I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5692 
To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to promote 
energy independence and self-sufficiency by providing for the use of 
net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2010 
Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, and 
Mr. HIGGINS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
to promote energy independence and self-sufficiency by 
providing for the use of net metering by certain small 
electric energy generation systems, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Americans Making 
Power Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that it is in the public interest to: 
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(1) Enable small businesses, residences, schools, 
churches, farms with small electric generation units, 
and other retail electric consumers who generate 
electric energy to return surplus electric energy back 
to the utility for credit. 
(2) Encourage private investment in renewable 
and alternate energy resources. 
(3) Stimulate economic growth and job cre-
ation. 
(4) Enhance the continued diversification of en-
ergy resources used in the United States, particu-
larly with distributed generation systems that may 
have a positive impact on the transmission grid reli-
ability. 
(5) Remove regulatory barriers for net metering 
and interconnection. 
(6) Limit variability in technologies and save 
costs to the consumer through net metering and 
interconnection standards. 
(7) Address the underlying need for consumers 
to be able to interconnect to the electric grid. 
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SEC. 3. NET METERING AND INTERCONNECTION STAND-
ARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 113 of the Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2623) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) NET METERING.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection and 
subsection (e): 
‘‘(A) COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYS-
TEM.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘com-
bined heat and power system’ means a sys-
tem— 
‘‘(I) that uses the same energy 
source for the simultaneous or sequen-
tial generation of electrical power, me-
chanical shaft power, or both, in com-
bination with the generation of steam 
or other forms of useful thermal en-
ergy (including heating and cooling 
applications); 
‘‘(II) that produces— 
‘‘(aa) at least 20 percent of 
its total useful energy in the 
form of thermal energy which is 
not used to produce electrical or 
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mechanical power (or combina-
tion thereof); and 
‘‘(bb) at least 20 percent of 
its total useful energy in the 
form of electrical or mechanical 
power (or a combination thereof), 
and 
‘‘(III) the energy efficiency per-
centage of which exceeds 60 percent. 
‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM CAPACITY.—The term 
‘combined heat and power system’ shall 
not include any system that has a capacity 
in excess of 2,000 kilowatts or a mechan-
ical energy capacity in excess of 2680 
horsepower or an equivalent combination 
of electrical and mechanical energy capac-
ities. 
‘‘(iii) ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERCENT-
AGE.—For purposes of this subparagraph, 
the energy efficiency percentage of a sys-
tem is the fraction— 
‘‘(I) the numerator of which is 
the total useful electrical, thermal, 
and mechanical power produced by 
the system at normal operating rates, 
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and expected to be consumed in its 
normal application; and 
‘‘(II) the denominator of which is 
the lower heating value of the fuel 
sources for the system. 
‘‘(B) CUSTOMER-GENERATOR.—The term 
‘customer-generator’ means any customer of an 
electric utility that generates electric energy, 
using a qualified generation unit, that is pri-
marily intended to offset part or all of the cus-
tomer-generator’s electric energy requirements. 
A customer-generator does not need to be the 
owner of such a qualified generation unit. 
‘‘(C) LOCAL
DISTRIBUTION
COMPANY.— 
The term ‘local distribution company’ means 
the owner or operator of a local distribution 
system, or the provider of electric energy meter 
reading services, that is not a retail electric 
supplier. 
‘‘(D) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.—The 
term ‘local distribution system’ means any sys-
tem for the distribution of electric energy to the 
ultimate consumer of the electric energy, wheth-
er or not the owner or operator of the system 
is a retail electric supplier. 
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‘‘(E) NET METERING.—The term ‘net me-
tering’ means the process of— 
‘‘(i) measuring the difference between 
the electric energy supplied to a customer- 
generator and the electric energy generated 
by the customer-generator that is delivered 
to a local distribution system at the same 
point of interconnection during an applica-
ble billing period; and 
‘‘(ii) providing an energy credit to the 
customer-generator in the form of a kilo-
watt-hour credit for each kilowatt-hour of 
energy produced by the customer-generator 
from a qualified generation unit. 
‘‘(F) QUALIFIED GENERATION UNIT.—The 
term ‘qualified generation unit’ means an elec-
tric generation unit that uses renewable energy, 
a combined heat and power system, or a waste 
heat to electricity system, and— 
‘‘(i) has a generating capacity of not 
more than 2,000 kilowatts; 
‘‘(ii) operates in parallel with the re-
tail electric supplier; and 
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‘‘(iii) is intended primarily to offset all 
or part of the requirements of the cus-
tomer-generator for electric energy. 
‘‘(G) RENEWABLE
ENERGY.—The term 
‘renewable energy’ means electric energy gen-
erated using— 
‘‘(i) renewable biomass, solar, geo-
thermal, wind, ocean, hydroelectric, anaer-
obic digestion, landfill gas, or fuel cell 
sources; 
‘‘(ii) hydrogen produced from any 
such source; or 
‘‘(iii) any combination of such sources. 
‘‘(H) RETAIL
ELECTRIC
SUPPLIER.—The 
term ‘retail electric supplier’ means any electric 
utility that sells electric energy to the ultimate 
consumer of the energy or provides retail elec-
tric energy meter reading services for con-
sumers. 
‘‘(I) WASTE HEAT TO ELECTRICITY SYS-
TEM.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘waste 
heat to electricity system’ means a system 
that generates electric energy through the 
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recovery of a qualified waste heat resource, 
including— 
‘‘(I) exhaust heat or flared gas 
from any industrial process; 
‘‘(II) waste gas or industrial tail 
gas that would otherwise be flared, in-
cinerated, or vented; 
‘‘(III) a pressure drop in any 
gas, excluding any pressure drop to a 
condenser that subvents the resulting 
heat; and 
‘‘(IV) any such other form of 
waste heat resource as the Secretary 
may determine. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—A qualified waste 
heat resource under clause (i) does not in-
clude a heat resource from a process whose 
primary purpose is the generation of elec-
tric energy using a fossil fuel. 
‘‘(2) ADOPTION.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this subsection, each 
State regulatory authority (with respect to each elec-
tric utility for which it has ratemaking authority), 
and each nonregulated electric utility, shall adopt 
the standard established by paragraph (3), unless, 
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with respect to a State, the Commission determines 
that a net metering requirement in effect for such 
State complies with the standard established by 
paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
NET
METERING 
STANDARD.—The following Federal standard is 
hereby established: 
‘‘(A) NET
METERING
STANDARD.—Each 
retail electric supplier shall (either directly or 
through a local distribution company or other 
third party) make net metering available, on a 
first-come, first-served basis, to each customer- 
generator of the retail electric supplier in ac-
cordance with the requirements described in 
subparagraph (B) and the other provisions of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements 
referred to in subparagraph (A) are, with re-
spect to a retail electric supplier, that— 
‘‘(i) rates for customer-generators 
shall be the same as the rates that would 
be applicable if the customer-generator did 
not own or operate a qualified generation 
unit and use a net metering system; and 
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‘‘(ii) each retail electric supplier shall 
notify all of the retail customers of the re-
tail electric supplier of the standard estab-
lished under this paragraph as soon as 
practicable after the adoption of the stand-
ard. 
‘‘(4) NET ENERGY MEASUREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this paragraph, each retail electric 
supplier shall arrange to provide and install, for 
any customer-generator who qualifies for net 
metering under this subsection, an electric en-
ergy meter capable of net metering. In a case 
in which it is not practicable to provide and in-
stall such a meter, a retail electric supplier 
shall, at the expense of the retail electric sup-
plier, either directly or through a local distribu-
tion company or other third party, arrange to 
have such a meter installed for the customer- 
generator concerned. Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (C)(i), any subsequent electric en-
ergy meter change necessitated or requested for 
any reason by the customer-generator shall be 
paid for by the customer-generator. 
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‘‘(B) 
CRITERIA.—A 
customer-generator 
may choose to use an existing electric energy 
meter under this paragraph if the following cri-
teria are met: 
‘‘(i) The electric energy meter is capa-
ble of measuring the flow of electric energy 
both into and out of the qualified genera-
tion unit of the customer-generator. 
‘‘(ii) The electric energy meter is ac-
curate with a degree of accuracy that the 
retail electric supplier or local distribution 
company requires when measuring electric 
energy flowing from the qualified genera-
tion unit of the customer-generator to the 
local distribution system or retail electric 
supplier. 
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL METERS.—An additional 
electric energy meter may be installed for a cus-
tomer-generator who qualifies for net metering 
under this subsection in either of the following 
circumstances: 
‘‘(i) The local distribution company or 
retail electric supplier may install an addi-
tional electric energy meter at its own ex-
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pense if the customer-generator provides 
written consent. 
‘‘(ii) The customer-generator may re-
quest that the local distribution company 
or retail electric supplier install an electric 
energy meter, in addition to the electric en-
ergy meter that meets the criteria of sub-
paragraph (B), at the customer-generator’s 
expense. In such a case, the charge to the 
customer-generator shall be no more than 
the actual cost of the electric energy meter 
and its installation. 
‘‘(5) BILLING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each local distribu-
tion company or retail electric supplier shall 
calculate the electric energy consumption for a 
customer-generator using a net metering system 
in accordance with subparagraphs (B) through 
(D). 
‘‘(B) MEASUREMENT
OF
ELECTRIC
EN-
ERGY.—The local distribution company or retail 
electric supplier shall measure the net electric 
energy produced or consumed during a billing 
period using the meter installed in accordance 
with paragraph (4). 
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this clause shall be applied to the cus-
tomer-generator’s electric energy con-
sumption on the bill for the following 
billing period. 
‘‘(III) CARRYOVER
OF
UNUSED 
CREDITS.—At the beginning of each 
12-month period, any unused kilo-
watt-hour credits remaining from the 
preceding 12-month period shall be 
reimbursed to the customer-generator 
at the average wholesale market rate 
for the preceding 12-month period. 
‘‘(D) USE OF TIME-DIFFERENTIATED EN-
ERGY TARIFF RATES.— 
‘‘(i) DIFFERENT
TARIFFS
OR
SERV-
ICES.—A retail electric supplier shall offer 
a customer-generator the choice of a time- 
differentiated energy tariff rate or a 
nontime-differentiated energy tariff rate, if 
the retail electric supplier offers the choice 
to customers in the same rate class as the 
customer-generator. 
‘‘(ii) CREDITS.—If a customer-gener-
ator is using a meter installed in accord-
ance with paragraph (4) and retail billing 
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arrangement that has time-differentiated 
energy tariff rates— 
‘‘(I) a kilowatt-hour credit de-
scribed in this paragraph shall be 
based on the ratio of the time-of-use 
rate to the lowest time-of-use rate 
over the course of a 12-month period; 
and 
‘‘(II) excess kilowatt-hour credits 
in any individual time-of-use period 
shall be applied to other time-of-use 
periods in the same billing period, 
with any remaining excess for the bill-
ing period carried over to the next 
billing period. 
‘‘(iii) MONETARY
CREDIT.—If, upon 
review, a retail electric supplier finds the 
crediting method under clause (ii) incon-
sistent with its current billing practices, 
such retail electric supplier may elect to 
convert excess kilowatt-hour credits under 
time-of-use billing to a monetary value 
based on the time when the kilowatt-hours 
were generated and provide a monetary 
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credit to the customer-generator on the bill 
for the following billing period. 
‘‘(6) COST RECOVERY MECHANISM.—Regulated 
utilities shall be granted the authority to recover, 
through retail rates approved by the applicable pub-
lic utility commission, any retail electric revenues 
lost as a result of electric energy generation by a 
customer-generator, less the associated power and 
other costs avoided by the utility. 
‘‘(7) PERCENT LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) 6 PERCENT LIMITATION.—The stand-
ard established by paragraph (3) of this sub-
section shall not apply for a 12-month period to 
any customer-generator served by a local dis-
tribution company or retail electric supplier if, 
at the beginning of such 12-month period, the 
total generating capacity of all customer-gen-
erators with net metering systems served by the 
local distribution company or retail electric sup-
plier is equal to or more than 6 percent of the 
capacity necessary to meet the average fore-
casted aggregate customer peak demand of the 
retail electric supplier for such 12-month pe-
riod. 
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‘‘(B) 4 PERCENT LIMITATION.—The stand-
ard established by paragraph (3) of this sub-
section shall not apply for a 12-month period to 
any customer-generator served by a local dis-
tribution company or retail electric supplier if, 
at the beginning of such 12-month period, the 
total generating capacity of all customer-gen-
erators with net metering systems served by the 
local distribution company or retail electric sup-
plier using a single type of renewable energy, a 
combined heat and power system, or a waste 
heat to electricity system, is equal to or more 
than 4 percent of the capacity necessary to 
meet the forecasted aggregate customer peak 
demand of the retail electric supplier for such 
12-month period. 
‘‘(C) RECORDS AND NOTICE.— 
‘‘(i) RECORDS.—Each retail electric 
supplier shall maintain, and make available 
to the public, records of— 
‘‘(I) the type of generating tech-
nologies and energy sources used by 
the qualified generation units used by 
the customer-generators; and 
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‘‘(II) the total generating capac-
ity for all customer-generators using a 
specific type of qualified generation 
unit. 
‘‘(ii) NOTICE.—Each such retail elec-
tric supplier shall notify the State regu-
latory authority, as applicable, and the 
Commission at each time at which the 
total generating capacity of the customer- 
generators of the retail electric supplier 
reaches a level that equals or exceeds— 
‘‘(I) 75 percent of the limitation 
specified in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(II) the limitation specified in 
subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(III) 75 percent of the limita-
tion specified in subparagraph (B); or 
‘‘(IV) the limitation specified in 
subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(8) OWNERSHIP OF CREDITS.—For purposes 
of Federal and State laws providing renewable en-
ergy credits or greenhouse gas credits, a customer- 
generator using net metering shall be treated as 
owning and having title to any renewable energy at-
tributes, renewable energy credits, and greenhouse 
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gas emission credits relating to any electric energy 
generated by the customer-generator. 
‘‘(9) SAFETY
AND
PERFORMANCE
STAND-
ARDS.—A net metering system used by a customer- 
generator shall be installed according to the inter-
connection rules approved by the State regulatory 
authority or the Commission. 
‘‘(10) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any State regulatory 
authority (with respect to each electric utility 
for which it has ratemaking authority), and any 
nonregulated electric utility, may apply to the 
Commission for a determination that any State 
net metering requirement or regulation complies 
with the standard established by paragraph (3) 
and the requirements of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) ORDERS.—In the absence of a deter-
mination that a State net metering requirement 
or regulation complies with the standard estab-
lished by paragraph (3) and the requirements 
of this subsection under subparagraph (A), the 
Commission, on the motion of the Commission 
or pursuant to the petition of any interested 
person, may, after notice and opportunity for a 
hearing on the record, issue an order requiring 
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any retail electric supplier or local distribution 
company to comply with this subsection. 
‘‘(C) ENFORCEMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any person who 
violates this subsection shall be subject to 
a civil penalty in an amount scaled appro-
priately to the nature of the violation, as 
determined by the Commission. 
‘‘(ii) ASSESSMENT.—The civil penalty 
under clause (i) may be assessed by the 
Commission, after notice and opportunity 
for hearing, in the same manner as pen-
alties are assessed under section 31(d) of 
the 
Federal 
Power 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
823b(d)). 
‘‘(e) INTERCONNECTION STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) MODEL STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, the Commission shall publish model 
standards for the physical connection between 
local distribution systems and qualified genera-
tion units. The Commission shall also modify 
the provisions of its Small Generator Inter-
connection Procedures relating to expediting the 
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permitting of qualified generation units up to 
2,000 kilowatts. 
‘‘(B) PURPOSES.—The model standards 
shall be designed to— 
‘‘(i) encourage the use of qualified 
generation units; and 
‘‘(ii) ensure the safety and reliability 
of the qualified generation units and the 
local distribution systems interconnected 
with the qualified generation units. 
‘‘(C) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The model stand-
ards shall have 2 separate expedited proce-
dures as follows: 
‘‘(I) A procedure for the inter-
connection of qualified generation 
units that have a generating capacity 
of not more than 10 kilowatts. 
‘‘(II) A procedure for the inter-
connection of qualified generation 
units that have a generating capacity 
of more than 10 kilowatts but not 
more than 2,000 kilowatts. 
‘‘(ii) BEST
PRACTICES.—The expe-
dited procedures shall be based on the best 
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practices that have been used by State reg-
ulatory authorities and nonregulated elec-
tric utilities that have adopted interconnec-
tion standards. 
‘‘(iii) MODEL RULE.—In designing the 
expedited procedures for interconnection, 
the Commission shall consider the Inter-
state Renewable Energy Council’s most re-
cent model interconnection procedures. 
‘‘(D) ADOPTION OF STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection, each State regulatory au-
thority (with respect to each electric utility 
for which it has ratemaking authority) and 
each nonregulated electric utility shall— 
‘‘(I) adopt the model standards 
established under this paragraph, with 
or without modification; and 
‘‘(II) 
submit 
the 
standards 
adopted by such State regulatory au-
thority (with respect to each electric 
utility for which it has ratemaking au-
thority) or such nonregulated electric 
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utility to the Commission for ap-
proval. 
‘‘(ii) APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION.— 
The Commission shall approve a modifica-
tion of the model standards only if the 
Commission determines that the modifica-
tion is— 
‘‘(I) consistent with or superior 
to the purpose of the standards; and 
‘‘(II) required by reason of local 
conditions. 
‘‘(E) NONAPPROVAL OF STANDARDS FOR A 
STATE.—If standards have not been approved 
under this paragraph by the Commission for 
any State regulatory authority or nonregulated 
electric utility during the 2-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, the Commission shall, by rule or order, 
enforce the model standards of the Commission 
for the State regulatory authority or nonregu-
lated electric utility until such time as such 
standards are approved by the Commission. 
‘‘(F) UPDATES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Commission 
shall publish an update of the model stand-
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ards, at such a time as the Commission de-
termines appropriate after— 
‘‘(I) submission and approval of 
standards of all State regulatory au-
thorities (with respect to electric utili-
ties for which they have ratemaking 
authority) and nonregulated electric 
utilities under subparagraph (D); 
‘‘(II) notice and opportunity for 
comment; and 
‘‘(III) considering changes in ap-
plicable safety and performance and 
reliability standards and underlying 
technologies. 
‘‘(ii) AVAILABILITY.—Any update of 
the model standards shall be made avail-
able to State regulatory authorities and 
nonregulated electric utilities for consider-
ation by such authorities and utilities. 
‘‘(2) SAFETY, 
RELIABILITY, 
PERFORMANCE, 
AND COST.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The model standards 
established under this subsection shall establish 
such measures for the safety and reliability of 
the qualified generation unit and any other 
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equipment used for electric interconnection to 
the local distribution system as well as the local 
distribution system itself, as appropriate. 
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.—The model stand-
ards established under this subsection shall— 
‘‘(i) be consistent with all applicable 
safety and performance standards estab-
lished by— 
‘‘(I) the National Electrical Code; 
‘‘(II) the Institute of Electrical 
and Electronics Engineers; 
‘‘(III) Underwriters Laboratories; 
or 
‘‘(IV) the American National 
Standards Institute; and 
‘‘(ii) impose not more than such min-
imum cost and technical burdens to the 
interconnecting customer-generator as the 
Commission determines, by rule, are prac-
ticable. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL CHARGES.—The model stand-
ards under this subsection shall prohibit the imposi-
tion of additional charges by local distribution com-
panies and retail electric suppliers for equipment or 
services for interconnection that are in excess of— 
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‘‘(A) the charges necessary to meet the 
standards or provide net metering to greater 
types or numbers of customers or for larger 
generators or remove administrative burdens; 
and 
‘‘(B) the charges and equipment require-
ments identified in the best practices of State 
regulatory authorities (with respect to electric 
utilities for which they have ratemaking author-
ity) and nonregulated electric utilities with 
interconnection standards. 
‘‘(4) CONSUMER-FRIENDLY CONTRACTS.— 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Commission 
shall— 
‘‘(i) promulgate regulations that en-
sure that simplified contracts will be used 
for the interconnection of qualified genera-
tion units by a retail electric supplier or 
local distribution company; and 
‘‘(ii) consider the best practices out-
lined in the most recent Interstate Renew-
able Energy Council model for consumer- 
friendly contracts. 
‘‘(B) LIABILITY OR INSURANCE.—The con-
tracts described in subparagraph (A) shall not 
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require liability or other insurance in excess of 
the liability or insurance that is typically car-
ried by customer-generators for general liabil-
ity.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1262 of the 
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16451) is amended by striking paragraph (5) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(5) ELECTRIC UTILITY COMPANY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘electric 
utility company’ means any company that owns 
or operates facilities used for the generation, 
transmission, or distribution of electric energy 
for sale. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘electric util-
ity company’ does not include a qualified gen-
eration unit (as defined in section 113(d) of the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978).’’. 
SEC. 4. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAW. 
Section 117(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Poli-
cies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2627(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), nothing’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) NET
METERING
AND
INTERCONNECTION 
STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), no State regulatory authority or 
nonregulated electric utility may adopt or en-
force any standard or requirement concerning 
net metering or interconnection that restricts 
access to the electric power transmission or 
local distribution system by qualified generation 
units beyond those standards and requirements 
established under section 113. 
‘‘(B) EQUIVALENT OR GREATER ACCESS.— 
Nothing in this title precludes a State regu-
latory authority or nonregulated electric utility 
from adopting or enforcing incentives or re-
quirements or removing administrative burdens 
to encourage the use of qualified generation 
units and net metering that— 
‘‘(i) are in addition to or equivalent to 
standards and requirements under section 
113; 
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‘‘(ii) afford greater access to the elec-
tric power transmission and local distribu-
tion systems by qualified generation units 
than the standards and requirements 
under section 113; 
‘‘(iii) afford greater compensation or 
credit for electric energy generated by the 
qualified generation units than the stand-
ards and requirements under section 113; 
or 
‘‘(iv) provide net metering to greater 
types or numbers of customers or for larg-
er generators than the standards and re-
quirements under section 113. 
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED
GENERATION
UNIT.—In 
this paragraph, the term ‘qualified generation 
unit’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 113(d).’’. 
Æ 
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