Central Valley Electric

Net metering & export

Net Metering Allowed

1

NEM Type

Annual

Post Solar Billing Method

Net Metering

Net Excess Generation Notes

Metering up to and including 10 kW - ANNUAL NET METERING

When the customer is billed under a rate structure that does not include time-of-use energy pricing, a single energy meter shall be used to implement net metering of a qualifying facility unless an alternate metering arrangement is agreed to by the customer and utility.

If electricity generated by the customer exceeds the electricity supplied by the grid during a billing period, the utility shall credit the customer on the next bill for the excess kilowatt-hours generated, by:

(a) crediting or paying the customer for the net energy supplied to the utility at the utility's energy rate pursuant to this 17.9.570 NMAC; or

(b) crediting the customer for the net kilowatt-hours of energy supplied to the utility. Unused credits shall be carried forward from month to month; provided that if a utility opts to credit customers and the customer leaves the system, customer's unused credits for excess kilowatt-hours generated shall be paid to the customer at the utility's energy rate pursuant to this 17.9.570 NMAC.

Metering over 10kW - EXPORT

Utility shall install the metering necessary to determine the net energy delivered from customer to utility or the net energy delivered from utility to customer for each time-of-use or single rate period, as applicable, during a billing period. The net energy delivered to either the QF or to the utility is the difference between the energy produced by the QF generation and the energy that would have otherwise been supplied by the utility to the QF absent the QF generation.

The net energy delivered from customer to utility shall be purchased by utility at utility’s applicable time-of-use or single period energy rate, as described in Subsection B of 17.9.570.11 NMAC, and filed with the NMPRC. Customer shall be billed for all net energy delivered from utility in accordance with the tariff that is applicable to customer absent the QF generation. An additional customer charge to cover the added costs of billing and administration may be included in the tariff. At the end of the billing period, utility shall net all charges owed to utility by customer and all payments owed by utility to customer. If a net amount is owed to customer for the billing period, and is less than $50, the payment amount may be carried over to the following billing period. If a net amount is owed to customer and is $50 or more, utility shall make payment to customer prior to the end of the next billing period.

Feed-in Tariff

Separate load metering (simultaneous buy/sell) option. The utility shall install the metering necessary to determine separately 1) all the energy produced by the qualifying facility’s generator and 2) all of the power consumed by the qualifying facility’s loads; the utility shall purchase all energy produced by the qualifying facility’s generator at the utility’s applicable time-of-use or single period energy rate as described in Subsection B of 17.9.570.11 NMAC. The qualifying facility shall purchase all power consumed at its normally applicable rate; an additional customer charge to cover the added costs of billing and administration may be included in the tariff if supported with evidence of need for such charge.

Rebates Offered

0

Allows Standby

0

Interconnection & taps

Approval Req To Install

Yes

Interconnection Level

3

Line Taps Allowed

0

Load Taps Allowed

0

Automatic Transformer Upgrade Size

0

Meter Aggregation Allowed

1

System size & offset

System Size Restrictions

0

System Size Restriction Type

No Restrictions

System Size Battery Included

0

System Size Includes Existing Systems

0

Offset Type

No Restrictions

Offset Value

0

Offset Calculation Period

0

Industry Standard Watts Sqft

2

Metering & disconnect

Production Meter Required

No

Production Meter Position

N/A

Production Meter Labeling

N/A

Allowed Meter Adapter

None

Plans & docs

Site Plan Reqs

The site diagram shall show the physical location of the equipment in relation to the property and location of equipment on the exterior wall

SLD Reqs

The one-line diagram shall identify all major equipment including the utility-lockable generation disconnect device and the point of interconnection

Website

link

Phone

(575) 746-3571

Other details

Restrict Inspection

0

Address ID

147064

Express Planset Eligible

Yes