Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 20 - Electric Utilities › Section 20 CSR 4240-20.065 - Net Metering

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment simplifies and improves rules
				  by streamlining and eliminating duplicative requirements and provides clarity
				  language.
(1) Definitions.
(A) Terms defined in 386.890, RSMo shall have
				the same meaning for purposes of this rule, unless further defined in this
				rule. Terms defined in
				20 CSR
				4240-20.100 shall have the same meaning for purposes
				of this rule.
(B) Avoided fuel
				cost means the incremental costs to the electric utility of electric energy,
				but for the purchase from the customer-generator, the utility would generate
				itself or purchase from another source. Avoided fuel cost is used to calculate
				the electric utility's standard rate for purchase from systems less than one
				hundred (100) kilowatts pursuant to
				20 CSR
				4240-20.060. The information used to calculate this
				rate is provided to the commission biennially and maintained for public
				inspection
(C) Customer-generator
				means the owner or operator of a qualified electric energy generation unit that
				meets all of the following criteria:
1. Is
				powered by a renewable energy resource;
2. Is an electrical generating system with a
				capacity of not more than one hundred kilowatts (100 kW);
3. Is located on premises that are owned,
				operated, leased, or otherwise controlled by the customer-generator;
4. Is interconnected and operates in parallel
				phase and synchronization with an electric utility and has been approved for
				interconnection by said electric utility;
5. Is intended primarily to offset part or
				all of the customer-generator's own electrical energy requirements;
6. Meets all applicable safety, performance,
				interconnection, and reliability standards established by the National
				Electrical Code, the National Electrical Safety Code, the Institute of
				Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Underwriters Laboratories, the Federal
				Energy Regulatory Commission, and any local governing authorities; and
7. Contains a mechanism that
				automatically disables the unit and interrupts the flow of electricity onto the
				electric utility's electrical lines whenever the flow of electricity to the
				customer-generator is interrupted.
(D) Distribution system means facilities for the
				distribution of electric energy to the ultimate consumer thereof.
(E) Electric utility means every electrical
				corporation as defined in section
				386.020(15),
				RSMo, subject to commission regulation pursuant to Chapter 393, RSMo
(F) Operational means all of the major
				components of the on-site system have been purchased and installed on the
				customer-generator's premises and the production of rated net electrical
				generation has been measured by the electric utility. If a customer has
				satisfied all of the System Completion Requirements by June 30 of indicated
				years, but the electric utility is not able to complete all of the company's
				steps needed to establish an Operational Date on or before June 30, the rebate
				rate will be determined as though the Operational Date was June 30. If it is
				subsequently determined that the customer of the system did not satisfy all
				Completion Requirements required of the customer on or before June 30, the
				rebate rate will be determined based on the Operational Date.