‘‘(12) RETAIL ELECTRIC SUPPLIER.—The term 
‘retail electric supplier’ means a person that sells 
electric energy to electric consumers and sold not 
less than 1,000,000 megawatt-hours of electric en-
ergy to electric consumers for purposes other than 
resale during the preceding calendar year; except 
that such term does not include the United States, 
a State or any political subdivision of a State, or any 
agency, authority, or instrumentality of any one or 
more of the foregoing. 
‘‘(13) RETAIL
ELECTRIC
SUPPLIER’S
BASE 
AMOUNT.—The term ‘retail electric supplier’s base 
amount’ means the total amount of electric energy 
sold by the retail electric supplier to electric cus-
tomers during the most recent calendar year for 
which information is available, excluding electric en-
ergy generated by— 
‘‘(A) an eligible renewable energy resource; 
or 
‘‘(B) a hydroelectric facility. 
‘‘(m) SUNSET.—This section expires December 31, 
2030.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
such title is amended by adding the following new item 
at the end: 
‘‘Sec. 611. Federal renewable portfolio standard.’’. 
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SEC. 206. NET METERING. 
(a) ADOPTION OF STANDARD.—Section 111(d)(11) 
of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(11) NET METERING.—(A) Each electric util-
ity shall make available upon request net metering 
service to any electric consumer that the electric 
utility serves. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of implementing this para-
graph, any reference contained in this section to the 
date of enactment of the Public Utility Regulatory 
Policies Act of 1978 shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the date of enactment of this paragraph. 
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of 
section 112, each State regulatory authority may 
consider and make a determination concerning 
whether it is appropriate in the public interest to not 
implement the standard set out in subparagraph (A) 
not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(D) Nothing in this section shall preclude a 
State from establishing additional incentives or to 
encourage on-site generating facilities and net me-
tering in addition to that required under this sec-
tion. 
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‘‘(E) The Department shall report within 11 
months of enactment and annually thereafter on the 
public benefit provided by adoption of net metering 
and interconnection standards, and the status of 
state adoption of such.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR NET METERING.—Section 
115 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2625) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(i) NET METERING.—In undertaking the consider-
ation and making the determination under section 111 
with respect to the standard concerning net metering es-
tablished by section 111(d)(11), the term net metering 
service shall mean a service provided in accordance with 
the following standards: 
‘‘(1) An electric utility— 
‘‘(A) shall charge the owner or operator of 
an on-site generating facility rates and charges 
that are identical to those that would be 
charged other electric consumers of the electric 
utility in the same rate class; and 
‘‘(B) shall not charge the owner or oper-
ator of an on-site generating facility any addi-
tional standby, capacity, interconnection, or 
other rate or charge. 
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