HB 66 - Net Energy Metering

• Retail electricity suppliers must offer net energy metering to residential and commercial customers with on-site renewable generation (solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, or hydropower) at no additional fee beyond standard meter costs.

• Customer generators must have a capacity of no more than 25 kilowatts (utilities may elect higher limits), be located on customer premises, and operate in parallel with the utility's distribution system.

• Excess energy generated by customers is credited in kilowatt-hours and applied to reduce future bills, with oldest credits used first; unused credits accumulated during a calendar year revert to the utility at year-end with no compensation to the customer.

• Utilities must offer net energy metering on a first-come, first-served basis up to one percent of their annual peak energy usage (utilities may adopt higher limits), and may limit installations due to engineering constraints.

• Small utilities selling not more than 1,000,000 kilowatt-hours annually may exempt themselves if a majority of customers vote in favor; utilities powered 100 percent by alternative energy (except emergency backup) are exempt from the program requirements.