Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 2 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS › Chapter 25 - SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO ELECTRIC SERVICE PROVIDERS › Subchapter I - TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION › Division 2 - TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION APPLICABLE TO ALL ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Section 25.213 - Metering for Distributed Renewable Generation and Certain Qualifying Facilities

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Application.
					 This section applies to transmission and distribution utilities, excluding
					 river authorities; an electric utility subject to Public Utility Regulatory Act
					 (PURA) Chapter 39, Subchapter L; distributed renewable generation owners as
					 defined in §
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					 25.217 of this title (relating to Distributed
					 Renewable Generation); and the entity responsible for settlement.
(b) Metering.
(1) Upon request by a customer that has, or
					 is in the process of installing distributed renewable generation with a
					 capacity of less than 50 kilowatts (kW) on the retail electric customer's side
					 of the meter and that desires to measure the generation's out-flow production,
					 an electric utility shall provide metering at the point of common coupling
					 using one or two meters that separately measure both the customer's electricity
					 consumption from the distribution network and the out-flow that is delivered
					 from the customer's side of the meter to the distribution network and
					 separately report each metered value to the transmission and distribution
					 utility. The two metered values shall be separately accounted for by the entity
					 responsible for settlement.
(2)
					 Upon request by a retail electric customer that has, or is in the process of
					 installing distributed renewable generation with a capacity equal to or greater
					 than 50 kW up to 2,000 kW on the retail electric customer's side of the meter,
					 an electric utility shall provide one or two interval data recorders at the
					 point of common coupling that separately measure both the customer's
					 electricity consumption from the distribution network and the out-flow that is
					 delivered from the retail electric customer's side of the meter to the
					 distribution network and separately report each metered value to the
					 transmission and distribution utility. The two metered values shall be
					 separately accounted for by the entity responsible for settlement.
(3) Upon request by a retail electric
					 customer that has, or is in the process of installing distributed renewable
					 generation with a capacity of less than 50 kW on the retail electric customer's
					 side of the meter and that does not desire to measure the generation's out-flow
					 production, an electric utility shall provide metering in accordance with
					 paragraph (1) of this subsection or, at the electric utility's option, install
					 a meter that measures the customer's electricity consumption from the
					 distribution network but does not measure the out-flow that is delivered from
					 the retail electric customer's side of the meter to the distribution network.
					 Unless an existing distributed renewable generation owner requests to have the
					 existing meter replaced, the electric utility may, at its option and expense,
					 replace an existing distributed renewable generation owner's meter with a meter
					 of a type specified in this rule.
(4) Pursuant to the applicable schedule in
					 its tariff, an electric utility shall charge for the customer's electricity
					 consumption from the distribution network as measured by the metering installed
					 pursuant to paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection.
(5) An electric utility shall not provide
					 metering for purposes of PURA §39.914(d) and PURA §39.916(f), that is
					 inconsistent with paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection, unless ordered
					 by the commission.
(6) The
					 distributed renewable generation owner shall pay any significant differential
					 cost of the metering.
(7) Electric
					 utilities shall file tariffs for metering under this section within 60 days of
					 its effective date.
(8) Distributed
					 renewable generation owners may begin selling out-flow at any time. Electric
					 utilities are required to comply with paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this
					 subsection, as they relate to reporting the two metered values. The entity
					 responsible for settlement is required to accept the meter data provided
					 pursuant to paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection.
(9) The entity responsible for settlement
					 shall have a process for settlement of electricity consumption and out-flow
					 that reflects time of generation.