|
State
|
Eligible Fuel Types
|
Eligible Customers
|
Limit on System Size
|
Limit on Overall Enrollment
|
Treatment of Net Excess Generation (NEG)
(*) |
Enacted
|
Citation / Reference
|
|
District of Columbia
(authorized) |
Renewables, cogeneration, fuel cells, microturbines |
Residential or commercial |
£ 100 kW |
None |
Customer-generator "may receive compensation based on the
net metering rules established by the Commission." |
Pending |
Authorized by District of Columbia Enrolled Bill 13-284; requires
further Commission action |
Hawaii
(pending) |
Solar,
wind, hydro & biomass |
residential
or commercial |
<
10 kW |
0.5% of
each utility's peak demand |
Customer
generators are billed annually; excess energy is granted to the
utility. |
Pending |
House
Bill 173, passed legislature and sent to governor May 2001 |
Kansas
(proposed) |
Renewables |
All customer classes |
£
100 kW |
10,000
kW or 10% of state's peak demand during 2001, whichever is less |
NEG credited to following month; unused credit is purchased at
avoided cost |
Pending |
Senate
Bill 299 (intoduced Feb 2001) |
Nebraska
(proposed) |
Solar, wind, hydro, and biomass |
All customer classes |
No limit |
No limit |
NEG credited to following month; at end of annual period any
unused credits may be sold to any supplier, and if not sold will be
granted to the customer's retail supplier |
Pending |
Legislative Bill 512 (introduced Jan 2001) |
|
North Carolina
(pending) |
Solar, wind, hydro, and biomass |
All customer classes |
£ 10 kW (residential);
£ 100 kW (non-residential)
|
1.0% of annual peak demand |
NEG credited to following month; unused credit is eliminated at
end of annual billing period (residential customers only) |
Pending |
NC Utilities Commission, Docket No. E-100, Sub 83 (November 18,
1998) |
|
Vermont (proposed amendment) |
No change |
Amendment
to include net metering systems for groups of customers sharing a
system |
Limited
to < 15 kW for individual systems, and up to 15 kW per
customer for group systems, up to a maximum of 100 kW for group
systems |
No change |
No
change, except for accommodation of group systems |
Pending |
Senate 85 (introduced Feb
2001) |
