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Funding Resources
Funding Resources
| WI Net Metering Standards | |
|---|---|
| Type of Incentive | Net Metering |
| Eligible States | WI |
| 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 | 0-0.02 |
| Critical Information |
Eligible Technologies: Solar Thermal Electric, Photovoltaics, Wind, Biomass, Hydroelectric, Geothermal Electric, Municipal Solid Waste, CHP/Cogeneration, Small Hydroelectric, and Other Distributed Generation Technologies Size Limitations: 20 kilowatts (kW) (We Energies allows net metering for wind-energy systems up to 100 kW) Overall Enrollment Restrictions: None Net Excess: Varies by utility. Generally credited at retail rate for renewables; generally credited at avoided cost for non-renewables. |
| Start Date | 9/18/1992 |
| End Date |
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| Minimum Efficiency (%) |
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| Additional Information |
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) issued an order on January 26, 1982, requiring all regulated utilities to file tariffs allowing net metering to customers that generate electricity with systems up to 20 kilowatts (kW) in capacity. The order applies to investor-owned utilities and municipal utilities, but not to electric cooperatives. All distributed-generation (DG) systems, including renewables and combined heat and power (CHP), are eligible. There is no limit on total enrollment. The PSC has not adopted administrative rules for net metering. A PSC order issued September 18, 1992 further implemented Sections 201 and 210 of the 1978 Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA). The 1992 order addresses net metering as it applies to Wisconsin's investor-owned utilities. Utilities' net-metering tariffs contain some variations. Customer net excess generation (NEG) is generally credited at the utility's retail rate for renewables, and at the utility's avoided-cost rate for non-renewables. NEG credit is carried over to the customer's next bill. If NEG credit exceeds $25, then the utility must issue a check for the amount, payable to the customer. In December 2011, the PSC approved a process for Xcel to reconcile NEG credits to customers on an annual basis at the avoided-cost rate. |
| Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=WI03R&state=WI&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=0  |
| Additional Web Site |
http://psc.wi.gov/renewables/netMetering.htm |
| Primary Contact |
Deborah Erwin 610 North Whitney Way P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707 U.S.A. Deborah Erwin (deborah.erwin@wisconsin.gov) (608) 266-3905 |