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NEM customer-generators are exempt from standby charges.

NEM customer-generators must pay the same non-bypassable charges for public services as other IOU customers, which includes Department of Water Resources' bond charges, the public purpose program charge, nuclear decommissioning charge, and competition transition charge. On a month-to-month basis, bill credits for the excess generation are applied to a customer's bill at the same retail rate (including generation, distribution, and transmission components) that the customer would have paid for energy consumption according to their otherwise applicable rate structure. Under NEM tariffs, participating customers receive a bill credit for excess generation that is exported to the electric grid during times when it is not serving onsite load, offsetting energy costs. If you interconnected your system before the current NEM tariff went into effect, please see the Former NEM tariff section at the bottom of the page.įor information on the NEM Successor Tariff Rulemaking R.14-07-002 (or 'NEM2'), please visit this webpage.įor data on the number of projects and capacity installed under NEM, please visit the California Distributed Generation Statistics webpage. If you are interested in installing a renewable system with NEM, or if you are encountering issues with your current system, please visit our Resources for Solar Customer page. If a customer-generator is not already on one, they will be required to take service on a TOU rate to participate in NEM. These charges fund important programs such as low-income and energy efficiency programs. Customer-generators, similar to other utility customers, will pay small charges on each kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity they consume from the grid. Customer-generators with systems over 1 MW must pay $800 interconnection fee and pay for all transmission/distribution system upgrades.

Pay a one-time interconnection fee Customer-generators with facilities under 1 MW must pay a pre-approved one-time interconnection fee based on each IOU's historic interconnection costs.

Any customer-generator applying for NEM will:

#California public utilities code full

The program provides customer-generators full retail rate credits for energy exported to the grid and requires them to pay a few charges that align NEM customer costs more closely with non-NEM customer costs.

The current NEM program went into effect in SDG&E's service territory on June 29, 2016, in PG&E's service territory on December 15, 2016, and in SCE's service territory on July 1, 2017. The current NEM program NEM2 was adopted by the CPUC in Decision (D.)16-01-044 on Januand is available to customers of PG&E, SCE and SDG&E. More than 90% of all megawatts (MW) of customer-sited solar capacity interconnected to the grid in the three large investor-owned (IOU) territories (PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E) in California are on NEM tariffs. Participation in the NEM does not limit a customer-generator's eligibility for any other rebate, incentive, or credit provided by an electric utility. NEM allows customers who generate their own energy ('customer-generators') to serve their energy needs directly onsite and to receive a financial credit on their electric bills for any surplus energy fed back to their utility.

#California public utilities code install

NEM OverviewĬustomers who install small solar, wind, biogas, and fuel cell generation facilities to serve all or a portion of onsite electricity needs are eligible for the state's net metering program. Note: The content on this page applies to NEM policy in Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) territories. To access the California Solar Consumer Protection Guide, please visit this web page. For information on the new NEM Revisit Rulemaking ( R.20-08-020), please visit this webpage.