Section 15-907. BILLING AND CREDITING FOR COMMUNITY NET METERING CUSTOMERS

 

907.1Each Subscription is intended to offset part or all of the Subscriber’s own historical electrical requirements.  In no event may a Subscriber offset more than one hundred and twenty percent (120%) of the Subscriber’s billing meter electricity consumption over the previous twelve (12) months.  To determine the Subscriber’s previous twelve (12) months of electricity consumption, the Electric Company shall use the Subscriber’s electricity consumption for the twelve (12) months immediately prior to the first billing cycle upon which a Subscriber is eligible to receive a credit for CREF generation. If the Subscriber does not have a twelve (12) month billing history as of that first billing cycle, the Electric  Company shall allow the Subscriber to choose to use as a proxy for the Subscriber’s previous twelve (12) months consumption either: (1) the twelve (12) month billing history associated with the Subscriber’s premises, including the billing history of the Subscriber and/or the billing history of previous customers in the premises; or (2) the then current average annual consumption of a customer in the Subscriber’s distribution service rate class,  The Electric Company shall update the Subscriber’s previous twelve (12) months of consumption once each year upon reaching the anniversary date of the first billing cycle that the Subscriber was eligible to receive a Community Net Metering Credit.

 

907.2All individual billing meters for CREF Subscriptions shall be within the District of Columbia. 

 

907.3If a Subscriber designates a set of individual meters that are combined for billing purposes for its Community Net Metering Credit, the CNM Credit shall be applied to the single billing account and shall not be more than one hundred and twenty percent (120%) of the combined total of electricity consumption of all of the individual billing meters over the previous twelve (12) months.

 

907.4The amount of electricity generated by a CREF each month and available for purchase as subscribed or unsubscribed energy shall be determined by a revenue quality interval meter (production meter) installed and paid for by the Subscriber Organization.  The interval meter shall be capable of recording energy production based on intervals of at least five minutes.  After installation of the interval meter, it shall be the Electric Company’s responsibility to determine that the revenue quality interval meter has been properly installed, in accordance with industry standards.  It shall also be the responsibility of the Electric Company to read the revenue quality interval meter.  In no event shall the electricity generated by a CREF be eligible for net energy billing.

 

907.5The determination of the monetary value of credits allocated to each Subscriber of a particular CREF shall be based on each Subscriber’s percentage interest of the total production of the CREF.

 

907.6Each billing period, the Electric Company shall calculate the value of the CNM Credit for subscribed energy allocated to each Subscriber by multiplying the quantity of kilowatt hours allocated to each Subscriber by the CREF Credit Rate.  If the value of the CNM Credit generated by the CREF and allocated to the Subscriber for subscribed energy exceeds the amount owed by the Subscriber for electric supply as shown on Subscriber’s bill at the end of the applicable billing period, the remaining value of the CNM Credit shall carry over from month to month until the value of any remaining CNM Credit is used.  If the value of the CNM Credit generated by the CREF and allocated to the Subscriber for subscribed energy is less than the amount owed by the Subscriber for electric supply as shown on Subscriber’s bill at the end of the applicable billing period, the Subscriber shall be billed for the difference between the amount shown on the bill and the value of the available CNM Credit.  

 

907.7If the Subscriber is served by a Competitive Electricity Supplier, the Subscriber shall be billed by the Competitive Electricity Supplier for the full kilowatt-hours  (kWh) consumed by the Subscriber during the applicable billing period at the CES billing rate. If the Subscriber is served by SOS, the Subscriber shall be billed by the Electric Company for the full kilowatt-hours (kWh) consumed by the Subscriber during the applicable billing period at the SOS billing rate. Each billing period, the SOS Administrator shall transfer SOS funds equal to the value of the Subscriber’s applicable CNM Credit to the Electric Company for purposes of settling against the total charges for electric supply that appear on the Subscriber’s bill. 

 

907.8The CNM credit, as well as the kWh and price upon which it is based, shall be line items on a Subscriber’s Electric Company bill. 

 

907.9Any unsubscribed energy purchased by the SOS Administrator pursuant to Subsection 906.4 will be paid to the CREF Subscriber Organization on a monthly basis.  

 

907.10If the Electric  Company determines that a Subscriber’s share of CREF production has offset more than one hundred and twenty percent (120%) of the Subscriber’s electricity consumption over the previous twelve (12) months, the Subscriber shall not be eligible for any additional CNM Credit for any billing periods between (i) the date the Subscriber reached the maximum allowable consumption offset and (ii) the next anniversary date of the first billing cycle that the Subscriber was eligible to receive a CNM Credit for CREF production,   Beginning with the Subscriber’s next anniversary date, the Subscriber shall once again be eligible to receive a CNM Credit.  Any CREF production allocable to a Subscriber in excess of the Subscriber’s maximum allowable consumption offset shall be deemed unsubscribed energy and be made available for purchase by the SOS Administrator.

 

907.11The Electric Company may require that a CREF and its Subscribers have their meters read on the same billing cycle.  Subscribers shall be eligible to receive CNM Credits so long as the CREF continues to generate and provide electric supply to the Electric Company’s distribution grid, regardless of the bankruptcy or contractual default of any Subscriber or of the Subscriber Organization, unless otherwise directed by a judicial order.

 

 

authority

D.C. Official Code §§ 2-505(a) and 34-1518 (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.).

source

Final Rulemaking published at Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 5694 (May 8, 2015).