North Dakota
Incentives/Policies for Renewable Energy
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Last DSIRE Review: 02/11/2009
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Net Metering |
| State: |
North Dakota |
| Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: |
Solar Thermal Electric,
Photovoltaics,
Wind,
Biomass,
Hydroelectric,
Geothermal Electric,
Municipal Solid Waste,
CHP/Cogeneration,
Small Hydroelectric
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| Applicable Sectors: |
Commercial,
Industrial,
Residential
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| Applicable Utilities: | Investor-owned utilities
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| System Capacity Limit: | 100 kW
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| Aggregate Capacity Limit: | No limit specified
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| Net Excess Generation: | Reconciled monthly at avoided-cost rate
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| REC Ownership: | Customer and utility own RECs
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| Meter Aggregation: | Not addressed
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Authority 1:
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ND Administrative Code 69-09-07-09
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| Date Effective: | 5/1/1991 |
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Summary:
Adopted in 1991 by the state Public Service Commission (PSC), North Dakota's net-metering policy applies to renewable-energy systems and combined heat and power (CHP) systems up to 100 kilowatts (kW) in capacity.* Net metering is available to all customers of investor-owned electric utilities. There is no specified statewide limit on the aggregate capacity of all net-metered systems. If a customer has net excess generation (NEG) at the end of a monthly billing period, the utility must purchase the NEG at the utility's avoided-cost rate. Customer-generators retain ownership of renewable-energy credits (RECs) associated with customer load, while RECs associated with NEG convey to the utility (with compensation to the customer-generator). However, the utility may recover metering costs associated with production monitoring from a net-metered system.
* The North Dakota Legislative Council's Committee on Administrative Rules has objected to the PSC's provisions for net metering, asserting that the PSC violated legislative intent by establishing net metering. After the filing of a committee objection, "the burden of persuasion is upon the agency in any action for judicial review or for enforcement of the rule to establish that the whole or portion thereof objected to is within the procedural and substantive authority delegated to the agency." Furthermore, "if the agency fails to meet its burden of persuasion, the court shall declare the whole or portion of the
rule objected to invalid and judgment shall be rendered against the agency for court costs."
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Contact:
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Joe Murphy
North Dakota Department of Commerce
Division of Community Services
1600 East Century Avenue, Suite 2
PO Box 2057
Bismarck, ND 58502-2057
Phone: (701) 328-5300
Fax: (701) 328-2308
E-Mail: jmurphy@nd.gov
Web Site: http://www.communityservices.nd.gov/Energy
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Jerry Lein
North Dakota Public Service Commission
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Department 408
Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone: (701) 328-1035
Fax: (701) 328-2410
E-Mail: jlein@nd.gov
Web Site: http://www.psc.state.nd.us
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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.
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