Virginia: Energy

December 2009
Volume
39
Issue
35
The State Corporation Commission adopted amendments to 20 Va. Admin. Code §5-315, Regulations Governing Net Energy Metering. The amendments would authorize utilities to elect a capacity limit for participation by nonresidential customers in the net energy metering program that exceeds the existing limit of 500 kW; permit customers who are served on time-of-use tariffs that have electricity supply demand charges contained within the electricity supply portion of the time-of-use tariff to participate as customer-generators; provide that a participating customer-generator owns any renewable energy certificate associated with its generation of electricity; and provides for a one-time option to sell the certificates to its supplier at a rate established by the State Corporation Commission, with the utility's costs of acquiring the certificates recoverable under the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard rate adjustment clause or through the supplier's fuel adjustment clause. http://legis.state.va.us/codecomm/register/vol26/iss07/p20v5315.html.