Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 126 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Division 03 - Utilities Section › Rule 126.03.07-006 - Net Metering Rules

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
DEFINITIONS
Annual billing cycle
The normal annual fiscal accounting period used by the
				utility.
Biomass facility
A facility 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.
Commercial customer
A customer served under a utility's standard rate schedule
				applicable to commercial service.
Commission
The Arkansas Public Service Commission.
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.
Fuel cell facility
A facility that converts the chemical energy of a fuel directly
				to direct current electricity without intermediate combustion or thermal
				cycles.
Geothermal facility
An electric generating facility in which the prime mover is a
				steam turbine. The steam is generated in the earth by heat from the earth's
				magma.
Hydroelectric facility
An electric generating facility in which the prime mover is a
				water wheel. The water wheel is driven by falling water.
Micro turbine facility
A facility that uses a small combustion turbine to produce
				electricity.
Net excess generation
The amount of electricity that a net metering customer has fed
				back to the electric utility that exceeds the amount of electricity used by
				that customer during the applicable period.
Net metering
Measuring the difference between electricity supplied by an
				electric utility and the electricity generated by a net metering customer and
				fed back to the electric utility over the applicable billing period.
Net metering facility
A facility for the production of electrical energy that:
(A) Uses solar, wind, hydroelectric,
			 geothermal, or biomass resources to generate electricity including, but not
			 limited to, fuel cells and micro turbines that generate electricity if the fuel
			 source is entirely derived from renewable resources; and,
(B) Has a generating capacity of not more
			 than twenty-five (25) kilowatts for residential or three hundred (300)
			 kilowatts for commercial or agricultural use; and,
(C) Is located in Arkansas; and,
(D) Can operate in parallel with an electric
			 utility 's existing transmission and distribution facilities; and,
(E) Is intended primarily to offset part or
			 all of the net-metering customer requirements for electricity; or,
(F) Is designated by the Commission as
			 eligible for net metering service pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §
								23-18-604(B)(3).
Parallel operation
The operation of on-site generation by a customer while the
				customer is connected to the utility's distribution system.
Renewable energy credit
The environmental, economic, and social attributes of a unit of
				electricity, such as a megawatt hour generated from renewable fuels that can be
				sold or traded separately.
Residential customer
A customer served under a utility's standard rate schedules
				applicable to residential service.
Solar facility
A facility in which electricity is generated through the
				collection, transfer and/or storage of the sun's heat or light.
Wind facility
A facility in which an electric generator is powered by a
				wind-driven turbine.
SECTION 1.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 1.01.
Purpose
The purpose of these Rules is to establish rules for net energy
				metering and interconnection.
Rule
			 1.02.
Statutory Provisions
A. These Rules are developed pursuant to the
			 Arkansas Renewable Energy Development Act of 2001 (Ark. Code Ann. §
										23-18-603
			 and §
										23-18-604,
			 as amended by Act 1024 of 2007).
B.
			 These Rules are promulgated pursuant to the Commission's authority under Ark.
			 Code Ann. §§
										23-2-301,
			 23-2-304(3)
			 and
			 23-2-305.
C. Nothing in these Rules shall govern,
			 limit, or restrict the Commission's authority under Ark. Code Ann. §
										23-18-604.
Rule 1.03.
Other
			 Provisions
A. These Rules
			 apply to all electric utilities, as defined in these Rules, that are
			 jurisdictional to the Commission.
B. The Net Metering Rules are not intended
			 to, and do not affect or replace any Commission approved general service
			 regulation, policy, procedure, rule, or service application of any utility
			 which addresses items other than those covered in these Rules.
C. Net metering customers taking service
			 under the provisions of the Net Metering Tariff may not simultaneously take
			 service under the provisions of any other alternative source generation or
			 cogeneration tariffs except as provided herein.