SB 346

Abstract

Net energy metering; solar interconnection;cost recovery. Provides that an electric distribution companyshall pay $1 per kilowatt per day for the costs of lost electricityproduction for any and all delays beyond the regulatory notice periodrequired by State Corporation Commission related to net energy metering. The bill requires that, for the purposes of net energy metering,an eligible customer-generator shall bear all reasonable costs ofequipment required at the eligible customer-generator's side of the meter forthe interconnection to the supplier's electric distribution system,including reasonable and prudent costs of additional controls, tests,or liability insurance. Additionally, the bill allows for cost recovery by Phase I and Phase II Utilities for electric distribution gridtransformation projects that support the interconnection of generatingfacilities using energy derived from sunlight that are owned or contractedby eligible customer-generators, subject to the Commission findingthose costs to be reasonable and prudent in accordance with existinglaw.