Archive for September, 2008

On September 4, 2008, Florida’s Public Service Commission (PSC) approvedthe state’s five investor-owned electric utilities’ standard interconnection agreements and related tariff revisions, as required by the net metering rule approved in March. The net metering rule promotes the development and interconnection of customer-owned renewable generation and minimizes costs for customers attempting to interconnect to their ... Read More

New York Governor David Paterson enacted legislation for solar and wind net metering. The first bill (S7171-B / A11146) permits net metering for residential solar systems up to 25 kW, non-residential solar systems up to the lesser of 2 MW or the customer’s peak load for the prior 12 months, and farm systems (agricultural waste) ... Read More

The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission’s new, final net metering rules become effective with a posting to the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The rule expands the eligible capacity of non-residential net metered systems from 1 MW to 3 MW, while maintaining the residential limit at 50 kW. The final order can be viewed in Docket L-00050174, in a ... Read More

On August 13, 2008, the Illinois Commerce Commission issued its final order regarding the state’s new interconnection rules (see Case 06-0525, Final Order Appendix). This rule became effective on August 25, 2008, and replaced the emergency interconnection rule put in place by the ICC in March 2008. On July 15, the Illinois Joint Committee on ... Read More

On August 6, 2008, the Michigan Public Service Commission adopted the federal net metering standard (see Case U-15316, final order). Previous to this order, net metering was a voluntary offering for the Michigan utilities, with the only requirements being that the generator was sized to meet customer load and that the aggregated net metering capacity ... Read More