Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 342 - RULES GOVERNING MULTI-FAMILY SHARED SOLAR PROGRAM › Section 20VAC5-342-20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following terms shall have the following meanings, unless
				  the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Administrative charge" is the reasonable incremental cost
				  to the investor-owned utility to administer the program as determined by the
				  commission.
"Applicable bill credit rate" means the
				  dollar-per-kilowatt-hour rate (effective retail rate of the customer's rate
				  class, expressed in dollars or cents per kilowatt-hour) inclusive of all supply
				  charges, delivery charges, demand charges, fixed charges, and any applicable
				  riders or other charges to the customer. The applicable bill credit rate shall
				  be set such that the shared solar program results in robust project development
				  and shared solar program access for all customer classes.
"Bill credit" means the monetary value of the electricity,
				  in kilowatt-hours, generated by the shared solar facility allocated to a
				  subscriber to offset that subscriber's electricity bill.
"Investor-owned utility" or "utility" means each
				  investor-owned utility in the Commonwealth including, notwithstanding
				  subsection G of §
									56-580
				  of the Code of Virginia, any investor-owned utility whose service territory
				  assigned to it by the commission is located entirely within the Counties of
				  Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, and Wise.
"Investor-owned utility" does not include a Phase I Utility,
				  as that term is defined in subdivision A 1 of §
									56-585.1
				  of the Code of Virginia.
"Multi-family customer" means an investor-owned utility
				  customer residing in an apartment or, condominium, or duplex complex with
				  Individually metered residences and at least three subscribers to the shared
				  solar facility.
"Multi-family shared solar program" or "program" means the
				  program created through this chapter to allow for the development of shared
				  solar facilities described in subsection C of §
									56-585.1:12
				  of the Code of Virginia.
"Shared solar facility" means a facility that:
1. Generates electricity by means of a solar photovoltaic
				  device with a nameplate capacity rating that does not exceed 3,000 kW
				  alternating current at any single location or that does not exceed 5,000 kW
				  alternating current at contiguous locations owned by the same entity or
				  affiliated entities;
2. Is operated pursuant to a program whereby at least three
				  subscribers receive a bill credit for the electricity generated from the
				  facility in proportion to the size of their subscription;
3. Is located in the service territory of an investor-owned
				  utility;
4. Is connected to the electric distribution grid serving the
				  Commonwealth; and
5. Is located on a parcel of land on the premises of the
				  multi-family utility customer or adjacent thereto.
"Subscriber" means a multi-family customer of an
				  investor-owned electric utility that owns one or more subscriptions of a shared
				  solar facility that is interconnected with the utility.
"Subscriber organization" means any for-profit or nonprofit
				  entity that owns or operates one or more shared solar facilities. A "subscriber
				  organization" shall not be considered a utility solely as a result of its
				  ownership or operation of a shared solar facility. An investor-owned utility
				  shall not be a subscriber organization.
"Subscription" means a contract or other agreement between a
				  subscriber and the owner of a shared solar facility. A subscription shall be
				  sized such that the estimated bill credits do not exceed the subscriber's
				  average annual bill over the past 12 months for the customer account to which
				  the subscription is attributed.
Statutory Authority: §
											12.1-13
					 and
					 56-585.1:12
					 of the Code of Virginia.