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HB 2155 Electric utility service; net energy metering.

Introduced by: David J. Toscano | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Net energy metering.  Authorizes utilities to elect a capacity limit for participation by nonresidential customers in the net energy metering program that exceeds the existing limit of 500 kW. The measure also permits customers who are served on time-of-use tariffs that have electricity supply demand charges contained within the electricity supply portion of the time-of-use tariff to participate as customer-generators. In addition, the measure provides that a participating customer-generator owns any renewable energy certificate associated with its generation of electricity, and provides for a one-time option to sell the certificates to its supplier at a rate established by the State Corporation Commission. The utility's costs of acquiring the certificates shall be recoverable under the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard rate adjustment clause or through the supplier's fuel adjustment clause. HB 1705 is incorporated.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Net energy metering.  Requires an electric utility that purchases excess electricity generated by an eligible customer-generator under the net energy metering program pay for such electric power at a rate that is at least equal to the retail tariff rate that the customer-generator is charged for the electricity it buys from the utility. The maximum generation capacity for a nonresidential customer-generator is increased from 500 kilowatts to two megawatts. The measure also requires the State Corporation Commission to establish a program that will allow a customer with multiple, separately billed facilities located within a utility's service territory, one or more of which are eligible customer-generators, to aggregate the electricity consumption and generation of its participating facilities.