Bill Text: IN SB0097 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Net metering.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-11 - Senator Deig added as coauthor [SB0097 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SB0097-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: None (noncode).
Synopsis: Net metering. Requires the Indiana utility regulatory
commission (IURC) to adopt emergency rules amending the IURC's net
metering and interconnection rules for electric utilities to: (1) make net
metering available to specified customer classes; (2) allow a generating
facility with a nameplate capacity of two megawatts or less to
interconnect to the distribution facility of an electric utility; and (3)
allow a net metering customer to interconnect a generating facility that
makes use of specified technologies. Voids existing rules to the extent
they do not comply with the requirements for the amended rules.
Requires the IURC to report to the regulatory flexibility committee on
the IURC's progress in adopting the amended rules.
Effective: Upon passage.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities & Technology.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning utilities.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) and not later than July 1, 2010, the commission shall adopt rules to amend the net metering and interconnection rules adopted by the commission and codified at 170 IAC 4-4.2. The rules adopted by the commission under this subsection must do the following:
(1) Require an electric utility to offer net metering to at least the following customer classes:
(A) Residential customers.
(B) Commercial customers.
(C) Industrial customers.
(D) Agricultural customers.
(E) Local governments.
(F) The state.
(G) Kindergarten through grade 12 schools.
(H) Postsecondary educational institutions (as described in
IC 6-3-3-5).
(2) Allow a net metering customer to interconnect a
generating facility with a nameplate capacity of two (2)
megawatts or less to a distribution facility of an electric
utility.
(3) Allow a net metering customer to interconnect a facility
that generates electricity through any of the following
technologies:
(A) Solar.
(B) Wind.
(C) Microhydroelectrical facilities.
(D) Microturbines using renewable fuels.
(E) Fuel cells using renewable fuels.
(F) Biogas, including anaerobic digestion and biogas from
municipal solid waste.
(c) The commission shall initially adopt the rules required by
subsection (b) in the same manner as emergency rules are adopted
under IC 4-22-2-37.1. Rules adopted under this subsection expire
on the date final rules are adopted by the commission under
IC 4-22-2-24 through IC 4-22-2-36 implementing the requirements
of subsection (b).
(d) Not later than June 1, 2010, the commission shall evaluate
the net metering and interconnection rules adopted by the
commission and codified at 170 IAC 4-4.2 for compliance with the
requirements set forth in subsection (b). To the extent that any
rules codified at 170 IAC 4-4.2 do not meet the requirements set
forth in subsection (b), the rules are void. Not later than June 15,
2010, the commission shall notify the publisher of the Indiana
Administrative Code and Indiana Register of any rules codified at
170 IAC 4-4.2 that are void under this subsection. The publisher
shall remove the rules that are void under this subsection from the
Indiana Administrative Code.
(e) Not later than November 1, 2010, the commission shall
report to the regulatory flexibility committee established by
IC 8-1-2.6-4 on the commission's progress in finally adopting,
under IC 4-22-2-24 through IC 4-22-2-36, the emergency rules
initially adopted by the commission under subsection (b).
(f) This SECTION expires January 1, 2012.
