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Funding Resources
| NC Net Metering Standards | |
|---|---|
| Type of Incentive | Net Metering |
| Eligible States | NC |
| Eligible Technology | Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel | # 2 Fuel Oil, # 6 Fuel Oil, Biogas, Biomass, Coal, Hydrogen, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Natural Gas, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel, Waste heat Recovery |
| Eligible Project Size | 0.02 (residential), 0.1 (non-residential |
| Number of Awards | |
| Size of Award |
Eligible Technologies: Photovoltaics, Landfill Gas, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Small Hydroelectric. Size Limitations: 20 kW for residential systems; 100 kW for non-residential systems. Overall Enrollment Restrictions: 0.2 percent of each utility's North Carolina retail peak load for the previous year. Net Excess: Credited to customer's next bill at applicable time-of-use rate or less; granted to utility (annually) at beginning of each summer. |
| Start Date | 10/20/2005 |
| End Date |
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| Minimum Efficiency(%) |
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| Additional Information |
In October 2005, the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) adopted an order requiring the state's three investor-owned utilities -- Progress Energy, Duke Energy and Dominion North Carolina Power -- to make net metering available to customers. Systems must be interconnected and operated in parallel with the utility's distribution system. The maximum capacity of net-metered residential systems is 20 kilowatts (kW); the maximum capacity of net-metered nonresidential systems is 100 kW. Net metering is available on a first-come, first-served basis in conjunction with the utility's interconnection standards, up to an aggregate limit of 0.2 percent of the utility's North Carolina jurisdictional retail peak load for the previous year. Customers are required to switch to a time-of-use tariff in order to net meter. These tariffs could involve additional charges that do not apply to customers that do not take service under a time-of-use tariff. In general, utilities charge monthly fees for all interconnected systems (including small renewable-energy systems). |
| Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=NC05R&re=1&ee=1  |
| Additional Web Site |
http://www.ncuc.commerce.state.nc.us/ |
| Primary Contact |
Kennie Ellis 430 North Salisbury Street Dobbs Building Raleigh, NC 27611 U.S.A. Kennie Ellis (kennie.ellis@ncmail.net) (919)733-2267 |