Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 69 > Chapter 8 > Part 6 - Net Metering

• commission: means the public service commission provided for in 2-15-2602. See Montana Code 69-1-101
• Customer-generator: means a user of a net metering system. See Montana Code 69-8-103
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Net metering: means measuring the difference between the electricity distributed to and the electricity generated by a customer-generator that is fed back to the distribution system during the applicable billing period. See Montana Code 69-8-103
• Net metering system: means a facility for the production of electrical energy that:

  (a)uses as its fuel solar, wind, or hydropower;

  (b)has a generating capacity of not more than 50 kilowatts;

  (c)is located on the customer-generator's premises;

  (d)operates in parallel with the utility's distribution facilities; and

  (e)is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer-generator's requirements for electricity. See Montana Code 69-8-103

• Public utility: has the meaning of a public utility regulated by the commission pursuant to Title 69, chapter 3, on May 2, 1997, including the public utility's successors or assignees. See Montana Code 69-8-103
• Utility: means any public utility or cooperative utility. See Montana Code 69-8-103