Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 8007
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 8007
- Commission: means the Public Utility Commission under section 3 of this title. See
- Net metering: means measuring the difference between the electricity supplied to a customer and the electricity fed back by the customer's net metering system during the customer's billing period:
- Plant: means an independent technical facility that generates electricity from renewable energy. See
- Plant capacity: means the rated electrical nameplate for a plant, except that, in the case of a solar energy plant, the term shall mean the aggregate AC nameplate capacity of all inverters used to convert the plant's output to AC power. See
- provider: means a company engaged in the distribution or sale of electricity directly to the public. See
- Renewable energy: means energy produced using a technology that relies on a resource that is being consumed at a harvest rate at or below its natural regeneration rate. See
§ 8007. Small renewable energy plants; simplified procedures
(a) The same application form, rules, and procedures that the Commission applies to net metering systems of 150 kilowatts (kW) or less under sections 248 and 8010 of this title shall apply to the review under section 248 of this title of any renewable energy plant with a plant capacity of 150 kW or less and to the interconnection of such a plant with the system of a Vermont retail electricity provider. This requirement includes any waivers of criteria under section 248 of this title made pursuant to section 8010 of this title.
(b) With respect to renewable energy plants that have a plant capacity that is greater than 150 kW and is 2.2 MW or less, the Commission shall establish by rule or order standards and procedures governing application for, and issuance or revocation of, a certificate of public good for such a plant under the provisions of section 248 of this title, and the interconnection of such a plant with the system of a Vermont retail electricity provider.
(1) In developing such rules or orders, the Commission:
(A) Shall waive the requirements of section 248 of this title that are not applicable to such a plant, including, for a plant that is not owned by a Vermont retail electricity provider, criteria that are generally applicable to such a provider.
(B) May modify notice and hearing requirements of this title as it deems appropriate.
(C) Shall simplify the petition and review process as appropriate.
(2) Notwithstanding 1 V.S.A. §§ 213 and 214, a petitioner whose petition under section 248 of this title is pending as of the effective date of a Commission rule or order under this subsection (b) may elect to apply the standards and procedures of such a rule or order to the pending petition if the petition pertains to a renewable energy plant with a plant capacity that is greater than 150 kW and is 2.2 MW or less. (Added 2009, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. June 4, 2010; 2013, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.)