Net Metering is defined as the interconnection of member owned generation from a renewable source to Cooperative facilities, in which the generation output of energy not used at the service is netted against the energy delivered by the Cooperative within the following guidelines:

• Name-plate generating capacity shall not exceed 10 kW.
• Member generation is intended primarily to offset part or all of the member’s own electrical requirements at the service.
• Costs associated with interconnecting or administering net metering systems are the responsibility of the customer generator.
• A standard non-detent meter may be allowed to turn the direction the power flows. Two detent meters may be required if needed for automated meter reading systems.
• Charges for energy delivered by the Cooperative in excess of the energy flowed back onto the system by the customer-generator shall be billed monthly at a retail rate.
• Monthly net metering facilities charges will be assessed for cooperative costs and expenses including distribution and transmission costs and expenses.
• Net electricity produced or consumed during the billing period shall be measured, in accordance with normal metering practices.
• If the electricity supplied by the electricity supplier exceeds the electricity generated by the customer-generator and fed back to the electricity supplier during the billing period, the customer-generator must be billed for the net electricity supplied by the electricity supplier, in accordance with normal metering practices.
• If electricity generated by the customer-generator exceeds the electricity supplied by the electricity supplier, the customer-generator must be:
  • Billed for the appropriate customer charges for that billing period.
  • Credited for the excess kilowatt hours generated during the billing period, with this kilowatt-hour credit appearing on the bill for the following billing period.
  • Each year, on a date designated by the power supplier as the beginning date of a 12-month billing period, any remaining unused kilowatt-hour credit accumulated during the previous 12 months must be granted to the electricity supplier, without any compensation to the customer-generator.