Net Metering Settlement Layer

Read both directions.
Bill the net accurately.

Build an automated billing system where rooftop solar households are credited or charged on verified net energy exchange with the grid. The contract reads verified meter data for both directions of flow and calculates the net settlement automatically, producing an accurate bill without manual reconciliation.

The Foundation

The Execution Mechanics

Turn error-prone monthly net metering into an automatic, verified settlement of two-way energy flow.

01.

Bidirectional Metering

The Energy Meter Oracle anchors both imported and exported energy for each household, so the net position rests on verified two-way flow.

02.

Net Calculation

The contract nets export against import and applies the net metering tariff, producing a credit or charge without manual reconciliation.

03.

Automated Billing

The Invoices and Billing module issues the household's bill directly from the net calculation, removing the utility's manual step where errors arose.

04.

Credit Carry-Forward

Surplus export credits are tracked on-chain and carried to the next cycle per policy, so a household's banked energy is never lost or miscounted.

05.

Conditional Settlement

Escrow and Conditional Settlement moves the net amount between household and utility once both readings are verified, closing the cycle cleanly.

06.

Transparent Statement

The household can inspect verified import, export, and net figures for each cycle, so a billing complaint is checked against a shared record.

The Net Metering Lifecycle

Follow a single rooftop household through a billing cycle from two-way metering to an automatically settled net bill.

Operational log system
cerulea_netmeter_engine.log

23:58:00

[SYS] Reading bidirectional meter NM_2201...

23:58:00

[CMD] anchorFlows(import: 310, export: 240, meter: "NM_2201")

23:58:01

[AUTH] Verifying meter signature both directions...

23:58:01

[OK] Import and export sealed for cycle.

Smart Contract Anatomy

Cerulea decomposes net metering into modular contracts. Each layer meters both directions, nets the flow, bills the household, and settles the cycle automatically.

Applicability Across the Spectrum

Automated net metering is a horizontal capability. Here is how different actors in rooftop solar put the shared ledger to work.

Solar Households

Receive an accurate net bill each cycle with visible import, export, and credit figures, ending disputes over estimated readings and lost export credits.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Net Statements
  2. 2Export Credits
  3. 3Cycle Bills

Distribution Utilities

Bill rooftop consumers from verified two-way flow automatically, cutting the manual reconciliation and complaint volume that net metering historically created.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Bidirectional Readings
  2. 2Net Settlements
  3. 3Credit Ledgers

Regulators & Nodal Agencies

Audit net metering settlements from a consistent on-chain record, confirming credits and charges follow policy without collecting data from each utility.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Settlement Audits
  2. 2Policy Compliance
  3. 3Metering Trails

Network & Execution Architecture

Whether you are bridging a utility's net metering billing system or reading directly from bidirectional meters, Cerulea routes both into one settlement ledger.

Track A: Utility Billing Bridging

For utilities on legacy net metering billing systems. Two-way readings are translated into signed on-chain records through the API gateway automatically.

Net Metering Billing

Utility Systems

HTTPS / REST

Cerulea API Gateway

Reading Hashing & Signing

WASM COMPILATION

Cerulea Private Chain

Net Settlement Ledger

Track B: Direct Bidirectional Metering

For bidirectional meters with edge connectivity. Import and export readings are signed by a device key and routed straight to the settlement contract.

Bidirectional Meter

Household Premises

DEVICE SIGNATURE

Consortium Validators

Reading Consensus

STATE EXECUTION

Cerulea Ledger

Net Flow Record

Accelerated Time-to-Market Simulator

Building net metering with bidirectional metering, net calculation, and credit carry-forward from scratch requires specialised engineers and long integration cycles. Calculate your exact deployment speed using Cerulea.

Required Metering & Billing Rules

36Rules
Simple (10)Enterprise (200)

Traditional Deployment

Solidity Coding & Audits

~ 11 Months

Cerulea Edge

Visual Compilation

WASM Logical Artifacts

~ 4 Weeks

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Technical Methodology

The legacy timeline reflects utility billing integration benchmarks. Wiring bidirectional metering, building custom net calculation and credit logic, and shipping automated billing for an average utility takes a baseline of 7 months. Building the same architecture on Cerulea takes a baseline of 2 weeks, because Cerulea Studio visually translates your metering and billing rules into pre-audited WebAssembly binaries and provisions the net settlement ledger instantly.