Alameda Municipal Power Rate Schedules

Rider NEM

Net Energy Metering

(Applied in Conjunction with the Standard General Service Rate Schedules for Residential, Commercial, and Municipal Service)

Purpose

The purpose of this rider is to establish rates, terms, and conditions for providing net energy metering service to residential, commercial, and municipal customers generating electricity using solar and wind facilities. This rider complies with California State legislation requiring every electric utility in the state, including municipally-owned utilities, to develop a standard contract or tariff providing for net energy metering, as defined below.

Applicability

This schedule is applicable to service for residential, commercial, and municipal customers where a part or all of the electrical requirements of the customer can be supplied from a solar or wind power production source owned and operated by the customer (customer-generator). Customer-generators must currently be receiving service (or be eligible for service) under Alameda Municipal Power's (AMP) residential rate schedules D-1 or D-2, or commercial rate schedules A-1, A-2, or A-3 or municipal rate schedule MU-1 .

The solar or wind generation source must: 1) not exceed a capacity of 1 megawatt, 2) be located on the customer-generator's premises, 3) be connected for parallel operation with AMP's distribution facilities, and 4) be intended for the sole purpose of offsetting a part or all of the customer-generator's own electrical requirements. In no case shall the power or energy generated by the customer-owned solar or wind source be available for resale, except as specified under this rider.

Additional terms and conditions for service, including terms of interconnection and parallel operation, are specified in a customer-specific Interconnection and Purchase Agreement for Net Energy Metering.

This service is available throughout AMP's entire service area where the facilities of AMP are available, of adequate capacity to serve, and are adjacent to the premises. Applicability of this tariff does not extend to customers whose solar or wind power source exceeds 1 megawatt.

Rates

Net Energy Supplied Charge:

Where the electricity supplied by AMP exceeds the electricity generated by the customer-generator over a 12-month period, the customer-generator will be billed for the net energy supplied at the applicable residential, commercial, or municipal service rate (either Schedule D-1, Schedule D-2, Schedule A-1, Schedule A-2, or Schedule A-3 or Schedule MU-1) in effect when the service was rendered. All conditions, charges, adjustments, and taxes under the applicable rate schedule shall be in effect.  The customer-generator's bill will be trued up at the end of the 12-month period.

Net Energy Transmitted Credit:

Where the electricity generated by the customer-generator exceeds the electricity supplied by AMP over a 12-month period, at the end of the period, AMP will, upon an affirmative election by the customer-generator, provide a credit for any net energy transmitted.  This credit will be in the form of compensation or equivalent kilowatt-hours at a rate to be determined in a public proceeding by January 1, 2011.  If the customer-generator does not elect to receive compensation or credit, AMP shall retain any net energy transmitted during the 12-month period.

Special Conditions

1. INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT

A signed Interconnection and Purchase Agreement for Net Energy Metering between the customer-generator and AMP is required for service under this rider.

2. NET ENERGY

Net energy is defined as EL minus EG, where EL is the customer's energy consumption, or load, and EG is energy generated by the customer's generator.  Net energy shall be determined by the use of a single, non-demand, non-time-differentiated, kilowatt-hour (kWh) meter capable of registering the flow of electricity in two directions.  All necessary labor, equipment, materials, and related facilities costs in addition to or in substitution of AMP's standard facilities that are required in order to take and sell power through one meter socket will be at the customer-generator's expense.

a.  NET ENERGY SUPPLIED (EL>EG)

Net energy supplied occurs when the cumulative value of the net energy is positive over a 12-month period. The amount of net energy supplied will be billed at the applicable standard rate.

b.  NET ENERGY TRANSMITTED (EL<EG)

Net energy transmitted occurs when the cumulative value of net energy is negative over a 12-month period.  At the end of the period, AMP will, upon an affirmative election by the customer-generator, provide a credit for any net energy transmitted.  This credit will be in the form of compensation or equivalent kilowatt-hours, at a rate to be determined in a public proceeding by January 1, 2011.  If the customer-generator does not elect to receive compensation or credit, AMP shall retain any net energy transmitted during the 12-month period.

c.  EG METER

AMP will install a second kilowatt-hour meter at its expense to accurately measure and record the total amount of EG energy generated. The customer shall provide the appropriate meter socket and AMP will reimburse the customer for the actual cost of the associated labor and material.

3. BILLING PERIOD

The meters will be read on the customary monthly billing period.  The annual calculation of the compensation or credit for Net Energy Transmitted shall be done at the end of the 12-month period.  The 12-month period shall commence on the day after AMP receives the election form from the customer-generator or the date of interconnection for customer-generators who begin net energy metering service after March 1, 2010.

4. PARTIAL REQUIREMENTS PROVIDER

The customer-generator agrees to take all supplemental electric service (i.e. supplemental to power from the qualifying solar or wind generation) from AMP. In no event shall the customer use additional self-generation (except emergency back-up), co-generation, or electricity wheeled from any other source without the consent of AMP.

5. RULES and REGULATIONS

Other conditions, as specified in AMP's Rules and Regulations shall apply to this electric rate schedule.