(1)  Each electrical corporation shall:

Terms Used In Utah Code 54-15-103

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • Electrical corporation: includes every corporation, cooperative association, and person, their lessees, trustees, and receivers, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any electric plant, or in any way furnishing electric power for public service or to its consumers or members for domestic, commercial, or industrial use, within this state. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • Governing authority: means :
(a) for a distribution electrical cooperative, its board of directors; and
(b) for each other electrical corporation, the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-15-102
  • Net metering: means measuring the amount of net electricity for the applicable billing period. See Utah Code 54-15-102
  • Net metering program: means a program administered by an electrical corporation whereby a customer with a customer generation system may:
    (a) generate electricity primarily for the customer's own use;
    (b) supply customer-generated electricity to the electrical corporation; and
    (c) if net metering results in excess customer-generated electricity during a billing period, receive a credit as provided in Section 54-15-104. See Utah Code 54-15-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
    • (a)  except as provided in Subsection (2), make a net metering program available to the electrical corporation‘s customers; and

    (b)  allow customer generation systems to be interconnected to the electrical corporation‘s facilities using, except as provided in Subsection (4), a kilowatt-hour meter capable of net metering.

    • (2)  An electrical corporation may discontinue making a net metering program available to customers not already participating in the program if:

    (a)  the cumulative generating capacity of customer generation systems in the program equals at least .1% of the electrical corporation’s peak demand during 2007; or

    (b)  the electrical corporation serves fewer than 1,000 customers in the state.

    (3) 

    (a)  Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), the governing authority may establish a higher amount of generating capacity from customer generation systems than .1% of the electrical corporation’s peak demand during 2007 before a net metering program may be discontinued under Subsection (2).

    (b)  Before acting under Subsection (3)(a), the governing authority shall provide public notice of its proposed action and an opportunity for public comment.

    (4) 

    (a)  Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(b), an electrical corporation may require a customer participating in the electrical corporation’s net metering program to use metering equipment other than a standard kilowatt-hour meter if the governing authority, after appropriate notice and opportunity for public comment:

    (i)  determines that the use of other metering equipment is necessary and appropriate to monitor the flow of electricity from and to the electrical corporation; and

    (ii)  approves the requirement for other metering equipment, after considering the benefits and costs associated with the other metering equipment.

    (b)  If the governing authority approves the requirement for other metering equipment under Subsection (4)(a), the governing authority shall determine how the cost of purchasing and installing the other metering equipment is to be allocated between the electrical corporation and the customer.

    (5)  An electrical corporation may require a customer to enter into an interconnection agreement before connecting the customer generation system to the electrical corporation’s facilities.

    Amended by Chapter 244, 2008 General Session

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