Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 75 - ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARDS › Subchapter B - NET METERING › Section 75.14 - Meters and metering

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
					 customer-generator facility used for net metering must be equipped with a
					 single bidirectional meter that can measure and record the flow of electricity
					 in both directions at the same rate. If the customer-generator agrees, a dual
					 meter arrangement may be substituted for a single bidirectional
					 meter.
(b) If the
					 customer-generator's existing electric metering equipment does not meet the
					 requirements in subsection (a), the EDC shall install new metering equipment
					 for the customer-generator at the EDC's expense. Any subsequent metering
					 equipment change necessitated by the customer-generator shall be paid for by
					 the customer-generator.
(c) When
					 the customer-generator intends to take title or transfer title to any
					 alternative energy credits which may be produced by the customer-generator's
					 facility, the customer-generator shall bear the cost of additional net metering
					 equipment required to qualify the alternative energy credits in accordance with
					 the act.
(d) When the
					 customer-generator expressly rejects ownership of alternative energy credits
					 produced by the customer-generator's facility, the EDC may supply additional
					 metering equipment required to qualify the alternative energy credit at the
					 EDC's expense. In those circumstances, the EDC shall take title to any
					 alternative energy credit produced. An EDC shall, prior to taking title to any
					 alternative energy credits produced by a customer-generator, fully inform the
					 customer-generator of the potential value of the alternative energy credits and
					 other options available to the customer-generator for the disposition of those
					 credits. A customer-generator is not prohibited from having a qualified meter
					 service provider install metering equipment for the measurement of generation,
					 or from selling alternative energy credits to a third party other than an
					 EDC.
(e) Virtual meter aggregation
					 on properties owned or leased and operated by the same customer-generator shall
					 be allowed for purposes of net metering. Virtual meter aggregation shall be
					 limited to meters located on properties owned or leased and operated by the
					 same customer-generator within 2 miles of the boundaries of the
					 customer-generator's property and within a single EDC's service territory. All
					 service locations to be aggregated must be EDC service location accounts held
					 by the same individual or legal entity receiving retail electric service from
					 the same EDC and have measureable load independent of any alternative energy
					 system. Physical meter aggregation shall be at the customer-generator's
					 expense. The EDC shall provide the necessary equipment to complete physical
					 aggregation. If the customer-generator requests virtual meter aggregation, it
					 shall be provided by the EDC at the customer-generator's expense. The
					 customer-generator shall be responsible only for any incremental expense
					 entailed in processing his account on a virtual meter aggregation
					 basis.
The provisions of this § 75.13 amended under
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  1501 and
						  2807(e); and sections
						  1648.7(a) and
						  1648.3(e)(2) of
						  the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004 (73 P.S. §
														§
														1648.7(a) and
						  1648.3(e)(2)).
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													75.13 (relating to general
						  provisions).