State commission agrees to reduce solar energy credits

The Utah Public Service Commission agreed Friday to let Rocky Mountain Power reduce the amount of energy credits that people receive in exchange for solar power — a move that environmental advocates say will cripple the solar industry.Unless homes with solar have batteries, the energy generated by solar panels goes back into the grid rather than being used at the home where it is produced. People with solar panels previously received an export credit of 9.2 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) fo