Sec. 19. (a) To ensure that customers that produce distributed generation are properly charged for the costs of the electricity delivery system through which an electricity supplier:

(1) provides retail electric service to those customers; and

Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-40-19

  • commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission created by IC 8-1-1-2. See Indiana Code 8-1-40-1
  • distributed generation: means electricity produced by a generator or other device that is:

    Indiana Code 8-1-40-3

  • electricity supplier: means a public utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1) that furnishes retail electric service to customers in Indiana. See Indiana Code 8-1-40-4
  • excess distributed generation: means the difference between:

    Indiana Code 8-1-40-5

(2) procures excess distributed generation from those customers;

the electricity supplier may request approval by the commission of the recovery of energy delivery costs attributable to serving customers that produce distributed generation.

     (b) The commission may approve a request for cost recovery submitted by an electricity supplier under subsection (a) if the commission finds that the request:

(1) is reasonable; and

(2) does not result in a double recovery of energy delivery costs from customers that produce distributed generation.

As added by P.L.264-2017, SEC.6.