2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 278 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION .466 Availability of net metering -- Type, expense, and installation of meter -- Calculation of electricity billed -- Rules applicable to billing -- Safety and power quality standards -- Transferability of installation.
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278.466 Availability of net metering -- Type, expense, and installation of meter -Calculation of electricity billed -- Rules applicable to billing -- Safety and
power quality standards -- Transferability of installation.
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Each retail electric supplier shall make net metering available to any eligible
customer-generator that the supplier currently serves or solicits for service. If the
cumulative generating capacity of net metering systems reaches one percent (1%) of
a supplier's single hour peak load during the previous year, the obligation of the
supplier to offer net metering to a new customer-generator may be limited by the
commission.
Each retail electric supplier serving a customer with eligible electric generating
facilities shall use a standard kilowatt-hour meter capable of registering the flow of
electricity in two (2) directions. Any additional meter, meters, or distribution
upgrades needed to monitor the flow in each direction shall be installed at the
customer-generator's expense. If additional meters are installed, the net metering
calculation shall yield the same result as when a single meter is used.
The amount of electricity billed to the eligible customer-generator using net
metering shall be calculated by taking the difference between the electricity
supplied by the retail electric supplier to the customer and the electricity generated
and fed back by the customer. If time-of-day or time-of-use metering is used, the
electricity fed back to the electric grid by the eligible customer-generator shall be
net-metered and accounted for at the specific time it is fed back to the electric grid
in accordance with the time-of-day or time-of-use billing agreement currently in
place.
Each net metering contract or tariff shall be identical, with respect to energy rates,
rate structure, and monthly charges, to the contract or tariff to which the same
customer would be assigned if the customer were not an eligible customergenerator.
The following rules shall apply to the billing of net electricity:
(a) The net electricity produced or consumed during a billing period shall be read,
recorded, and measured in accordance with metering practices prescribed by
the commission;
(b) If the electricity supplied by the retail electric supplier exceeds the electricity
generated and fed back to the supplier during the billing period, the customergenerator shall be billed for the net electricity supplied in accordance with
subsections (3) and (4) of this section;
(c) If the electricity fed back to the retail electric supplier by the customergenerator exceeds the electricity supplied by the supplier during a billing
period, the customer-generator shall be credited for the excess kilowatt hours
in accordance with subsections (3) and (4) of this section. This electricity
credit shall appear on the customer-generator's next bill. Credits shall carry
forward for the life of the customer-generator's account;
(d) If a customer-generator closes his account, no cash refund for residual
generation-related credits shall be paid; and
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(e) Excess electricity credits are not transferable between customers or locations.
Electric generating systems and interconnecting equipment used by eligible
customer-generators shall meet all applicable safety and power quality standards
established by the National Electrical Code (NEC), Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and accredited testing laboratories such as
Underwriters Laboratories.
An eligible customer-generator installation is transferable to other persons or
service locations upon notification to the retail electric supplier and verification that
the installation is in compliance with the applicable safety and power quality
standards in KRS 278.467 and in subsection (6) of this section.
Any upgrade of the interconnection between the retail electric supplier and the
customer-generator that is required by commission-approved tariffs for the purpose
of allowing net metering shall be made at the expense of the customer-generator.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2008. -- Created
2004 Ky. Acts ch. 193, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004.
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