§ 39-26.6-18. Utility right to separately meter.
Owners of medium-scale, commercial-scale, and large-scale solar projects and other distributed-generation technologies shall be required to provide, at their cost, a revenue-quality meter to standards approved by the division of public utilities and carriers and provide access to the information from the meter to the electric distribution company to measure the output of the generation. The electric distribution company shall have the discretion to install the second meter in a parallel configuration to the retail meter or behind the meter, provided that a parallel installation shall have no effect on the right of the customer to net meter using the net of the two meters. The electric distribution company also shall have the right to install its own revenue-quality meter for small-scale solar projects if not being supplied by the owner. The electric distribution company shall recover the installation and capital cost of the separate meters it installs for small-scale solar projects in the annual reconciliation of solar costs under § 39-26.6-25.
History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 200, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 216, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 39-26.6 - The Renewable Energy Growth Program
Section 39-26.6-2. - Renewable energy growth program established.
Section 39-26.6-3. - Definitions.
Section 39-26.6-4. - Continuation of board.
Section 39-26.6-5. - Tariffs proposed and approved.
Section 39-26.6-6. - Permanence of tariff terms once set.
Section 39-26.6-7. - Solar project size categories.
Section 39-26.6-8. - Renewable technologies other than solar.
Section 39-26.6-9. - Project segmentation prohibition.
Section 39-26.6-10. - Timing and schedule of tariff filings.
Section 39-26.6-11. - Power purchase agreements not required.
Section 39-26.6-12. - Annual bidding and enrollments.
Section 39-26.6-13. - Cost reconciliation.
Section 39-26.6-14. - Existing powers of agencies and advocacy rights of parties unchanged.
Section 39-26.6-15. - Bidding and incentive award processes for solar DG projects.
Section 39-26.6-16. - Enrollment program.
Section 39-26.6-17. - Excess enrollment not required.
Section 39-26.6-18. - Utility right to separately meter.
Section 39-26.6-19. - Coordination with energy-efficiency programs.
Section 39-26.6-20. - Issuance of certificates and right to incentive payments.
Section 39-26.6-21. - Ownership of output, other attributes, and renewable energy certificates.
Section 39-26.6-22. - Zonal and other incentive payments.
Section 39-26.6-23. - Intersection of distributed generation and net metering.
Section 39-26.6-24. - Rate design review by the commission.
Section 39-26.6-25. - Forecasted rate and reconciliation.
Section 39-26.6-26. - Shared solar facilities.
Section 39-26.6-27. - Community remote distributed generation system.