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CITY OF COLTON Item #15 AGENDA REPORT For the City Council Meeting of February 17, 2004 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Thomas K. Clarke, Utilities Director cell �VV-TYJC/ 0 SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF REPLACEMENT OF RESOLUTION NO. R-67-96 NET ENERGY METERING WITH RESOLUTION NO. R -XX -04 TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE DATE: January 13, 2004 BMKGIRQUND In June 18, 1996, the City of Colton approved a resolution No. R-67-96 allowing net metering of photovoltaic (solar electric) generation from Colton Electric Utility's customers. Current California Public Utilities Code Section 2827 has more details about the requirements for metering, billing, and interconnection that provide additional protections for the utility and customer than the preexisting resolution. A new resolution R -X-04 (ATTACHMENT 1) has been written that follows the requirements in the California Public Utilities Code and Colton Electric Utility seeks to replace R-67-96 with R -XX -04 in the Colton Electric Utility's Customer Service Policy so that written policy conforms to the applicable rules, regulations, and laws. DISCUSSIOU L AMLYSIS The current California Public Utilities Code has changed the requirements for net metering from Colton`s existing regulations by: 1. Including all commercial, industrial, and agricultural service customers including Demand and Time of Use meters and rates to be eligible to participate in net metering instead of just residential customers with single phase non -demand meters. 2. Including wind as well as photovoltaic (Solar electric) systems. 3. Expanding size of maximum size of solar and/or wind system from 10 kW to 1000 kW. 4. Changes the kWh rate from a fixed amount in the tariff to the amount that would be charged to any customer in the same class without net metering. 5. The anniversary period for annual determination of net energy consumption or production has been set as one year from the beginning of net metering instead of first day of calendar year. 6. At the end of the annual billing period if the customer has a net energy credit the Utility does not have to pay the customer for the energy unless the Utility has a power purchase agreement with the customer. 7. Requires the Utility to make application for net metering available over the Internet and to process applications with -in a certain time period. The City of Colton Public Utilities Commission has reviewed and approved these amendments to the Colton Electric Utility's Customer Service Policy on February 9, 2004. ALURNAMES The City can be out of compliance with the California Public Utilities Code and not provide customers benefits available to customers in other electric utility service areas in the State of California. Page 1 of 2