4901:1 UTILITIES
CHAPTER 4901:1-10 ELECTRIC COMPANIES
4901:1-10-28 Net metering.
(A) Each EDU shall develop a tariff for
net metering. Such tariff shall be made available to qualifying customer
generators, upon request, and on a first-come, first-served basis, whenever the
total rated generating capacity used by customer generators is less than one
per cent of the EDU's aggregate customer peak demand in the state.
(1) A qualifying customer generator is
one whose generating facilities are:
(a) Fueled by solar, wind, biomass,
landfill gas, or hydropower, or use a microturbine or
a fuel cell;
(b) Located on a customer generator's
premises;
(c) Operated in parallel with the
electric utility's transmission and distribution facilities; and
(d) Intended primarily to offset part or
all of the customer generator's electricity requirements.
(2) Net-metering arrangements shall be
made available regardless of the date the customer's generating facility was
installed.
(3) The generating facility's rated
capacity shall be counted toward the EDU's one per cent aggregate customer peak
demand limit as of the date the EDU receives the customer generator's
net-metering application. Such date shall not be modified due to an incomplete
application unless such application omits the generating facility's rated
capacity. However, if the generating facility does not begin operation within
six months from the date the application is received by the EDU, such
application shall be considered void, and shall no longer count toward the one
per cent limit.
(B) The EDU's tariff for net metering
shall be identical in rate structure, all retail rate components, and any
monthly charges, to the tariff to which the same customer would be assigned if
that customer were not a customer generator. Such terms shall not change simply
because a customer becomes a customer generator. Subject to paragraph (E)(3) of this rule, net
metering applies to all charges that are based on a meter reading.
No EDU's tariff for net metering shall
require customer generators to:
(1) Comply with any additional safety or
performance standards beyond those established by the "National Electrical
Code," the "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,"
"Underwriters Laboratories," and rules 4901:1-22-03 and 4901:1-22-04
of the Administrative Code;
(2) Perform or pay for additional tests
beyond those required by paragraph (B)(1) of this
rule; or
(3) Purchase additional liability
insurance beyond that required by paragraph (B)(1) of
this rule.
(C) Net metering shall be accomplished
using a single meter capable of registering the flow of electricity in each
direction. A customer's existing single-register meter that is capable of
registering the flow of energy in both directions satisfies this requirement.
If its existing electrical meter is not capable of measuring the flow of
electricity in two directions, the customer generator shall be responsible for
all expenses involved in purchasing and installing a meter that is capable of
measuring electricity flow in two directions.
(D) The EDU, at its own expense and with
the written consent of the customer generator, may install one or more
additional meters to monitor the flow of electricity in each direction. No EDU
shall impose, without commission approval, any additional interconnection
requirement or additional charges on customer generators refusing to give such
consent.
(E) The measurement of net electricity
supplied or generated shall be calculated in the following manner:
(1) The EDU shall measure the net
electricity produced or consumed during the billing period, in accordance with
normal metering practices.
(2) If the EDU supplies more electricity
than the customer generator feeds back to the system in a given billing period,
the customer generator shall be billed for the net electricity that the EDU
supplied, as measured in accordance with normal metering practices.
(3) If the customer generator feeds more
electricity back to the system than the EDU supplies to the customer generator,
only the excess generation component shall be allowed to accumulate as a credit
until netted against the customer generator's bill, or until, after three
consecutive months of such accumulation, the customer generator requests a
refund.
(F) In no event shall the EDU impose on
the customer generator any charges that relate in any way to electricity the
customer generator feeds back to the system.
4901:1 UTILITIES
CHAPTER 4901:1-21 COMPETITIVE RETAIL ELECTRIC SERVICE
PROVIDERS
4901:1-21-13 Net-metering contracts.
(A) Consistent with the requirements of
rules 4901:1-21-11 and 4901:1-21-12 of the Administrative Code, CRES providers
that supply retail electric generation service shall develop a standard
contract for net metering. Such contract shall be made available upon request
on a first come, first served basis, to qualifying customer generators whenever
the total rated generating capacity used by customer generators is less than
one per cent of the CRES provider's aggregate customer peak demand in the
state.
(1) A qualifying customer generator is
one whose generating facilities are:
(a) Fueled by solar, wind, biomass,
landfill gas, or hydropower, or use a microturbine
(with capacity of not more than one hundred kW) or a fuel cell;
(b) Located on a customer generator's
premises;
(c) Operated in parallel with the EDU's
transmission and distribution facilities; and
(d) Intended primarily to offset part or
all of the customer generator's requirements for electricity.
(2) Net-metering arrangements shall be
made available regardless of the date the customer's generating facility was
installed.
(3) The generating facility's rated
capacity shall be counted toward the one per cent limit as of the date the
customer generator signs a CRES provider's net-metering contract. Conversely,
such capacity shall no longer count toward the one per cent limit upon
cancellation of a net-metering contract.
(B) The rate structure of a CRES
provider's net-metering contracts, including retail rate components and any
monthly charges, shall be identical to such aspects of the contracts for noncustomer generators.
(C) No contracts for net metering shall
require customer generators to:
(1) Comply with any additional safety or
performance standards beyond those established by the "2002 National
Electrical Code," the "Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers," and "Underwriters Laboratories," and rules
4901:1-23-03 and 4901:1-23-04 of the Administrative Code;
(2) Perform or pay for additional tests
beyond those required by paragraph (C)(1) of this
rule; or
(3) Purchase additional liability
insurance beyond that required by paragraph (C)(1) of
this rule.
(D) Net metering shall be accomplished
using a single meter capable of registering the flow of electricity in each
direction. A customer's existing single-register meter that is capable of
registering the flow of energy in both directions satisfies this requirement.
Only if its existing electrical meter is not capable of measuring the flow of
electricity in two directions, the customer generator shall be responsible for
all expenses involved in purchasing and installing a meter that is capable of
measuring electricity flow in two directions.
(E) The measurement of net electricity
supplied or generated shall be calculated in the following manner:
(1) The net electricity produced or
consumed during the billing period shall be measured in accordance with normal
metering practices.
(2) If the CRES provider supplies more
electricity than the customer generator feeds back to the system in a given
billing period, the customer generator shall be billed for the net electricity
that the CRES provider supplied, as measured in accordance with normal metering
practices.
(3) If the customer generator feeds more
electricity back to the system than the CRES provider supplies to the customer
generator, only the excess generation component shall be allowed to accumulate
as a credit until netted against the customer generator's bill, or until, after
three consecutive months of such accumulation, the customer generator requests
a refund.