meets this test. Joint Solar Parties opines that while the customer generator definition in §2827(b)(4)(A) would seem to preclude VNEM generators from being located on sites with de minimus loads, such provision is not an absolute barrier to the Commission’s adoption of the Joint Solar Parties’ proposal. They propose the Commission exercise its responsibility to interpret the Public Utilities Code consistent with its intent to ensure disadvantaged communities are afforded a reasoned opportunity to participate in NEM programs. P.U. Code Section 2827.1(c) states: Beginning July 1, 2017, or when ordered to do so by the commission because the large electrical corporation has reached its capacity limitation of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 2827, all new eligible customer-generators shall be subject to the standard contract or tariff developed by the commission and any rules, terms, and rates developed pursuant to subdivision (b). There shall be no limitation on the amount of generating capacity or number of new eligible customer-generators entitled to receive service pursuant to the standard contract or tariff after July 1, 2017. An eligible that has received service under a net energy metering standard contract or tariff pursuant to Section 2827 that is no longer eligible to receive service shall be eligible to receive service pursuant to the standard contract or tariff developed by the commission pursuant to this section. P.U. Code Section 2827(b)(4)(A) states: “Eligible customer-generator” means a residential customer, small commercial customer as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 331, or commercial, industrial, or agricultural customer of an electric utility, who uses a renewable electrical generation facility, or a combination of those facilities, with a total capacity of not more than one megawatt, that is located on the customer’s owned, leased, or rented premises, and is interconnected and operates in parallel with the electrical grid, and is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer’s own electrical requirements.
meets this test. Joint Solar Parties opines that while the customer generator definition in §2827(b)(4)(A) would seem to preclude VNEM generators from being located on sites with de minimus loads, such provision is not an absolute barrier to the Commission’s adoption of the Joint Solar Parties’ proposal. They propose the Commission exercise its responsibility to interpret the Public Utilities Code consistent with its intent to ensure disadvantaged communities are afforded a reasoned opportunity to participate in NEM programs. P.U. Code Section 2827.1(c) states: Beginning July 1, 2017, or when ordered to do so by the commission because the large electrical corporation has reached its capacity limitation of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 2827, all new eligible customer-generators shall be subject to the standard contract or tariff developed by the commission and any rules, terms, and rates developed pursuant to subdivision (b). There shall be no limitation on the amount of generating capacity or number of new eligible customer-generators entitled to receive service pursuant to the standard contract or tariff after July 1, 2017. An eligible that has received service under a net energy metering standard contract or tariff pursuant to Section 2827 that is no longer eligible to receive service shall be eligible to receive service pursuant to the standard contract or tariff developed by the commission pursuant to this section. P.U. Code Section 2827(b)(4)(A) states: “Eligible customer-generator” means a residential customer, small commercial customer as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 331, or commercial, industrial, or agricultural customer of an electric utility, who uses a renewable electrical generation facility, or a combination of those facilities, with a total capacity of not more than one megawatt, that is located on the customer’s owned, leased, or rented premises, and is interconnected and operates in parallel with the electrical grid, and is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer’s own electrical requirements.
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