Section 15-999. DEFINITIONS

 

When used in this chapter; the following terms and phrases shall have the following meaning:

 

“Capacity” means the maximum output, expressed in kilowatts, of an electric generator under specific conditions designated by the manufacturer, as indicated on a nameplate physically attached to the generator.

 

“Commission” means the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia.

 

“Community Net Metering” or “CNM” means a billing arrangement under which the monetary value of electric energy generated by a Community Renewable Energy Facility and delivered to the Electric Company’s local distribution facilities is used to create a billing credit for CREF Subscribers.

 

“Community Net Metering Credit” or “CNM Credit” means the credit realized by the Subscriber, based on its ownership share in the CREF. The credit will be reflected on the Subscriber’s bills from the Electric Company.

 

“Community Renewable Energy Facility” or “CREF” means an energy facility with a capacity no greater than five (5) megawatts that:  (a) uses renewable resources defined as a Tier One Renewable Source in accordance with Section 3(15) of the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Act of 2004, effective April 12, 2005, (D.C. Law 15-340; D.C. Official Code § 34-1431(15) as amended); (b) is located within the District of Columbia; (c) has at least two (2) Subscribers; and (d) has executed an Interconnection Agreement and a CREF Rider with the Electric Company. 

 

“Competitive Electricity Supplier” or “CES” means a person, other than the SOS Administrator, including an aggregator, broker, or marketer, who generates electricity; sells electricity; or purchases, brokers, arranges or markets electricity for sale to customers, and shall have the same meaning as the term “Electricity Supplier” set forth Section 101 of the Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1999, effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-107; D.C. Official Code § 34-1501).  

 

“CREF Credit Rate” means a credit rate applied to subscribers of community renewable energy facilities, which shall be equal to: (a) For residential  subscribers, the full retail rate, which includes generation, transmission, and distribution charges for the standard offer service General Service Low Voltage Non-Demand Customer class or its successor, as determined by the Commission, based upon Section 118 of the CREA; and (b) For commercial subscribers, the standard offer service rate – including generation and transmission charges for the General Service Low Voltage Non-Demand Customer class or its successor, as determined by the Commission, based upon Section 118 of the CREA.

“Customer-generator” means a residential or commercial customer that owns (or leases or contracts) and operates an electric generating facility that: (a) has a capacity of not more than 1000 kilowatts; (b) uses renewable resources, cogeneration, fuel cells, or microturbines; (c) is located on the customer's premises; (d) is interconnected with the Electric Company's transmission and distribution facilities; and (e) is intended primarily to offset all or part of the customer's own electricity requirements.

 

“Electric Company” means every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, or person and doing business in the District of Columbia, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, physically transmitting or distributing electricity in the District of Columbia to retail electric customers. The term excludes any building owner, lessee, or manager who, respectively owns, leases or manages the internal distribution system serving the building and who supplies electricity and other related electricity services solely to occupants of the building for use by the occupants.  The term also excludes a person or entity that does not sell or distribute electricity and that owns or operates equipment used exclusively for the charging of electric vehicles. 

 

“Eligible customer-generator” means a customer-generator whose net energy metering system for renewable resources, cogeneration, fuel cells, and microturbines meets all applicable safety and performance standards.

 

“Full Retail Distribution Rate” means the per kilowatt-hour distribution charges applicable to the net energy billing customer during the billing period.

 

“Full Retail Transmission Rate” means the per kilowatt-hour transmission charges applicable to the net energy billing customer during the billing period.

 

“Generation value” means the product of the applicable SOS kilowatt-hour rate times the number of kilowatt-hours consumed and/or supplied, during the time period(s) associated with such usage and/or supply.

 

“Individual Billing Meter” means an individual meter within the District of Columbia or a set of individual meters within the District of Columbia when meters are combined for billing purposes.

 

“Net energy billing” means a billing and metering practice under which a customer-generator is billed on the basis of net energy over the billing period.

 

“Net energy metering” means the difference between the kilowatt-hours consumed by a customer-generator and the kilowatt-hours generated by the customer-generator’s facility over any time period determined as if measured by a single meter capable of registering the flow of electricity in two directions.

 

“Renewable Energy Credit” or “REC” shall have the same meaning as that provided in Section 3(10) of the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Act of 2004, effective April 12, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-340; D.C. Official Code § 34-1431(10)).

 

“SOS Administrator” means the provider of Standard Offer Service mandated by Section 109 of the Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1999, effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-107; D.C. Official Code § 34-1509).

 

“Standard Offer Service” means that electric service mandated by Section 109 of the Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1999, effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-107; D.C. Official Code § 34-1509).

 

“Standard Offer Service Provider” means a provider of standard offer service chosen pursuant to Chapter 29 of the Commission's rules.

 

“Subscriber” means a retail customer of a Competitive Electricity Supplier or a SOS customer of the Electric Company in the District of Columbia who owns a Subscription in a CREF and who has identified an individual billing meter within the District of Columbia to which the Subscription shall be attributed.

 

“Subscriber Organization” means any individual or for-profit or nonprofit entity permitted by District of Columbia law that owns or operates one or more CREFs for the benefit of the Subscribers.

 

“Subscription” means a percentage interest in a CREF’s electrical production.

 

“Tier One Renewable Source” shall have the same meaning as that provided in Section 3(15) of the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Act of 2004, effective April 12, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-340; D.C. Official Code § 34-1431(15)), as amended.

 

authority

Sections 34-802, 2-505, and 34-2003 of the District of Columbia Code, D.C. Official Code § 34-802 (2012 Repl.); D.C. Official Code § 2-505 (2012 Repl.); and D.C. Official Code § 34-912(b) (2012 Repl.).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 1587 (February 18, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 7302 (July 4, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 5249 (June 18, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 5694 (May 8, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 16089 (December 30, 2016).