D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 15-908

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 33, August 16, 2024

Rule 15-908 - REPORTING AND CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITY RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITIES

908.1

Each CREF shall register with the Electric Company. The Electric Company shall develop a Registration Form within thirty (30) days of these rules becoming final. The Registration Form shall include:

(1) Name of Subscriber Organization;

(2) Address of CREF;

(3) City Ward where the CREF is located;

(4) Generating technology used by the CREF;

(5) Name Plate AC generating capacity of the CREF;

(6) Copy of Interconnection Agreement between the CREF and the Electric Company, when obtained and executed;

(7) Type of Organization that owns the CREF (if a for-profit making entity, a copy of the current DC Business License); and

(8) List of CREF Subscribers, if available, including:

(a) Name and address of Subscriber,

(b) Address of the individual billing meter in the District of Columbia to which the CNM credit will be applied,

(c) Electric Company Account number, and

(d) Percentage ownership in the CREF.

908.2

If an Interconnection Agreement has not been obtained and executed at the time that the CREF Registration Form is initially submitted, the CREF owner or operator shall submit it to the Electric Company once it is obtained and executed. No CREF shall begin operation until a list of at least two (2) Subscribers has been submitted to the Electric Company.

908.3

The CREF owner or operator may change the list of Subscribers or change the Subscribers' billing meters in its CREF on a monthly basis or more frequently when the number of Subscribers falls below two (2). When there are changes to the list, the CREF owner or operator shall provide an updated list of its CREF Subscribers and their billing meters to the Electric Company monthly by a date certain established by the Electric Company or more frequently when the number of Subscribers falls below two (2).

908.4

Within forty-five (45) days of this rulemaking, the Electric Company shall submit to the Commission, for the Commission's approval, a procedural manual, including related sample documents where appropriate, for the implementation of CREA that shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) The arrangement between the Electric Company, the SOS Administrator and the CREF related to the SOS Administrator taking title to CREF output at the point of common connection between the CREF and the Electric Company's distribution grid;

(2) The arrangement between the Electric Company, the SOS Administrator and the CREF relating to the SOS Administrator's purchase of, and payment for, unsubscribed energy from the CREF at the price specified in these rules;

(3) The arrangement between Electric Company, the SOS Administrator and the CREF for the Electric Company to create the CNM Credit based on CREF output and the price specified in the rules;

(4) Arrangement between the Electric Company, and the CREF to credit individual CREF Subscribers with the CNM Credit based on each Subscriber's ownership share in the CREF and the CREF's monthly output and to modify the list of Subscribers and the amount of each Subscriber's Subscription; and

(5) Arrangement between the Electric Company and Competitive Electricity Suppliers to reflect the payments of the energy supply charges for CES customers who are also CREF subscribers.

908.5

Within one hundred twenty (120) days of the issuance of the final rulemaking, the Electric Company shall add a CREA page to its website with links to the procedural manual and the forms referenced therein.

908.6

Within thirty (30) days of this rulemaking, the Electric Company shall submit to the Commission for its approval the form of the line item on the Electric Company's bill for a Subscriber's CNM Credit.

908.7

Within twenty (20) days of the end of the second and fourth quarter of each year the Electric Company shall submit to the Commission a report that provides:

(1) An overview of the CREFs operating in the District including summary statistics as to the number of CREFs, the number of Subscribers, and the amount of electric supply being generated;

(2) A listing of each CREF including:

(a) Name and location (including zip code and Ward) of CREF,

(b) Name of Subscriber Organization,

(c) Type of Subscriber Organization,

(d) Type of generating technology used by the CREF,

(e) Name Plate AC generating capacity of the CREF,

(f) Monthly CREF output as measure by production meter,

(g) Number of CREF Subscribers,

(h) Any problems created by CREFs to the distribution system that are of concern to the Electric Company, with as much specificity as possible and quantified to the extent possible, including the nature, extent, and location of the problem(s), and

(i) To the extent possible, the benefits to the distribution system from CREFs including use of CREFs to supply ancillary services including, but not limited to, voltage support, volt-ampere reactive (VAR) support, and frequency regulation.

(3) The identification of any feeder which approaches a net energy export within a ten percent (10%) margin (i.e., a feeder where the total production from CREF and other net metering facilities is ninety percent (90%) or more of the total energy consumption for the feeder).

908.8

Any net costs for the implementation of Community Net Metering incurred by the Electric Company that are approved by the Commission shall be recovered solely through a rate assessment on Subscribers in a base rate case, pursuant to Section 122 of the amended Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1999.

D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 15-908

Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 5694 (5/8/2015); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 3869 (4/22/2022); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 11473 (9/23/2022)