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This bill modifies the existing Net Metering and Easy Connection Act to update provisions related to net metering for customer-generators using renewable energy systems. The bill expands and clarifies the definition of a customer-generator, refines net metering to mean a billing option that separately measures electricity supplied by and fed back to a retail electric supplier, and establishes new requirements for net metering services. Key provisions include allowing net metering for customer-generators with renewable energy systems up to 100 kilowatts, setting guidelines for how excess electricity credits are calculated and applied, and establishing safety and interconnection standards. The bill introduces new consumer protection measures, requiring sellers of qualified electric energy generation units to provide detailed proposals to potential customers, including information about system capacity, expected output, costs, warranties, and potential savings. Additionally, the bill mandates that sellers perform energy efficiency audits, demonstrate proper permitting and financial security, and allows the attorney general to enforce these provisions under the Missouri merchandising practices act. The overall goal is to make net metering more accessible, transparent, and consumer-friendly while maintaining safety and reliability standards for distributed renewable energy generation.

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