Section 39-26.6-26. – Shared solar facilities.
§ 39-26.6-26. Shared solar facilities. (a) In order to facilitate the adoption of solar by customers in multifamily structures, campuses, multi-structure business parks, multi-tenant or multi-owner commercial facilities, and public entities with multiple accounts, the electric distribution company may establish rules and tariffs for program years starting on or after April 1, 2016. The rules […]
Section 39-26.6-27. – Community remote distributed generation system.
§ 39-26.6-27. Community remote distributed generation system. (a) In order to facilitate the adoption of participation in renewable energy projects by eligible customers, the board may allocate a portion of the annual MW goal to a separate class, or classes, of community remote distributed-generation systems, which may compete under separate ceiling prices from non-community remote […]
Section 39-26.6-18. – Utility right to separately meter.
§ 39-26.6-18. Utility right to separately meter. Owners of medium-scale, commercial-scale, and large-scale solar projects and other distributed-generation technologies shall be required to provide, at their cost, a revenue-quality meter to standards approved by the division of public utilities and carriers and provide access to the information from the meter to the electric distribution company […]
Section 39-26.6-19. – Coordination with energy-efficiency programs.
§ 39-26.6-19. Coordination with energy-efficiency programs. (a) In consultation with the office, the electric distribution company may make a request to the commission that up to half of the megawatts for the small- and medium-scale solar project enrollments be allocated by the commission for selection through a process coordinated with the energy-efficiency program in order […]
Section 39-26.6-20. – Issuance of certificates and right to incentive payments.
§ 39-26.6-20. Issuance of certificates and right to incentive payments. (a) For small-scale and medium-scale solar projects, the electric distribution company shall provide certificates of eligibility to the selected projects without commission confirmation of approval (“distribution company awarded certificates”), subject to the review and consent of the office. The electric distribution company shall file with […]
Section 39-26.6-21. – Ownership of output, other attributes, and renewable energy certificates.
§ 39-26.6-21. Ownership of output, other attributes, and renewable energy certificates. (a) Except as provided herein for residential small-scale solar projects, distributed-generation projects participating in the renewable energy growth program shall transfer to the electric distribution company the rights and title to: (1) Those renewable energy certificates generated by the project during the term of […]
Section 39-26.6-22. – Zonal and other incentive payments.
§ 39-26.6-22. Zonal and other incentive payments. In order to provide the electric distribution company with the flexibility to encourage distributed-generation projects to be located in designated geographical areas within its load zone where there is an identifiable system benefit, reliability benefit, or cost savings to the distribution system in that geographical area, the electric […]
Section 39-26.6-23. – Intersection of distributed generation and net metering.
§ 39-26.6-23. Intersection of distributed generation and net metering. (a) Net-metering credits for excess generation shall not be credited during the term of the tariff when the distributed-generation project is receiving performance-based incentive payments under the tariff. After the end of the term of the performance-based incentive tariff applicable to a distributed-generation project, net-metering credits […]
Section 39-26.6-24. – Rate design review by the commission.
§ 39-26.6-24. Rate design review by the commission. (a) On or after July 1, 2015, the commission shall open a docket to consider rate design and distribution cost allocation among rate classes in light of net metering and the changing distribution system that is expected to include more distributed-energy resources, including, but not limited to, […]
Section 39-26.6-25. – Forecasted rate and reconciliation.
§ 39-26.6-25. Forecasted rate and reconciliation. (a) Three (3) months prior to the beginning of the first program year, the electric distribution company shall file a forecast of the total amount of payments that is likely to be paid out to distributed-generation projects in the coming program year within the electric distribution company’s load zone, […]