In 2022, there were around 3.91 million photovoltaic net metering customers in the United States. That year, the number of net metering customers overall surpassed four millions, of which the great majority were photovoltaic generating customers. There are almost 119 million advanced meters in use in the U.S.
Number of net metering customers in the United States from 2010 to 2022, by technology
(in 1,000s)
Characteristic
Photovoltaic
Storage
Virtual PV
Wind
Other
2022
3,909.15
129.54
54.22
6.05
2.63
2021
3,270.18
87.08
40.14
6.17
2.3
2020
2,763.4
45.72
29.97
6.31
2.05
2019
2,376.75
24.53
26.7
6.76
3.45
2018
1,996.65
11
24.15
6.93
1.87
2017
1,701.09
2.49
17.87
6.8
1.94
2016
1,386.12
0.9
15.74
7.34
1.78
2015
1,013.98
-
-
6.93
1.52
2014
688.74
-
-
6.82
1.46
2013
480.05
-
-
6.67
1.1
2012
323.37
-
-
5.99
1.3
2011
219.02
-
-
5.41
1.15
2010
150.74
-
-
4.09
1.09
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