2022 Georgia Code
Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation
Chapter 3 - Electrical Service
Article 1 - Generation and Distribution of Electricity Generally
Part 3 - Sale of Electricity by Facility Generating Electricity, Steam, or Other Forms of Energy for Its Own Consumption
§ 46-3-54. Electric Service Providers; Rates and Fees

An electric service provider:

1. Shall make either bidirectional metering or single directional metering available to customer generators depending on how the distributed generation facility is connected to the distribution system of the electric service provider;
2. Shall enter into a written agreement with the customer generator to charge the customer generator the rate established by the commission, or the appropriate governing body, in the case of any other electric service provider or electric supplier, for metering services;
3. In setting the fees for metering service, the commission, or the appropriate governing body, in the case of any other electric service provider or electric supplier, will include the direct costs associated with interconnecting or administering metering services or distributed generation facilities and will not allocate these costs among the utility’s entire customer base; and
4. In establishing such a fee for metering services, the electric service provider shall not charge the customer generator any standby, capacity, interconnection, or other fee or charge, other than a monthly service charge, unless agreed to by the customer generator or approved by the commission, in the case of an electric utility, or the appropriate governing body, in the case of any other electric service provider or electric supplier.

History. Code 1981, § 46-3-54 , enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 1149, § 1.

Code Commission notes.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2001, “; and” was substituted for a period at the end of paragraph (3).