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The Quick Guide to Windows Server 2003. Get the latest information on installation, new features and training. Click here! http://WhatIs.com/r/0,,15931,00.htm?microsoft ________________ TODAY'S WORD: net metering See our complete definition with hyperlinks at http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci913839,00.html Net metering is a utility resource usage and payment scheme in which a customer who generates their own power is compensated monetarily. Net metering originated with electric companies as a way to encourage consumers to invest in renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power. In a net metering program, the electric company allows a customer's meter to actually run backwards if the electricity the customer generates is more than they are consuming. At the end of the billing period, the customer only pays for their net consumption: the amount of resources consumed, minus the amount of resources generated. Companies and individuals interested in selling or banking their excess computer processing power are looking at net metering models as a natural extension of utility computing and metered services. ______________________ SELECTED LINKS: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory offers a document about Net Metering Programs. http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/netmetering.html ______________________ RELATED TERMS: utility computing http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci904539,00.html metered services http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci904040,00.html ______________________ TODAY'S TECH NEWS: TORVALDS TALKS 2.6.0 AND SCO Linus Torvalds is devoting 100% of his time these days to his work on the Linux kernel as the Open Source Development Lab's first fellow. 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