§ 8104. Rates for electricity

(a) All or a portion of the electricity generated by a Vermont village green renewable project, if it includes district power, shall be made available to the commercial, industrial, and residential users identified in the host community’s application to the Commission under subsection 8101(b) of this title.

(b) If a Vermont village green renewable project includes district power and does not qualify or opt for treatment as a net metering system under section 8010 of this title:

(1) On petition of the host community, the Commission after notice and opportunity for hearing shall create a rate class for the commercial, industrial, and residential uses served by the project, the rates for which class at a minimum shall be consistent with the following principle: An end user shall pay the same share of the distribution utility’s fixed costs as a similar end user not served by the project.

(2) Excess electricity may be sold to the distribution utility at the market rate or by contract. (Added 2009, No. 45, § 15a, eff. May 27, 2009; amended 2009, No. 54, § 67, eff. June 1, 2009; 2013, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.)