Implementing Sector: | Utility |
Category: | Regulatory Policy |
State: | Texas |
Incentive Type: | Net Metering |
Web Site: | http://www.epelectric.com/tx/business/rollback-net-metering-approved-in-senate-bill-1910 |
Administrator: | El Paso Electric Company |
Utilities: | El Paso Electric Co |
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: | Geothermal Electric, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Photovoltaics, Wind (All), Biomass, Wave, Wind (Small), Hydroelectric (Small), Fuel Cells using Renewable Fuels, Other Distributed Generation Technologies |
Applicable Utilities: | El Paso Electric |
System Capacity Limit: | For most customer-generators: 50 kW or 100% of estimated/actual electricity consumption, whichever is less |
Aggregate Capacity Limit: | Not specified |
Net Excess Generation: | Credited to customer-generator at avoided cost rate If credits exceeds $50, a refund check is issued |
Ownership of Renewable Energy Credits: | Not specified |
Meter Aggregation: | Not specified |
Name: | Tex. Utilities Code § 39.554 |
Effective Date: | 06/17/2011 |
Name: | Public Utilities Commission of Texas Substantive Rules § 25.211 |
Name: | El Paso Electric Company Schedule No. 48 |
Effective Date: | 09/01/2011 |
El Paso Electric (EPE) has offered net metering to customer-generators since September 2011.
Eligibility and Availability
To qualify, distributed renewable generation (DRG) owners must either:
Additionally, the DRG facility must be rated to produce an amount of electricity less than or equal to the estimated annual electricity consumption (for new apartment house or qualifying facility) or the amount of electricity the owner consumed in the year before installing the DRG facility.
EPE will install, at no cost to the customer, a bi-directional meter, although interconnection charges may still apply.
Net Excess Generation
At the end of each billing period, El Paso Electric pays the customer-generator for net excess generation at its avoided cost rate via a credit to the monthly bill. If the credits on an account become greater than $50, EPE sends the customer-generator a refund check for the balance.
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