West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 150 - Public Service Commission
Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Series 150-33 - Rules Governing Electric Utility Net Metering Arrangements and Interconnections
Section 150-33-2 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 13, March 29, 2024
2.1. "Alternative energy resources" -- The following resources, methods, projects or technologies for the production or generation of electricity:
2.2. "Alternative energy resource facility" -- A facility or equipment that generates electricity from alternative energy resources.
2.3. "Commission" -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
2.4. "Cross-subsidization" -- The practice of charging costs, including the incremental cost of interconnection and the net of the difference in the cost of a traditional meter and the metering equipment required for net metering, directly incurred by the electric utility in accommodating a net metering system to electric retail customers who are not Customer-generators.
2.5. "Incremental Cost of Interconnection" -- The additional cost incurred by the Utility to connect to a Customer-generator that would not be incurred to connect to a customer that is not a Customer-generator.
2.6. "Customer-generator" -- An electric retail customer who owns or leases, and operates an alternative or renewable energy resource facility ("generation project") within this State that meets the following criteria: the generation project is located on the same tract of land as its metering point(s) or if the generation facility is located on contiguous tract(s), the generation project is located within two miles of the customer's metering point(s); the tract or contiguous tracts are owned or leased by the customer as a private residence or used by a commercial or industrial customer in the normal course of business; the generation project has a nameplate capacity of not greater than 25 kilowatts if installed at a residential service location, not greater than 500 kilowatts if installed at a commercial service location, or not greater than 2 megawatts if installed at an industrial service location; provided that, the maximum nameplate capacity for a Customer-generator served by rural electric cooperatives, municipally-owned electric utilities or utilities serving less than thirty-thousand residential customers shall be 50 kilowatts; and, the generation project is designed and installed to operate in parallel with the electric utility distribution system without adversely affecting the operation of equipment and service of the electric utility and its customers and without presenting safety hazards to the electric utility or customers.
2.7. "Customer-generator facility" -- The alternative or renewable energy resource equipment operated by a Customer-generator to generate, manage, monitor and deliver electricity to the electric utility.
2.8. "Electric distribution system" -- A portion of an electric system which delivers electricity from transformation points on the transmission system to points of connection at a customer premises.
2.9. "Electric retail customer" -- A direct purchaser of electric power whose service is billed by an electric utility based on meter reading, but excludes an occupant of a building or facility where the occupants are not direct purchasers of electricity.
2.10. "Electric utility" -- The electric distribution company or electric generation supplier that sells electricity to retail customers in West Virginia.
2.11. "kW" -- Kilowatt -- A unit of power representing 1,000 watts. A kW equals 1/1000 of a MW.
2.12. "MW" -- Megawatt -- A unit of power representing 1,000,000 watts. A MW equals 1,000 kWs.
2.13. "Meter aggregation" -- The combination of readings from and billing for all meters regardless of rate class on eligible properties owned or leased by a Customer-generator for eligible properties located within the service territory of a single electric utility. Meter aggregation may be completed through physical or virtual meter aggregation.
2.14. "Net metering" -- The means of measuring the difference between the electricity supplied by an electric utility and the electricity generated from a Customer-generator when any portion of the electricity generated by the alternative energy resource facility is used to offset part or all of the Electric retail customer requirements for electricity.
2.15. "Non-standard meter" -- Meter capable of measuring generator output and time-of-day usage.
2.16. "Physical meter aggregation" -- The physical rewiring of all meters regardless of rate class on properties owned or leased by a Customer-generator to provide a single point of contact for a meter or meters to measure net electric service for that Customer-generator.
2.17. "Renewable energy resources" -- The following resources, methods, projects or technologies for the production or generation of electricity:
2.18. "Renewable energy resource facility" -- A facility or equipment that generates electricity from renewable energy resources.
2.19. "Reporting period" -- The 12-month period from June 1 through May 31.
2.20. "Virtual meter aggregation" -- The combination of readings and billing for all meters regardless of rate class on eligible properties owned or leased by a Customer-generator by means of the electric utility billing process, rather than through physical rewiring of the Customer-generator property for a physical, single point of contact.