| State Net Metering Policies |
The following table lists the state programs that include Net Metering provisions. States that are not listed in this table do not offer Net Metering. In those States without Net Metering two meters are required and excess production will be credited to the customer at an "avoided cost" rate that will be much lower than the retail cost of electricity.
Prepared by:
Yih-Huei Wan, NREL (Revised 10/8/99)
|
State |
Allowable
Technology and Size |
Allowable
Customer
|
Statewide
Limit
|
Treatment
of Net Excess Generation (NEG) |
Authority |
Enacted
|
Scope of Program
|
Citation/Reference
|
|
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 |
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