704.773 - Utility required to offer net metering; limitations; rights and duties regarding energy meters and imposition of certain fees and charges; regulations.
704.773 Utility required to offer net metering; limitations; rights and duties regarding energy meters and imposition of certain fees and charges; regulations.
1. A utility shall offer net metering, as set forth in NRS 704.775, to the customer-generators operating within its service area until the cumulative capacity of all such net metering systems is equal to 1 percent of the utility’s peak capacity.
2. If the net metering system of a customer-generator who accepts the offer of a utility for net metering has a capacity of not more than 100 kilowatts, the utility:
(a) Shall offer to make available to the customer-generator an energy meter that is capable of registering the flow of electricity in two directions.
(b) May, at its own expense and with the written consent of the customer-generator, install one or more additional meters to monitor the flow of electricity in each direction.
(c) Shall not charge a customer-generator any fee or charge that would increase the customer-generator’s minimum monthly charge to an amount greater than that of other customers of the utility in the same rate class as the customer-generator.
3. If the net metering system of a customer-generator who accepts the offer of a utility for net metering has a capacity of more than 100 kilowatts, the utility:
(a) May require the customer-generator to install at its own cost:
(1) An energy meter that is capable of measuring generation output and customer load; and
(2) Any upgrades to the system of the utility that are required to make the net metering system compatible with the system of the utility.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), may charge the customer-generator any applicable fee or charge charged to other customers of the utility in the same rate class as the customer-generator, including, without limitation, customer, demand and facility charges.
(c) Shall not charge the customer-generator any standby charge.
Ê At the time of installation or upgrade of any portion of a net metering system, the utility must allow a customer-generator governed by this subsection to pay the entire cost of the installation or upgrade of the portion of the net metering system.
4. The Commission shall adopt regulations prescribing the form and substance for a net metering tariff and a standard net metering contract. The regulations must include, without limitation:
(a) The particular provisions, limitations and responsibilities of a customer-generator which must be included in a net metering tariff with regard to:
(1) Metering equipment;
(2) Net energy metering and billing; and
(3) Interconnection,
Ê based on the allowable size of the net metering system.
(b) The particular provisions, limitations and responsibilities of a customer-generator and the utility which must be included in a standard net metering contract.
(c) A timeline for processing applications and contracts for net metering applicants.
(d) Any other provisions the Commission finds necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 704.766 to 704.775, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 778; A 2001, 3253; 2005, 1816; 2007, 3004)