'Before it becomes a California sized problem': PEC reduces incentives for solar customers

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Despite heated public comment surrounding incentives for solar customers, Pedernales Electric Cooperative will nearly cut in half the amount of money paid back to customers who produce energy for the grid.Randy Kruger, chief financial officer for PEC, pointed to recent changes to the solar energy buyback system in California and said PEC is trying to get ahead of the issue before it "becomes a California sized problem."
The issue, according to Kruger, is that through solar