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MD Net Metering Standards |
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| Type of Incentive |
Net Metering |
| Eligible States |
MD
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| Eligible Technology |
Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel |
Biomass, Other |
| Eligible Project Size |
0 - 2 |
| Number of Awards |
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| Size of Award |
Eligible Technologies: Photovoltaics, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion (and CHP/Cogeneration systems of 30 KW or less which will be effective July 1, 2009) Size Limitations: 2 MW Overall Enrollment Restrictions: 1,500 MW, which is ~8% of peak demand Net Excess: Credited at retail rate and carried over to customer's next bill; granted to utility at end of 12-month period with no compensation for the customer |
| Start Date |
1/1/1997 |
| End Date |
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| Minimum Efficiency(%) |
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| Additional Information |
The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) enacted net metering rules in Maryland in 1997. In 2004, the standards were modified to allow wind and eligible commercial units to net meter. The rules were then further extended in 2005 to include biomass as an eligible source and to allow net metering to systems up to 500 kW in certain cases. At that time, the limit on overall capacity is set at 0.2% of 1998 peak load. Note: Maryland's net metering law was amended twice in May 2009 to expand the definition of "eligible customer-generator". The first bill, S.B. 981, revises the definition slightly to allow for third-party ownership structures (i.e., the PPA model) not permitted under the current law. The second bill, H.B. 1057, extends net metering to combined heat and power (CHP) systems of 30 kilowatts (kW) or less. Both bills will become effective July 1, 2009. Amendments, enacted in April 2007 along with an enhanced state renewable portfolio standard (RPS), raised the maximum capacity of all eligible systems from 200 kilowatts (kW) to two megawatts (MW). Systems owned or leased (see note above for change effective July 1, 2009) by residents, businesses, schools or government entities that generate electricity using solar, wind or biomass resources (CHP added effective July 1, 2009) are eligible for net metering. In addition, the April 2007 amendments expanded the law as follows: -Net metering is available statewide until the aggregate capacity of all net-metered systems reaches 1,500 MW. (The previous aggregate limit on net metering was 34.7 MW.) -Net excess generation (NEG) is carried over at the utility's retail rate to the customer's next bill for 12 months. Any NEG remaining in a customer's account after a 12-month period is granted to the utility with no compensation for the customer. -Customers own and have title to all renewable-energy credits (REC) associated with electricity generation by net-metered systems. -For customers with facilities sized to produce energy in excess of the customer's consumption, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) must consider the capacity of a customer's system when determining whether to require a customer to install a dual meter. (A dual meter may be required only if a customer sizes a system to generate electricity in excess of the customer's consumption.) -The PSC must file with the Maryland General Assembly detailed annual reports (2009 Net Metering Report) describing the status of the state's net-metering program. |
| Web Site |
http://www.energy.maryland.gov/facts/renewable/netmetering.asp  |
| Primary Contact |
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