Arizona

Qualifying facilities [1]

£ 100 kW

All customer classes

None

Monthly NEG purchased at avoided cost

Arizona Corporation Commission

1981

All IOUs and RECs

PUC Order Decision 52345, Docket 81-045

California

Solar & wind

£ 10 kW

Residential & small commercial

0.1% 1996 peak

Annual NEG granted to utilities

Legislature

1998

All utilities in state

Public Utilities Codes Sec. 2827 (effective 9-98)

Colorado

Qualifying facilities

£ 10 kW

Comm & residential customers, Public Service of Colorado (PSCo) only

First 200 customers

Annual NEG purchased at PSCo energy payment rate

Utility tariff

1998

Public Service of Colorado Company

Colorado P.U.C. No. 7 – Electric tariff Schedules RPV and CPV

Connecticut

Renewables £ 100 kW

Cogenerators £ 50 kW

All customer classes

None

Monthly NEG purchased at avoided cost

Public Utility Commission

1998

All IOUs,

No REC in state.

CPUCA No. 159

Delaware

Renewables £ 25 kW

All customer classes

None

To be specified by Delaware Public Service Commission

Legislature

1999

All utilities in state

Senate Amendment No. 1 to HB 10

Idaho

All technologies

£ 100 kW

All customer classes

None

Monthly NEG purchased at avoided cost

Public Utility Commission

1980

IOUs only,

RECs are not rate-regulated

Idaho PUC Order #16025 and #26750 (1997)

Tariff sheets 86-1 thru 86-7

Indiana

Qualifying facilities

£ 1,000 kWh/month

All customer classes

None

Monthly NEG granted to utilities

Public Utility Commission

1985

IOUs only,

RECs are not rate-regulated

Indiana Administrative Code 4-4.1-7

Iowa

Renewables

(no limit per system)

All customer classes

None

Monthly NEG purchased at avoided cost

Iowa Utility Board

1993

IOUs only, RECs are not rate-regulated[2]

Iowa Administrative Code [199] Chapter 15.11(5)

Maine

Renewables & fuel cells£ 100 kW

All customer classes

None

Annual NEG granted to utilities

Public Utility Commission

1998

All utilities in state

MPUC Rules & Regulations Chapter 313

Maryland

Solar only

£ 80 kW

Residential only

0.2% of 1998 peak

Monthly NEG granted to utilities

Legislature

1997

All utilities in state

Article 78, Section 54M

Massachusetts

Qualifying facilities

£ 60 kW

All customer classes

None

Monthly NEG purchased at avoided cost

Legislature

1997

All utilities in state

Mass. Gen. L. ch. 164, §1G(g); Dept. of Tel. & Energy 97-111

Minnesota

Qualifying facilities

£ 40 kW

All customer classes

None

NEG purchased at utility average retail energy rate

Legislature

1983

All utilities in state

Minn. Stat. §216B.164

Montana

Solar, wind & hydro

£ 50 kW

All customer classes

None

Annual NEG granted to utilities at the end of each calendar year

Legislature

1999

All utilities in state

SB 409

Nevada

Solar & Wind

£ 10 kW

All customer classes

First 100 customers for each utility

Monthly or annual NEG granted to utilities

Legislature

1997

All utilities in state

Nevada Revised Statute Ch. 704

New Hampshire

Solar, wind and hydro

£ 25 kW

All customers classes

0.05% of utility's annual peak

NEG credited to next month

Legislature

1998

All utilities in state

RSA 362-A:9 (HB 485)

New Jersey

Photovoltaic & wind

(no limit per system)

Residential & small commercial

0.1% of peak or $2,000,000 annual financial impact

Annual NEG purchased at avoided cost

Legislature

1999

All utilities in state

AB 16. Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act

New Mexico

Renewables & cogeneration £ 10 kW

All customer classes

None

NEG carried forward from month to month or purchased at utility’s energy rate

Public Utility Commission

1999

All utilities in state

NMPUC Rule 571,

17 NMAC 10.571

New York

Solar only

£ 10 kW

Residential only

0.1% 1996 peak demand

Annual NEG purchased at avoided cost

Legislature

1997

All utilities in state

Laws of New York, 1997

Chapter 399

North Dakota

Renewables & cogeneration

£ 100 kW

All customer classes

None

Monthly NEG purchased at avoided cost

Public Utility Commission

1991

IOUs only,

RECs are not rate-regulated

North Dakota Admin. Code §69-09-07-09

Ohio

Solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, hydropower, micro–turbine, fuel cell

All customer class

1% of  aggregate customer demand

Monthly NEG appears as credit in the next billing cycle

Legislature

1999

All utilities in state

S.B. 3

Oklahoma

Renewables & cogeneration

£ 100 kW and

£ 25,000 kWh/year

All customer classes

None

Monthly NEG granted to utilities

Oklahoma Corporation Commission

1988

All IOUs and RECs

OCC Order 326195

Oregon

Solar, wind, fuel cell, & microhydro £ 25 kW

All customer classes

0.5% of peak demand

Annual NEG granted to utilities

Legislature

1999

All utilities in state

HB3219

Pennsylvania

Renewables & fuel cells (limit varies by utilities)

Varies by utilities

None

Varies by utilities

Public Utility Commission

Various

Various IOUs

PA PUC various utility tariffs

Rhode Island

Renewables & fuel cells £ 25 kW

All customer classes

1 MW for Narragansett Electric Company

Annual NEG granted to utilities

Public Utility Commission

1998

Narragansett Electric Company

PUC Order Docket No. 2710

Texas

Renewables only

£ 50 kW