Arkansas Valley Electric

Arkansas Utility Interconnection & net metering rules

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Net Metering AllowedNo

NEM TypeN/A

Line Taps AllowedYes

Load Taps AllowedYes

Net metering & export

Net Metering Allowed: No

NEM Type: N/A

Post Solar Billing Method: Export Rate

Solar Export Type: Fixed kWh

Net Excess Generation Notes

For Net-Metering Customers who receive service under a rate that does not include a demand component, the Electric Utility shall credit a Net-Metering Customer with the amount of any accumulated Net Excess Generation as measured in kWh or kWh multiplied by the applicable retail rate in the next applicable billing period and base the bill of the Net-Metering Customer on the net amount of electricity as measured in kWh or kWh multiplied by the applicable retail rate that the Net-Metering Customer has received from or fed back to the Electric Utility during the billing period.

Net Excess Generation shall be credited as described in 27.3.8 and 27.3.9 during subsequent Billing Periods; the Net Excess Generation credits remaining in a Net-Metering Customer’s account at the close of a billing cycle shall not expire and shall be carried forward to subsequent billing cycles indefinitely. For Net Excess Generation credits older than twenty-four (24) months, a NetMetering Customer may elect to have the Cooperative purchase the Net Excess Generation credits in the Net-Metering Customer’s account at the Cooperative’s Avoided Cost plus any additional sum determined under the Net Metering Rules, if the sum to be paid to the Net-Metering Customer is at least one hundred dollars ($100).

Rebates Offered: No

Interconnection & taps

Approval Req To Install: Yes

Line Taps Allowed: Yes

Load Taps Allowed: Yes

Automatic Transformer Upgrade Size: 0

System size & offset

System Size Restrictions: 0

System Size Restriction Type: No Restrictions

System Size Battery Included: No

System Size Includes Existing Systems: No

Offset Type: Percentage

Offset Value: 100

Offset Calculation Basis: Historical

Offset Calculation Period: 12

Industry Standard Watts Sqft: 2

Metering & disconnect

Production Meter Required: No

Production Meter Position: N/A

Production Meter Labeling: N/A

Plans & docs

Website: avecc.com

Other details

Revision Required: Yes

Mod Swap Requires Planset: Yes