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Rules discourage Canadians from generating more solar power than they use

Canada needs more clean power to meet growing demand, while aiming for net-zero emissions to fight climate change.

Many Canadians want to install rooftop solar panels to help. But while that can lower their electricity bills, they can’t actually get paid for it — because many jurisdictions limit the power generation of a rooftop solar system to the amount you consume, and customers can only be compensated in bill credits, not cash.

Hydro-Quebec puts it this way: “The customer’s goal must be self-sufficiency and not sales.”

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