(1)  Each customer participating in a net metering program shall provide at the customer’s expense all equipment necessary to meet:

Terms Used In Utah Code 54-15-106

  • Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • 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
    (a)  applicable local and national standards regarding electrical and fire safety, power quality, and interconnection requirements established by the National Electrical Code, the National Electrical Safety Code, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and Underwriters Laboratories; and

    (b)  any other utility interconnection requirements as determined by the commission by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.

    • (2)  After appropriate notice and opportunity for public comment, the governing authority may by rule adopt additional reasonable safety, power quality, and interconnection requirements for customer generation systems that the governing authority considers to be necessary to protect public safety and system reliability.

    (3) 

    (a)  If a customer participating in a net metering program complies with requirements referred to under Subsection (1) and additional requirements established under Subsection (2), an electrical corporation may not require that customer to:

    (i)  perform or pay for additional tests; or

    (ii)  purchase additional liability insurance.

    (b)  An electrical corporation may not be held directly or indirectly liable for permitting or continuing to permit an interconnection of a customer generation system to the electrical corporation‘s system or for an act or omission of a customer participating in a net metering program for loss, injury, or death to a third party.

    (4)  An electrical corporation may test and inspect an interconnection at times that the electrical corporation considers necessary to ensure the safety of electrical workers and to preserve the integrity of the electric power grid.

    (5)  The electrical function, operation, or capacity of a customer generation system, at the point of connection to the electrical corporation’s distribution system, may not compromise the quality of service to the electrical corporation’s other customers.

    Amended by Chapter 53, 2014 General Session

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