Arkansas
Incentives/Policies for Renewable Energy
|
 |
Last DSIRE Review: 01/14/2009
| Incentive Type: |
Net Metering |
| State: |
Arkansas |
| Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: |
Solar Thermal Electric,
Photovoltaics,
Wind,
Biomass,
Hydroelectric,
Geothermal Electric,
Microturbines using Renewable Fuels,
Small Hydroelectric,
Fuel Cells using Renewable Fuels
|
| Applicable Sectors: |
Commercial,
Industrial,
Residential,
General Public/Consumer,
Nonprofit,
Schools,
Local Government,
State Government,
Fed. Government,
Agricultural,
Institutional
|
| Applicable Utilities: | All utilities (municipal utilities not subject to commission rules)
|
| System Capacity Limit: | 300 kW for non-residential; 25 kW for residential
|
| Aggregate Capacity Limit: | No limit specified
|
| Net Excess Generation: | Credited to customer's next bill at retail rate; granted to utility at end of 12-month billing cycle |
| REC Ownership: | Customer owns RECs
|
| Meter Aggregation: | Not addressed
|
|
Authority 1:
|
Arkansas Code § 23-18-603 et seq.
|
| Date Enacted: | 4/19/2001 (subsequently amended) |
| Date Effective: | 10/01/2001 |
|
Authority 2:
|
AR PSC Order No. 8, Docket 06-105-U
|
| Date Enacted: | 11/27/2007 |
|
|
Summary:
In April 2001, Arkansas enacted legislation (HB 2325) directing the Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) to establish net-metering rules for certain renewable-energy systems.* The PSC approved final rules for net metering in July 2002. Subsequent legislation enacted in April 2007 (HB 2334) expanded the availability of net metering; increased the capacity limit for non-residential systems from 100 kilowatts (kW) to 300 kW; improved the law's provision for the carryover of net excess generation (NEG); and clarified the ownership of renewable-energy credits (RECs).
Residential renewable-energy systems up to 25 kW in capacity and non-residential systems up to 300 kW are eligible for net metering. Eligible technologies include solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal and biomass systems, as well as fuel cells and microturbines using renewable fuels. There is no limit specified for the aggregate capacity of all net-metered systems.
Customers carry over any NEG to the following monthly bill at the utility's retail rate. Any NEG remaining at the end of an annual billing cycle is granted to the utility. Customers own the RECs associated with their systems.
The PSC is authorized to allow utilities to assess net-metered customers "a greater fee or charge of any type, if the electric utility's direct costs of interconnection and administration of net metering outweigh the distribution system, environmental, and public policy benefits of allocating the costs among the electric utility's entire customer base."
* Municipal utilities do not fall under the PSC's jurisdiction and are not required to follow the PSC's rules. The PSC regulates investor-owned and cooperative utilities.
|
|
Contact:
| |
Jenny Ahlen
Arkansas Department of Economic Development
Arkansas Energy Office
One Capitol Mall, Suite 4B/215
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: (501) 682-2460
Phone 2: (800) 275-2672
Fax: (501) 682-2703
E-Mail: jahlen@arkansasedc.com
Web Site: http://www.arkansasenergy.org
|
|
|
|
 |
Please note: The information on the DSIRE web site provides an overview of incentives and other policies, but it should not be used as the only source of information when making purchasing decisions, investment decisions, tax decisions or other binding agreements. Please refer to the individual contact provided in each record to verify that a specific incentive or other policy is applicable to your specific project.
|
