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8 General Description:
9 This bill requires a charge for metered electric service delivered to a contract customer
10 to include a value based credit.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ requires a charge for metered electric service delivered to a contract customer to
14 include a capacity credit based on the value of the hourly capacity provided by the
15 renewable energy facility during on-peak hours.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17 None
18 Other Special Clauses:
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20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 AMENDS:
22 54-17-805, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 182
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 54-17-805 is amended to read:
26 54-17-805. Costs associated with delivering electricity from a renewable energy
27 facility to a contract customer.
28 (1) To the extent that a renewable energy contract provides for the delivery of
29 electricity from a renewable energy facility owned by the contract customer, the renewable
30 energy contract shall require the contract customer to pay for the use of the qualified utility's
31 transmission or distribution facilities at the qualified utility's applicable rates, which may
32 include transmission costs at the qualified utility's applicable rate approved by the Federal
33 Energy Regulatory Commission.
34 (2) To the extent that a renewable energy contract provides for the delivery of
35 electricity from a renewable energy facility owned by a person other than the qualified utility or
36 the contract customer, the renewable energy contract shall require the contract customer to bear
37 all reasonably identifiable costs that the qualified utility incurs in delivering the electricity from
38 the renewable energy facility to the contract customer, including all costs to procure and deliver
39 electricity and for billing, administrative, and related activities, as determined by the
40 commission.
41 (3) A qualified utility that enters a renewable energy contract shall charge a contract
42 customer for all metered electric service delivered to the contract customer, including
43 generation, transmission, and distribution service, at the qualified utility's applicable tariff
44 rates, excluding:
45 (a) any kilowatt hours of electricity delivered from the renewable energy facility, based
46 on the time of delivery, adjusted for transmission losses;
47 (b) any kilowatts of electricity delivered from the renewable energy facility that
48 coincide with the contract customer's monthly metered kilowatt demand measurement, adjusted
49 for transmission losses;
50 (c) any transmission and distribution service that the contract customer pays for under
51 Subsection (1) or (2); and
52 (d) any transmission service that the contract customer provides under Subsection (2)
53 to deliver generation from the renewable energy facility.
54 (4) Any charge for metered electric service delivered to a contract customer pursuant to
55 Subsection (3) shall include an hourly capacity credit for the capacity provided by the
56 renewable energy facility during on-peak hours, to be derived by dividing the otherwise
57 applicable monthly or daily capacity charge by the average number of on-peak hours in each
58 monthly or daily measurement period, as applicable.