Colorado Springs Utilities will take another run at enacting new fees for residents who connect their home solar panels to the power grid as the popularity of solar energy continues to grow. At a Utilities Board committee meeting scheduled for May 18 , staff members are expected to present a new model for updating the net metering program with new fee structures. The program, which covers nearly 11,000 customers in Colorado Springs, credits homes for the excess solar power they produce and provide to the city’s electrical grid. Utilities staff have argued that the system has led to a growing gap between the solar and non-solar bills, adding more cost to the power Utilities has to provide during the evening hours. Over the past four months, Utilities conducted surveys and focus groups to test cost increases that solar customers would be more likely to support. “There’s a very deep belief that they’re contributing to their own personal energy goals and to the community.…