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 75.12 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
						subchapter, have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Base year
-For customer-generators who
						initiated self generation on or after January 1, 1999, the base year will be
						the immediate prior calendar year; for all other customer generators, the base
						year will be 1996.
Billing month
-The term has the same
						meaning as set forth in §
											56.2 (relating to
						definitions).
Customer-generator facility
-The
						equipment used by a customer-generator to generate, manage, monitor and deliver
						electricity to the EDC.
Electric distribution system
-That
						portion of an electric system which delivers electricity from transformation
						points on the transmission system to points of connection at a customer's
						premises.
Meter aggregation
-The combination of
						readings from and billing for all meters regardless of rate class on properties
						owned or leased and operated by a customer-generator for properties located
						within the service territory of a single EDC. Meter aggregation may be
						completed through physical or virtual meter aggregation.
Net metering
-The means of measuring the
						difference between the electricity supplied by an electric utility or EGS and
						the electricity generated by a customer-generator when any portion of the
						electricity generated by the alternative energy generating system is used to
						offset part or all of the customer-generator's requirements for electricity.
Physical meter aggregation
-The physical
						rewiring of all meters regardless of rate class on properties owned or leased
						and operated by a customer-generator to provide a single point of contact for a
						single meter to measure electric service for that customer-generator.
Virtual meter aggregation
-The
						combination of readings and billing for all meters regardless of rate class on
						properties owned or leased and operated by a customer-generator by means of the
						EDC's billing process, rather than through physical rewiring of the
						customer-generator's property for a physical, single point of contact. Virtual
						meter aggregation on properties owned or leased and operated by the same
						customer-generator and located within 2 miles of the boundaries of the
						customer-generator's property and within a single EDC's service territory shall
						be eligible for net metering. 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
						electric load independent of the alternative energy system. To be independent
						of the alternative energy system, the electric load must have a purpose other
						than to support the operation, maintenance or administration of the alternative
						energy system.
Year
and
yearly
-The
						period of time from June 1 through May 31.
The provisions of this § 75.12 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)).