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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, CALTAGIRONE, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, GEIST, JOSEPHS, KOTIK, KULA, SIPTROTH, THOMAS AND McILVAINE SMITH, MAY 8, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MAY 8, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of November 30, 2004 (P.L.1672, No.213), |
2 | entitled "An act providing for the sale of electric energy |
3 | generated from renewable and environmentally beneficial |
4 | sources, for the acquisition of electric energy generated |
5 | from renewable and environmentally beneficial sources by |
6 | electric distribution and supply companies and for the powers |
7 | and duties of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission," |
8 | further providing for definitions. |
9 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
10 | hereby enacts as follows: |
11 | Section 1. The definitions of "customer-generator" and "net |
12 | metering" in section 2 of the act of November 30, 2004 |
13 | (P.L.1672, No.213), known as the Alternative Energy Portfolio |
14 | Standards Act, amended July 17, 2007 (P.L.114, No.35), are |
15 | amended to read: |
16 | Section 2. Definitions. |
17 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
18 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
19 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
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1 | "Customer-generator." A nonutility owner [or], operator or |
2 | lessee of a net metered distributed generation system with a |
3 | nameplate capacity of not greater than 50 kilowatts if installed |
4 | at a residential service or not larger than 3,000 kilowatts at |
5 | other customer service locations, except for customers whose |
6 | systems are above three megawatts and up to five megawatts who |
7 | make their systems available to operate in parallel with the |
8 | electric utility during grid emergencies as defined by the |
9 | regional transmission organization or where a microgrid is in |
10 | place for the primary or secondary purpose of maintaining |
11 | critical infrastructure, such as homeland security assignments, |
12 | emergency services facilities, hospitals, traffic signals, |
13 | wastewater treatment plants or telecommunications facilities, |
14 | provided that technical rules for operating generators |
15 | interconnected with facilities of an electric distribution |
16 | company, electric cooperative or municipal electric system have |
17 | been promulgated by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic |
18 | Engineers and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. |
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20 | "Net metering." The means of measuring the difference |
21 | between the electricity supplied by an electric utility and the |
22 | electricity generated by a customer-generator when any portion |
23 | of the electricity generated by the alternative energy |
24 | generating system is used to offset part or all of the customer- |
25 | generator's requirements for electricity. Virtual meter |
26 | aggregation on properties owned or leased and operated by a |
27 | customer-generator and located within [two miles of the |
28 | boundaries of the customer-generator's property and within] a |
29 | single electric distribution company's service territory shall |
30 | be eligible for net metering. |
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2 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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