HB 5692 Summary

• Eliminates the requirement that the Public Service Commission establish a tariff for customers participating in net metering or distributed generation programs under the Clean and Renewable Energy and Energy Waste Reduction Act by striking subsection (14).

• Strikes language requiring the commission to conduct a study on equitable cost-of-service tariffs for net metering and distributed generation participants within one year of the amendatory act's effective date.

• Removes the provision requiring tariff approval in any rate case filed after June 1, 2018, for all customers in net metering or distributed generation programs.

• Changes three instances of "shall" to "must" in sections regarding interest rates on refunds and payment limits for merchant plants to clarify mandatory language requirements.

• Maintains all other provisions of Section 6a regarding utility rate applications, hearing procedures, timelines for commission decisions, and merchant plant cost recovery mechanisms.