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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 1786O~DlNANCE NO 1786 AN O~DINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHAP~~R 13.20, ~‘~L~CTRICAL AND ENACTING SECTION NEM - NET ~N~R~Y MET~RIN~ ION 13.20.227 SCHEDUL~ CEM - M~TERIN6 RIDER BE IT ~R~AIN~~ Y THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE ClTY OF LODl AS FOLLOWS: Section 13.2~.~25 ~chedule ~~M - Net Energy Metering - is hereby d and reenacted to read as follows: The purpose of this rider is to establish rates, terms, and conditions for providing net ing service to residential and small commercial customers generating electricity and wind facilities of 10 kW or less in size. This rider complies with tale legislation requiring every electric utility in the state, including municipally owned utilities, to develop a standard contract or tariff providing for residential and small commercial net energy metering, as defined below. This schedule is applicable to service for 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 served under Lodi’s residential rate schedules, or small commercial (GI and G2) rate schedules. Availability of this schedule to eligible customer-generators will be on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be available until such time as the total rated generating capacity used by eligible customer-generators equals two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the City of Lodi aggregate customer annual peak demand. The solar or wind generat~on source must: 1) have a capacity of lOkW or less, 2) be located on the customer- ene era tor's premises, 3) be connected for parallel operation with Lodi’s distributio~ 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 cus~omer-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 Electrical lnterconnection and Net aymenl A~reement. Charges for ~lectricity upp plied by the City will be based on metered usage in accordance with Special Condition (c) and (d) below. Rates charged under this schedule will be in ~ccordance with the eligible customer-genera~or’s otherwise applicable residential or small commercial (61 and 62) rate schedules. Public Benefit charges and monthly customer charges shall not be by-passable. (8) A signed Electrical Interconnection and Net reement between the customer-genefator and the City is required for service under this schedule. (b) Net energy metering shall be accomplished using ble of registering the flow of electricity in two directions. If cu~tomer’s existing electrical meter is not capable of measuring the flow of electricity in two directions, the customer-generator shall be responsible for all expenses involved in purchasing and installiiig a meter that is capable of measuring electricity in both directions. If an additional meter or meters are desired by the City to monitor the electric generating system pe~ormance, the cost to install these meters will be the r~sponsibility of the City. (c) Net Energy is defined as measuring ity supplied by the City through the electric grid to the eligible customer-generator and electricity generated by an eligible cus~omer-genera~or and fed back into the electric grid over a 12-month period. In the event that the electricity supplied by the City during the 12-month period exceeds the electricity genera~ed by the eligible customer- generator during the same period, the eligible customer is a net electricity consumer and the City shall bill the customer for the net consumption during the 12-mo period based on the retail price per kilowatt-hour for eligible customer erator’s rate class over the same period. The City shall provide the customer-generator with net electricity consumption info~mation on each regular bill. That information shall include the current amount owed to the City for the net electricity ~onsumed. Customef-genera to^ may exercise the option to pay monthly for the net energy consumed, but in any event shall be responsible far any payments due at the end of each 12-month period. (4 Net energy metering will be administered on an , beginning with the month of interconnection of the customer’s generating system with the City’s electrical system. Electric generation production may result in a dollar credit carrying forward to the next billing period. If a credit accumulation results in a net customer- the end of the annualized year, unused dollar d not be carried into the new aflnual~~ed year. Other conditions as specified in the City of Lodi Electric Utility ~epartment’s Rules, Regulations, and Engineering ~tandards shall apply to this electric rate schedule. (el 2 Section 13 20.227 Schedule CEM - Co-Energy Metering Rider - IS hereby added to read as follows: The purpose of this rider is to establish rates, terms, and conditions for providing co- energy ~ete~ing service to customers generating electricity using solar and wind reater than I0 kW and less than 1 MW in size. This rider complies with California State legislation allowing municipally~owned utilities to develop a standard contract or tariff providing for residentia~ and small commercial (GI and G2) co-energy metering, as defined below. This schedule is applicable to service for 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- gener~tors must currently be served under Lodi’s residential and small commercial (GI and G2) rate schedules. Availability of this schedule to eligible customer-generators will be on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be available until such time as the total rated gener~ting capacity used by eligible customer-generators equals two and one-half .5%) of the City of Lodi aggregate customer annual peak demand. The solar or wind generation source must: 1) be rated greater than 10 kW and not more than I MW, 2) be located on the customer~generator’s premises, 3) be connected for parallel operation with Lodi’s di~tribution facilities, and 4) be intended for the sole purpose of of~setting a part or all of the customer-generator’s own electrical require~ents“ 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. A~~itional terms and conditions for service, including terms of interconnection and parallel operation, are specified in a ~ustomer-specific Electrical Interconnection and Co- Energy ~e~ering Payment Agreement. Charges for electricity supplied by the City will be based on the co-metered usage in accordance with Special Conditions (c), (d), and (e) below. Rates charged under this schedule will be in a~cordanGe with the eligible customer-generator’s otherwise applicable residential or small commercial (GI and G2) rate schedule. Public Benefit charges and monthly customer charges shall not be by-passable. The metered electricity supplied by the City to the cus~omer-g@nerator over the applicable billing period will be billed at the ~~plicable service rate in effect when the service was rendered. All conditions, charges, adjustments, and taxes under the applicable rate schedule shall be in . The metered electricity generated by the customer- he City over the applicable billing period will be credited at a rate equal to the generation component of the applicable rate schedule. The generation component shall be one-half (1/2) of the net Energy Charge (adjusted for Market Cost Adjustment, Voltage Discount, and Community enefits Incentive Discount, as applicable) of the customer-generator’s applicable rate schedule. 1 iai A signed Electrical ln~e~connection and Co-Energy greement between the customei-generator and the City Co-Energy metering shall be accomplished using two r revenue meter of record and a separate generation meter. The customer-generator shall be responsible for all expenses involved in purchasing and installing ~equired meters. If an additional meter or meters are desired by the City to monitor the electric generating system pe~ormance, the cost to install these meters will be the responsibility of the is required for service under this schedule. (b) city, (6) Co-Energy metering is defined as the dual electricity supplied by the City through the electric grid to the efigib~e customer-genera to^ and (ii) the electricity generated by an eiigibie cus~omer-generator from the customer-owned solar or wind source. id) The customer-generator shall receive a “net bill” from ing period. The co-energy metering net billing calculation shall be composed of the Energy Supplied Charges less the Energy Transmitted Credit. All net charges are due at the time of billing. Electric generation production may result in a dollar credit carrying forward to the next billing period, subject (el Co-Energy metering will be administered on an annualized with the month of interconnection of the customer’s gene~ating system with the City’s electrical system. Electric gener~tion production may result in a dollar credit carrying forward to the next billing period. If a credit accumulation results in a net customer-owned generation credit at the end of the annualized year, unused dollar credits will be set to zero and not be carried into the new annualized year. (fl Other conditions as specified in the City of Lodi t’s Rules, Regu~ations, and Engineering Standards shall apply to this electric rate schedule. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist. . No ~andatory Duty of Care. This ordinance is not intended to and shall not be es upon the City, or any officer or employee or p~ope~y within the City or outside of the City so as to provide a basis of civii liability for damages, except as otherwise imposed by law. . Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or cir~umstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. To this end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion thereof. A I This ordinance shall be published one time in the “Lodi News- ent tin el," a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Lodi, and shall take effect thirty days from and after its passage and approval. Approved this 4Ih day of October, 2006 Attest: State of Califo~nia an Joaquin, ss. M. Perrin, Interim City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify that 6 was introduc~d at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi , 2006, and was th~~eafter passed, adopted and ordered to print at a regular meeting of said Council held October 4, 2006, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEM an, Hansen, Johnson, Mounce, NO~S~ COUNCI~ EM ENT: COUNCIL MEM I further certify that Ordinance No. 1786 was approved and signed by the Mayor on the date of its ~a~~a~e and the same has been published pursuant to law. lfiterim City Clerk Approved as to Form: 5