Summary:
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The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC)
issued an order on January 26, 1982, requiring all regulated utilities
to file tariffs allowing net metering to customers that generate
electricity with systems up to 20 kilowatts (kW) in capacity. The order
applies to investor-owned utilities and municipal utilities, but not to
electric cooperatives. All distributed-generation (DG) systems,
including renewables and combined heat and power (CHP), are eligible.
There is no limit on total enrollment.
The PSC has not adopted administrative rules for net
metering.* Utilities' net-metering tariffs contain some variations.
Customer net excess generation (NEG) is generally credited at the
utility's retail rate for renewables, and at the utility's avoided-cost
rate for non-renewables. NEG credit is carried over to the customer's
next bill. If NEG credit exceeds $25, then the utility must issue a
check for the amount, payable to the customer.
In January 2006, the PSC approved a proposal by We
Energies, an investor-owned utility, to offer net metering to customers
with wind turbines greater than 20 kW but no greater than 100 kW in
capacity. This offer is available to the first 25 eligible applicants,
for a term of 10 years. For more information, see www.we-energies.com/cg.
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Subsequent PSC decisions issued June 21, 1983, in docket numbers
05-ER-11, 05-ER-12 and 05-ER-13, further implemented Sections 201 and
210 of the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act of 1978
(PURPA). These decisions were confirmed by an order issued September
18, 1992, in docket number 05-EP-6. This latter order addresses net
metering as it applies to Wisconsin's investor-owned utilities.
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