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Title: Net Metering and Interconnection Procedures-- Incorporating Best Practices

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OSTI ID:1023804

State utility commissions and utilities themselves are actively developing and revising their procedures for the interconnection and net metering of distributed generation. However, the procedures most often used by regulators and utilities as models have not been updated in the past three years, in which time most of the distributed solar facilities in the United States have been installed. In that period, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) has been a participant in more than thirty state utility commission rulemakings regarding interconnection and net metering of distributed generation. With the knowledge gained from this experience, IREC has updated its model procedures to incorporate current best practices. This paper presents the most significant changes made to IREC’s model interconnection and net metering procedures.

Research Organization:
Interstate Renewable Energy Council
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE EE Office of Solar Energy Technology (EE-2A)
DOE Contract Number:
FG36-05NT42401
OSTI ID:
1023804
Report Number(s):
IREC401-002
Resource Relation:
Conference: Solar 2009 Conference, Buffalo, New York, May 2009, American Solar Energy Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English