Amendment #16 to H4912

An Act relative to net metering for on-site renewable energy facilities

Mrs. Haddad of Somerset moves to amend the bill, as amended, by striking section 17 and inserting in place thereof the following section: SECTION 17. Section 138 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 37, after the word “less”, the following words:- “provided, however, that a Class I net metering facility of a municipality or other governmental entity may have a generating capacity of less than or equal to 60 kilowatts per unit.”

SECTION 2. Subsection (i) of Section 139 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the words “(1) equal to or less than 10 kilowatts on a single phase circuit or (2) 25 kilowatts on a 3 phase circuit” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “equal to or less than 25 kilowatts.”

SECTION 3. Said Section 139 of said Chapter 164 is hereby further amended by inserting after subsection (i) the following new subsection:

(i 1/2) A Class I net metering facility greater than 25 kilowatts in nameplate capacity, a Class II net metering facility or a Class III net metering facility shall be exempt from the aggregate net metering capacity of net metering facilities and may net meter and accrue Class I, Class II or Class III net metering credits if it is generating renewable energy and serves on-site load, other than parasitic or non-station load, provided that any facility interconnected after the effective date of this subsection that accrues credits in excess of its annual electricity consumption, as calculated at the end of an annual period running from April through the following March, shall be credited or paid out at the utility’s avoided cost rate.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #16, as changed to H4912

An Act relative to net metering for on-site renewable energy facilities