The V.I. Energy Office this week announced that it was deferring a grid access charge (GAC) from its Net Energy Billing Program, a move that could serve as an additional incentive for Virgin Islanders to take advantage of the program. In 2019, the Bryan administration announced a successor to the previous net metering program that would allow residents to offset their electricity costs by selling power back onto the V.I. Water and Power Authority grid. The program is for residents utilizing alternative sources of energy. Called the Net Energy Billing program, or NEB, the effort aims to foster the deployment of distributed generation of renewable energy throughout the territory along with greater energy independence for property owners, the administration said at the time. This week, the Energy Office took another step to make the program…