70-2003. Local distribution utility; interconnect qualified facility of customer-generator; interconnection agreement; requirements; powers and duties.
(1) A local distribution utility shall interconnect the qualified facility of any customer-generator that enters into an interconnection agreement with the local distribution utility, satisfies the requirements for a qualified facility and all other requirements of sections 70-2001 to 70-2005, and pays for costs incurred by the local distribution utility for equipment or services required for interconnection that would not be necessary if the qualified facility were not interconnected to the local distribution system, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section and as may be provided for in the utility's aid in construction policy.
(2) A local distribution utility shall provide at no additional cost to any customer-generator with a qualified facility a metering system that is capable of measuring the flow of electricity in both directions and may be accomplished through use of a single, bidirectional electric revenue meter that has only a single register for billing purposes, a smart metering system, or another meter configuration that can easily be read by the customer-generator.
(3) A local distribution utility may, at its own expense, install additional monitoring equipment to separately monitor the flow of electricity in each direction as may be necessary to accomplish the reporting requirements of sections 70-2001 to 70-2005.
(4) Subject to the requirements of sections 70-2001 to 70-2005 and the interconnection agreement, a local distribution utility shall provide net metering to any customer-generator with a qualified facility. The local distribution utility shall allow a customer-generator's retail electricity consumption to be offset by a qualified facility that is interconnected with the local distribution system. A qualified facility's net excess generation during a billing period, if any, shall be determined by the local distribution utility in accordance with section 70-2002 and shall be credited to the customer-generator at a rate equal to the local distribution utility's avoided cost of electricity supply during the billing period, and the monetary credits shall be carried forward from billing period to billing period and credited against the customer-generator's retail electric bills in subsequent billing periods. Any excess monetary credits shall be paid out to coincide with the final bill at the end of each annualized period or within sixty days after the date the customer-generator terminates its retail service.
(5) A local distribution utility shall not be required to provide net metering to additional customer-generators, regardless of the output of the proposed generation unit, after the date during a calendar year on which the total generating capacity of all customer-generators using net metering served by such local distribution utility is equal to or exceeds one percent of the capacity necessary to meet the local distribution utility's average aggregate customer monthly peak demand forecast for that calendar year.
(6) No local distribution utility may require a customer-generator whose qualified facility meets the standards established under sections 70-2001 to 70-2005 to:
(a) Comply with additional safety or performance standards or pay additional charges for equipment or services for interconnection that are additional to those necessary to meet the standards established under sections 70-2001 to 70-2005;
(b) Perform or pay for additional tests; or
(c) Purchase additional liability insurance if all safety and interconnection requirements are met.
(7) Nothing in sections 70-2001 to 70-2005 prevents a local distribution utility from entering into other arrangements with customers desiring to install electric generating equipment or from providing net metering to customer-generators having renewable generation units with a rated capacity above twenty-five kilowatts.
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Structure Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations
70-101 - Districts and corporations; furnish information; enforcement.
70-301 - Right-of-way; acquisition; procedure; approval.
70-303 - Right-of-way; abandonment, effect of.
70-304 - Right-of-way; acquisition; crop damage.
70-305 - Right-of-way; damage to private property; procedure.
70-306 - Placement of lines; procedure.
70-307 - Placement of lines; violation; penalty.
70-308 - Property within village or city; how treated.
70-313 - Electric transmission or electric distribution lines; liability; cost of removal.
70-408 - Electric companies; rates; kilowatt-hour meter; demand meter; minimum charge authorized.
70-409 - Electric companies; rate regulations; violation; penalty.
70-502 - Electric energy; sale or purchase; interconnections; contracts authorized.
70-503 - Acquisition, extension, and improvements; pledge of earnings or profits authorized.
70-504 - Sale, lease, or transfer; election and voter approval required; exceptions; procedure.
70-505 - Sale, lease, or transfer; documents; filing.
70-506 - Sale, lease, or transfer; statement and report; contents; filing.
70-507 - Sale, lease, or transfer; statement and report; certification; filing.
70-508 - Sale, lease, or transfer; false statement, report, or certificate; penalty.
70-509 - Sale, lease, or transfer; evidence of valuation.
70-510 - Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; limitation.
70-511 - Sale, lease, or transfer; excessive promotion expenditures; violation; penalty.
70-513 - Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; statement.
70-514 - Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; failure to file statement; penalty.
70-515 - Applicability of laws.
70-602 - District; creation; general powers.
70-603 - District; organization; amendment of charter; petition.
70-604 - District; petition; contents.
70-604.01 - Chartered territory; boundaries.
70-604.02 - Operating area, defined.
70-604.04 - Operating area; electric utility not included, when; wholesale supplier; duties.
70-604.05 - District; noncompliance; complaint; hearing; notice; order; failure to comply; penalty.
70-604.06 - Nebraska Power Review Board; final action; appeal; manner.
70-604.08 - District; reorganization, consolidation, or merger; directors; continue to serve term.
70-604.09 - District; conduct business in other states; limitations.
70-605 - District; original creation; petition; signatures; number required.
70-606 - District; petition requirements.
70-607 - District; petition; investigation; approval.
70-608 - District; certificate of approval; filing.
70-609 - District; board of directors; assumption of duties.
70-609.01 - Board of directors; statement of public policy.
70-610 - Board of directors; candidate qualifications; election; expenses.
70-611 - Board of directors; election; certified notice; publication.
70-612 - Board of directors; election; subdivisions; procedure.
70-615 - Board of directors; vacancy; how filled.
70-616 - Board of directors; oath.
70-619 - Board of directors; qualifications; eligibility to serve.
70-620 - Officers; appointment; treasurer's bond.
70-620.01 - Chief executive officer; terms of employment; powers; duties.
70-621 - Board of directors; rules and regulations.
70-622 - Books and records; where kept; open to inspection.
70-623 - Fiscal year; annual audit; filing.
70-623.02 - Audit; records accessible to auditor.
70-623.03 - Failure to file audit; effect.
70-624 - Officers; compensation; approval; publication; violation; penalty.
70-624.01 - District; agent; cost-plus contracts prohibited.
70-624.02 - Board of directors; expenses; compensation; prohibitions; exceptions.
70-625 - Public power district; powers; restrictions.
70-625.01 - Rural areas; legislative findings and declarations.
70-625.02 - Electric transmission facilities and interconnections, defined; policy of state.
70-626.01 - Generating power agency; duty to sell electrical energy; when.
70-626.02 - Generating power agency; physical connections; establish; rates.
70-626.05 - Wheeling service; contract; dispute; exception; board; settlement.
70-627 - Irrigation works; construction; acquisition; contracts authorized.
70-628 - District; additional powers.
70-628.02 - Joint exercise of powers with municipalities and public agencies; authority.
70-628.03 - Joint exercise of powers with electric cooperatives or corporations; authority.
70-629 - Power to tax denied; exception.
70-630 - Water storage or service; contract required; conditions.
70-631 - Power to borrow; repayment of indebtedness; source of funds; security for indebtedness.
70-632 - Indebtedness; pledge of revenue, how made.
70-633 - Pledge of revenue; terms; directors to prescribe; officer of district; powers authorized.
70-634 - Pledge of revenue; provision for refunding indebtedness.
70-635 - Pledge of revenue; special fund.
70-636 - District; rates; agreement with security holders.
70-637 - Construction, repairs, and improvements; contracts; sealed bids; exceptions; notice; when.
70-638 - Contracts; sealed bids; advertisement.
70-639 - Letting of contracts; considerations.
70-640 - Contracts; Nebraska workmen preferred.
70-641 - Contracts; bonds; laws applicable.
70-642 - Damage, injury, or impairment to district property; emergencies; procedure.
70-642.01 - Conditions created by war or national defense; contracting requirements inapplicable.
70-643 - District; funds; how expended; bond, when required.
70-644 - District facilities and property; mortgage authorized; when.
70-645 - Pledge of revenue; authorized; when.
70-646.01 - District property; alienation to private power producers prohibited; exceptions.
70-648 - Receivership; when authorized; discharge of receiver; when.
70-651.01 - Districts; payments in lieu of taxes.
70-651.02 - Districts; payments in lieu of taxes; distribution; use.
70-651.03 - Districts; gross revenue tax; how determined.
70-651.04 - Districts; gross revenue tax; distribution.
70-651.05 - Public power districts; payment made in lieu of other taxes and fees; exceptions.
70-653.01 - Electric distribution system; purchase by city or village; payment in lieu of taxes.
70-653.02 - Cities and villages; payment in lieu of taxes; how paid.
70-655 - Reasonable rates required; negotiated rates authorized; conditions.
70-659 - Operation within city or village by district; franchise required.
70-660 - Franchise to operate utility; terms and conditions; rates prescribed.
70-661 - Contracts with city or village; terms and conditions.
70-663 - Amendment; approval procedure.
70-664 - Amendment; board approval; certificate; filing.
70-665 - Amendment; when effective.
70-666 - Dissolution; procedure.
70-668 - Streams; water rights; priority.
70-669 - Streams; inferior rights; acquired by superior right; how compensated.
70-671 - District; breaks, overflow, and seepage; liability.
70-672 - Water rights; eminent domain; condemnation; procedure.
70-673 - Competitive or proprietary information; withheld; when; procedures applicable.
70-680 - Judicial proceedings; bond not required, when.
70-706 - Articles of incorporation; contents.
70-707 - Electric cooperative; use of term restricted.
70-708 - Articles of incorporation; filing; certificate of incorporation; issuance.
70-709 - Certificate of incorporation; effect.
70-710 - Organizational meeting; bylaws; adoption; election of officers; notice; waiver.
70-711 - Bylaws; make, alter, amend, or repeal; contents.
70-712 - Membership; conditions.
70-713 - Meetings, where held; annual and special meetings.
70-714 - Meetings; notice; waiver.
70-715 - Members; voting rights.
70-716 - Membership certificate; issuance; transfer; conditions.
70-718 - Board of directors; number; powers; qualifications.
70-719 - Directors; alternate directors; election; compensation; expenses.
70-720 - Directors; alternate directors; vacancy; how filled.
70-721 - Board of directors; quorum; how determined.
70-722 - Board meetings; notice; waiver.
70-723 - Officers; powers; duties; removal.
70-724 - Executive committee; powers.
70-725 - Rates for electric energy and other services; nonprofit operation.
70-726 - Revenue; use; surplus; return to consumer.
70-727 - Articles of incorporation; amendment; procedure.
70-728 - Consolidation of corporations; how effected.
70-729 - Articles of consolidation; filing.
70-730 - Dissolution; procedure.
70-731 - Dissolution; discharge of liabilities; distribution of assets.
70-732 - Defective corporations; dissolution; procedure.
70-734 - Securities Act of Nebraska; inapplicable; when.
70-735 - Defective incorporation; correction; effect.
70-736 - Existing associations; compliance with sections.
70-737 - Sections, how construed.
70-738 - Sections; exclusive; applicability of other law.
70-801 - District; how created.
70-803 - Formation of district; petition; contents.
70-804 - Formation of district; petition; investigation; hearing; notice; expenses.
70-805 - Formation of district; petition; hearing; approval; procedure.
70-806 - Formation of district; petitioner; appeal; procedure.
70-807 - Formation of district; petition granted; interested person; appeal; procedure.
70-808 - Sections, how construed.
70-1001 - Declaration of policy.
70-1002.02 - Suppliers of electricity; sale in violation of approved agreement; prohibited.
70-1004 - Suppliers of electricity; filing of maps and service area statements; exception.
70-1006 - Hearings; continuance; rules of procedure.
70-1007 - Establishment of service areas; board; orders; policy considerations.
70-1014.01 - Special generation application; approval; findings required; eminent domain.
70-1017 - Suppliers; duty to furnish service; disputes submitted to board.
70-1018 - Suppliers; disputes over rates; submission to board; hearing; recommendations.
70-1021 - Microwave communication facilities; authorization; procedure; protest; hearing; when.
70-1022 - Microwave facilities or system; authorization; when not required.
70-1023 - Transferred to section 70-1001.01.
70-1024 - Power supply plan; board; powers and duties; special assessment.
70-1025 - Power supply plan; contents; filing; annual report.
70-1026 - Power supply plan; research and conservation report; contents.
70-1032 - Working group; members.
70-1033 - Nebraska Power Review Board; duties.
70-1101 - Declaration of policy.
70-1102 - Public power districts; agreements with municipalities; operation until January 1, 1972.
70-1104 - Public power districts; municipal operation; employees' rights respected.
70-1106 - Sections, how construed.
70-1301 - Statement of policy.
70-1302 - Electric rate disputes; legislative determination.
70-1303 - Wholesale purchaser; payment to supplier; when.
70-1304 - Wholesale purchaser; billing; dispute; notice; contents.
70-1305 - Wholesale purchaser; dispute; supplier establish escrow account.
70-1306 - Unresolved dispute; submitted to arbitration; rules applicable.
70-1307 - Arbitration board; membership.
70-1308 - Arbitrators; disqualifications.
70-1309 - Arbitration board; appointed; when; manner.
70-1310 - Arbitration costs and expenses; how assessed.
70-1311 - Arbitration board; personnel; hire.
70-1312 - Arbitration board; meetings; chairperson; disputed issues.
70-1313 - Failure to appoint an arbitrator; effect.
70-1314 - Arbitration board; proceedings; duties.
70-1315 - Supplier; notice to other wholesale purchasers; when.
70-1316 - Arbitration board; preliminary written statements; hearing; notice.
70-1317 - Dispute; production of documents and records; depositions.
70-1318 - Arbitration board; hearing; testimony; evidence; witnesses.
70-1319 - Arbitration board; hearing; duration.
70-1320 - Arbitration board; decision; findings.
70-1322 - Escrow account; distribution.
70-1323 - Escrow account; deficiency; effect; interest.
70-1324 - Arbitration; time limits; extension.
70-1325 - Arbitration board; final decision; appeal.
70-1326 - Arbitration board; decision; reversal, modification, or vacation; procedure.
70-1327 - Appellate court; trial; de novo on the record.
70-1329 - Wholesale purchaser; failure or refusal to make payment; supplier; remedies.
70-1403 - Legislative findings.
70-1404 - Public power district; joint project authorized; limitation; study.
70-1408 - Joint authority; executive committee; creation; exercise powers of board.
70-1409 - Joint authority; rights and powers; enumerated.
70-1410 - Joint authority; statutory restrictions applicable; when.
70-1411 - Joint authority; annual audit.
70-1413 - Joint authority project; sale of excess capacity; limitations; applicability.
70-1414 - Joint authority; issue bonds; pledge revenue; restrictions.
70-1415 - Joint authority projects; bonds; issuance; proceeds; uses.
70-1416 - Bonds; secured by trust agreement; covenants authorized.
70-1417 - Directors; establish rates and fees; limitation; pledge; lien.
70-1418 - Funds from bond issuance; investment authorized; conditions.
70-1419 - Bondholder; trustee; enforcement of rights.
70-1420 - Refunding bonds; issuance; conditions.
70-1421 - Board of directors; grants-in-aid and loans; authorized; powers.
70-1422 - Sections, supplemental to other provisions.
70-1423 - Sections, how construed.
70-1501 - Statement of policy.
70-1502 - Suppliers; agreements authorized.
70-1503 - Agreement; Nebraska Power Review Board; approval required; procedure.
70-1504 - Agreement; dispute; hearing.
70-1505 - Supplier; competition and antitrust provisions; exemption.
70-1601 - Applicant for service; denial prohibited, when.
70-1602 - Domestic subscriber, defined.
70-1605 - Discontinuance of service; notice; procedure; limitation on fees.
70-1606 - Discontinuance of service; notice; contents; accessible to public.
70-1607 - Discontinuance of service; third-party notice procedure.
70-1608 - Discontinuance of service; dispute; conference.
70-1609 - Discontinuance of service; dispute; statement; effect.
70-1610 - Conference; employee; duties.
70-1611 - Conference; employee; decision to terminate service; when.
70-1612 - Appeal; hearing; procedure.
70-1613 - Appeal; hearing; domestic subscriber; rights.
70-1614 - Appeal; hearing; management office; duties.
70-1615 - Sections; not applicable; when.
70-1702 - Purchase agreement; contents.
70-1703 - Agreement; other provisions applicable.
70-1704 - Ownership agreement; terms and conditions.
70-1705 - Sections; how construed.
70-1802 - Definitions, where found.
70-1803 - Financing costs, defined.
70-1805 - Mandated project, defined.
70-1805.01 - Mandated project bond issuer, defined.
70-1806 - Mandated project bonds, defined.
70-1807 - Mandated project charge, defined.
70-1808 - Mandated project costs, defined.
70-1809 - Public entity, defined.
70-1810 - Related operating expenses, defined.
70-1811 - Special revenue, defined.
70-1813 - Issuance of mandated project bonds; authorized; proceeds; use.
70-1814 - Mandated project charges; use.
70-1815 - Public entity; discretionary actions.
70-1816 - Public entity collecting mandated project charges; billing explanation required.
70-1817 - Act and grants of power; how construed.
70-1818 - Creation of mandated project bond issuer; procedure; board of directors.
70-1905 - Electric supplier; duties.
70-1907 - C-BED project developer; provide notices.
70-1908 - Sections; how construed.
70-1909 - Electric supplier; limit on eminent domain.
70-2001 - Legislative findings.
70-2005 - Annual net metering report; contents.
70-2102 - Legislative findings.
70-2103 - Public power supplier, defined.
70-2104 - Prohibited acts; penalty.
70-2105 - Nuclear electrical generating facility; nuclear fuel; prohibited acts; penalty.