rates for Standard to and from Mexico include routine customs clearance.
vs. Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager. Net metering is a utility resource usage and payment scheme in which a customer who generates their own power is compensated monetarily. Net metering originated with electric companies as a way to encourage consumers to invest in renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power.
A specially programmed net meter measures the difference between the amount of electricity generated at home and the amount of electricity supplied by PG&E to your home over the course of the month. Your bill is calculated using this difference, called net energy.