Exemptions Requiring a Cost-Effectiveness Test. Exemption by Appeal. Submetering as an Alternative to Individual Metering. Exemptions Requiring a Cost-Effectiveness Test. The burden of proof rests with the person requesting exemption and the evidence required to sustain that burden must demonstrate that the long-run benefits of individual metering to the electric consumer are less than the costs of purchasing and installing separate meters.
Construction is defined to begin when footings are poured.
The benefits shall be quantified in dollars of savings and shall reflect the difference in electricity use which results when separate metering is utilized rather than master-metering. Such analysis, including its preparation and expense, shall be the sole responsibility of the customer. The customer's determination of benefit shall be based on electric service supplied by the utility at electric service rates and regulations approved by the Commission, including but not limited to, regulations that prohibit resale of electric service to any other person or entity unless taking service under rate schedules that specifically provide for reselling. The cost shall be quantified in dollars and shall reflect the current difference in installed cost between master and individual metering. The lump sum differential cost reflecting the purchase and installation of separate meters versus a single meter shall be prepared by the utility.