The initiative could reach Nicaraguan Congress before the end of 2013. "We are working on the law for everyone who wants to produce and consume their own electricity, so that they can pay only the difference between what they use, in relation to what they deliver to the network (with solar panels)," said the president of the company Tecnosol, Vladimir Delagneau.

Delagneau says that companies need to have systems to streamline their activities and reduce their costs because of the high price of energy from fossil fuels.

"Central America countries, with the exception of El Salvador and Nicaragua, have laws that allow the network to upload surplus renewable energy, and provide benefits to owners who exploit these systems," reported an article in Elnuevodiario.com.

Source: elnuevodiario.com.ni

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