Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION
Article 17 - NET METERING
Section 82-17-1 - Definitions

(a) "Act" means the net metering and easy connection act (NMECA), K.S.A. 66-1263 through 66-1271 and amendments thereto.

(b) "Customer" means an entity receiving retail electric service from a utility.

(c) "IEEE" means the institute of electrical and electronics engineers, inc.

(d) "IEEE standard 1547" means the IEEE standard 1547, "IEEE standard for interconnecting distributed resources with electric power systems," published by the IEEE on July 28, 2003 and hereby adopted by reference.

(e) "IEEE standard 1547.1" means the IEEE standard 1547.1, "IEEE standard conformance test procedures for equipment interconnecting distributed resources with electric power systems," published by the IEEE on July 1, 2005 and hereby adopted by reference.

(f) "Net metered facility" means the equipment on a customer's side of a meter that meets the requirements in K.S.A. 66-1264(b)(1) through (b)(5), and amendments thereto.

(g) "Parallel operation" means a net metered facility that is connected electrically to an electric distribution system for longer than 100 milliseconds.

(h) "REC" means renewable energy credit, as defined in K.S.A. 66-1257 and amendments thereto. For purposes of these regulations, this term is reflected on a certificate representing the attributes associated with one megawatt-hour (MWh) of energy generated by a renewable energy resource that is located in Kansas or serves ratepayers in the state.

(i) "UL standard 1741" means the UL standard 1741, "inverters, converters, controllers and interconnection system equipment for use with distributed energy resources," published on January 28, 2010 by underwriters laboratories inc. and hereby adopted by reference.