704.771 - “Net metering system” defined.

704.771  “Net metering system” defined.

      1.  “Net metering system” means a facility or energy system for the generation of electricity that:

      (a) Uses renewable energy as its primary source of energy to generate electricity;

      (b) Has a generating capacity of not more than 1 megawatt;

      (c) Is located on the customer-generator’s premises;

      (d) Operates in parallel with the utility’s transmission and distribution facilities; and

      (e) Is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer-generator’s requirements for electricity.

      2.  The term does not include a facility or energy system for the generation of electricity which has a generating capacity that exceeds the greater of:

      (a) The limit on the demand that the class of customer of the customer-generator may place on the system of the utility; or

      (b) One hundred fifty percent of the peak demand of the customer.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 777; A 2001, 3253; 2003, 1874; 2005, 1816; 2007, 3003)