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| UT Net Metering Standards | |
|---|---|
| Type of Incentive | Net Metering |
| Eligible States | UT |
| 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 | 0-2 |
| Critical Information |
Utah requires the State's only investor-owned utility, Rocky Mountain Power, and most electric cooperatives to offer net metering to customers that generate electricity using solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, hydrogen, biomass, landfill gas or geothermal energy. HB 145 of 2010 broadened the definition of a customer generation system to remove a requirement that the system be owned or leased by the utility customer. Eligible technologies include; combined heat and power/cogeneration, solar thermal electric, photovoltaics, landfill gas, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, fuel cells, hydrogen, waste gas and waste heat capture or recovery, anaerobic digestion, and small hydroelectric. Net metering is available for residential systems up to 25 kilowatts in capacity and non-residential systems up to two megawatts in capacity. The aggregate capacity limit is 20 percent of 2007 peak demand for Rocky Mountain Power ad 0.1 percent of utility's 2007 peak demand for co-ops. |
| Start Date | 3/15/2002 |
| End Date |
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| Additional Information |
In February 2009, the Public Service Commission (PSC) issued a rule that requires RMP to issue a kWh credit for monthly net excess generation produced by the net metering facility and to apply that credit to the next billing period. Any net excess generation at the end of a 12-month period, however, is granted to the utility. Additionally, the Commission ruled that net metering customers are not exempt from the minimum bill charge that all customers must pay. Large commercial and industrial customers with demand charges that generate excess generation will be given a choice between valuing excess generation at an avoided cost based rate; or valuing excess generation at an alternative rate based on utility revenue and sales contained in FERC Form No. 1. The PSC also clarified that all renewable energy credits associated with the electricity produced by the system remain with the customer. |
| Web Site |
http://www.psc.state.ut.us/utilities/electric/09orders/feb/0803578ROdtm.pdf |
| Additional Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=UT04R&state=UT&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1 |
| Primary Contact |
Becky Wilson Heber M. Wells Building 160 East 300 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 Becky Wilson (rlwilson@utah.gov) (801) 530-6716 |