Amendment #549 to H3400

Agricultural Net Metering Carve Out

[Sponsors] Representatives Gobi of Spencer, Ferrante of Gloucester and Alicea of Charlton move that the bill be amended by adding at the end thereof, the following new section:

“SECTION ___ Section 139 of chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting in place thereof, the following:

(f) The aggregate net metering capacity of facilities that are not net metering facilities of a municipality or other governmental entity or an agricultural entity shall not exceed 1 per cent of the distribution company’s peak load.  The aggregate net metering capacity of net metering facilities of a municipality or other governmental entity shall not exceed 2 per cent of the distribution company’s peak load.  The maximum amount of generating capacity eligible for net metering by a municipality or other governmental entity shall be 10 megawatts.  The aggregate net metering capacity of net metering facilities of an agricultural entity shall not exceed 1 per cent of the distribution company’s peak load.  The maximum amount of generating capacity eligible for net metering by an agricultural entity shall be 5 megawatts.  For the purpose of calculating the aggregate capacity, the capacity of a solar net metering facility shall be 80 per cent of the facility’s direct current rating at standard test conditions and the capacity of a wind net metering facility shall be the nameplate rating”.