Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 126 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Division 03 - Utilities Section › Rule 126.03.16-001 - Net Metering Rules

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
SECTION
			 1.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule
			 1.01
Definitions
The following definitions shall apply throughout the
				Net-Metering Rules (NMRs) except as otherwise required by the context, and any
				references to the NMRs shall include these definitions:
(a)
Additional Meter
A meter associated with the Net-Metering Customer's account
				that the Net-Metering Customer may credit with Net Excess Generation from the
				Generation Meter. Additional Meter(s): l) shall be under common ownership
				within a single Electric Utility's service area; 2) shall be used to measure
				the Net-Metering Customer's requirements for electricity; 3) may be in a
				different class of service than the Generation Meter; 4) shall be assigned to
				one, and only one, Generation Meter; 5) shall not be a Generation Meter; and 6)
				shall not be associated with unmetered service.
(b)
Annual Billing Cycle
The normal annual fiscal accounting period used by the
				utility.
(c)
Avoided
			 Costs
As defined in Ark. Code Ann. §
											23-3-702(1).
(d)
Billing Period
The billing period for net-metering will be the same as the
				billing period under the customer's applicable standard rate schedule.
(e)
Biomass Resource
A resource that may use one or more organic fuel sources that
				can either be processed into synthetic fuels or burned directly to produce
				steam or electricity, provided that the resources are renewable,
				environmentally sustainable in their production and use, and the process of
				conversion to electricity results in a net environmental benefit. This
				includes, but is not limited to, dedicated energy crops and trees, agricultural
				food and feed crops, agricultural crop wastes and residues, wood wastes and
				residues, aquatic plants, animal wastes, and other accepted organic, renewable
				waste materials.
(f)
Commission
The Arkansas Public Service Commission.
(g)
Electric Utility
A public or investor-owned utility, an electric cooperative,
				municipal utility, or any private power supplier or marketer that is engaged in
				the business of supplying electric energy to the ultimate customer or any
				customer class within the state.
(h)
Fuel Cell Resource
A resource that converts the chemical energy of a fuel directly
				to direct current electricity without intermediate combustion or thermal
				cycles.
(i)
Generation Meter
The meter associated with the Net-Metering Customer's account
				to which the Net-Metering Facility is physically attached.
(j)
Geo thermal Resource
A resource in which the prime mover is a steam turbine. The
				steam is generated in the earth by heat from the earth's magma.
(k)
Hydroelectric
			 Resource
A resource in which the prime mover is a water wheel. The water
				wheel is driven by falling water.
(l)
Micro Turbine Resource
A resource that uses a small combustion turbine to produce
				electricity.
(m)
Net Excess Generation
As defined in Ark. Code Ann. §
											23-18-603(3).
(n)
Net Excess Generation
			 Credits
Uncredited customer generated kilowatt hours remaining in a
				Net-Metering Customer's account at the close of a Billing Period to be
				credited, or, pursuant to Rule 2.04, purchased by the utility in a future
				billing period.
(o)
Net-Metering
As defined in Ark. Code Ann. §
											23-18-603(4).
(p)
Net-Metering
			 Customer
As defined in Ark. Code Ann. §
											23-18-603(5).
(q)
Net-Metering
			 Facility
As defined in Ark. Code Ann. §
											23-18-603(6).
(r)
Parallel
			 Operation
The operation of on-site generation by a customer while the
				customer is connected to the Electric Utility's distribution system.
(s)
Qualifying
			 Facility
As defined in Ark. Code Ann. §
											23-3-702(4).
(t)
Renewable
			 Energy Credit
As defined in Ark. Code Ann. §
											23-18-603(7).
(u)
Residential Use
Service provided under an Electric Utility's standard rate
				schedules applicable to residential service.
(v)
Solar Resource
A resource in which electricity is generated through the
				collection, transfer and/or storage of the sun's heat or light.
(w)
Wind Resource
A resource in which an electric generator is powered by a
				wind-driven turbine.