Section 75.13. General provisions

(a) EDCs shall offer net metering to customer-generators that generate electricity on the customer-generator’s side of the meter using Tier I or Tier II alternative energy sources, on a first come, first served basis. EGSs may offer net metering to customer-generators, on a first come, first served basis, under the terms and conditions as are set forth in agreements between EGSs and customer-generators taking service from EGSs.

(b) An EDC shall file a tariff with the Commission that provides for net metering consistent with this chapter. An EDC shall file a tariff providing net metering protocols that enable EGSs to offer net metering to customer-generators taking service from EGSs. To the extent that an EGS offers net metering service, the EGS shall prepare information about net metering consistent with this chapter and provide that information with the disclosure information required in § 54.5 (relating to disclosure statement for residential and small business customers).

(c) The EDC shall credit a customer-generator at the full retail rate, which shall include generation, transmission and distribution charges, for each kilowatt-hour produced by a Tier I or Tier II resource installed on the customer-generator’s side of the electric revenue meter, up to the total amount of electricity used by that customer during the billing period. If a customer generator supplies more electricity to the electric distribution system than the EDC delivers to the customer-generator in a given billing period, the excess kilowatt hours shall be carried forward and credited against the customer-generator’s usage in subsequent billing periods at the full retail rate. Any excess kilowatt hours shall continue to accumulate until the end of the year. For customer-generators involved in virtual meter aggregation programs, a credit shall be applied first to the meter through which the generating facility supplies electricity to the distribution system, then through the remaining meters for the customer-generator’s account equally at each meter’s designated rate.

(d) At the end of each year, the EDC shall compensate the customer-generator for any excess kilowatt-hours generated by the customer-generator over the amount of kilowatt hours delivered by the EDC during the same year at the EDC’s price to compare.

(e) The credit or compensation terms for excess electricity produced by customer-generators who are customers of EGSs shall be stated in the service agreement between the customer-generator and the EGS.

(f) If a customer-generator switches electricity suppliers, the EDC shall treat the end of the service period as if it were the end of the year.

(g) An EDC and EGS which offer net metering shall submit an annual net metering report to the Commission. The report shall be submitted by July 30 of each year, and include the following information for the reporting period ending May 31 of that year:

(1) The total number of customer-generator facilities.

(2) The total estimated rated generating capacity of its net metering customer-generators.

(h) A customer-generator that is eligible for net metering owns the alternative energy credits of the electricity it generates, unless there is a contract with an express provision that assigns ownership of the alternative energy credits to another entity or the customer-generator expressly rejects any ownership interest in alternative energy credits under § 75.14(d) (relating to meters and metering).

(i) An EDC shall provide net metering at nondiscriminatory rates identical with respect to rate structure, retail rate components and any monthly charges to the rates charged to other customers that are not customer-generators. An EDC may use a special load profile for the customer-generator which incorporates the customer-generator’s real time generation if the special load profile is approved by the Commission.

(j) An EDC may not charge a customer-generator a fee or other type of charge unless the fee or charge would apply to other customers that are not customer-generators. The EDC may not require additional equipment or insurance or impose any other requirement unless the additional equipment, insurance or other requirement is specifically authorized under this chapter or by order of the Commission.

(k) Nothing in this subchapter abrogates a person’s obligation to comply with other applicable law.

The provisions of this § 75.13 amended November 28, 2008, effective November 29, 2008, 38 Pa.B. 6437. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (324589) to (324590).

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The provisions of this § 75.13 amended 66 Pa.C.S. § § 501 and 1501.