Ill. Admin. Code tit. 83, § 465.35 - Net Metering Application and Enrollment Procedures
a) Each electricity supplier shall establish an
application form and publish on its website procedures to enable eligible customers
to participate in the net metering program offered by the electricity supplier. Each
electricity supplier shall designate a point of contact and provide contact
information on its website. The point of contact shall be able to direct questions
concerning net metering request submissions and the net metering process to
knowledgeable individuals within the company.
b) An electricity provider may establish an
enrollment cap of 5% of the peak demand supplied by the electricity provider in the
previous calendar year in accordance with Section 16-107.5(j) of the Act. Nothing in
this Part alters the authority of electricity providers to offer net metering beyond
the limitations in Section 16-107.5(j) of the Act, if they so choose.
c) Net metering enrollment priority shall be
established on a first-come, first-served basis, according to an electricity
supplier's date stamp or similar electronic method for indicating receipt of a
completed net metering application.
d)
Each completed application for net metering services shall be in writing or be
submitted via an electronic application process established by the electricity
supplier and shall include:
1) The customer 's
name, contact information and corresponding service location where the proposed net
metering generation facility or facilities are located;
2) The name plate capacity rating of the proposed
net metering generation facility or facilities; and
3) Sufficient information to permit the
electricity supplier to determine whether any facility on the application qualifies
as an eligible renewable electrical generating facility .
e) Electricity suppliers shall provide net
metering applicants with a single mailing address to which a completed physical
application must be sent. In addition, or as an alternative, electricity suppliers
may establish an electronic net metering application process. Electricity suppliers
shall date stamp, either physically or by electronic means, each completed
application upon receipt and determine whether the application meets the
requirements of subsection (d). Electricity suppliers shall, within 10 business days
after receipt of a qualified application or completion of an open enrollment period,
notify an applicant whether it is authorized to participate in the electricity
supplier's net metering program. An electricity supplier shall state, in writing,
its reasons for denying a prospective net metering customer 's application. An
electricity supplier shall not deny a prospective net metering customer 's
application in a manner that violates this Part, 83 Ill. Adm. Code 466 or Section
16-107.5 of the Act.
f) If an
electricity supplier denies an application due to the cap authorized by subsection
(b), the electricity supplier shall offer the applicant the opportunity to be placed
on a waiting list. If space becomes available under the cap, due to either attrition
among enrolled customers or an increase in the electricity supplier's peak demand,
wait-listed customers shall be processed before new applications.
g) Any authorization to net meter shall remain
effective for as long as the customer remains eligible for net metering and
continues taking electric supply service from the electricity supplier, subject to
the limitations in subsections (g)(1) and (g)(2).
1) A customer authorized to net meter under
subsection (e) shall submit an executed application for interconnection, pursuant to
83 Ill. Adm. Code 466, to the customer 's electric utility within 30 business days
after the date of the notification from the electricity supplier pursuant to
subsection (e). An electricity supplier may cancel the authorization if the customer
has not submitted an executed application by the date specified in subsection
(g)(2)(A).
2) The following provisions
apply to any electricity supplier that establishes enrollment limits, as authorized
by subsection (b):
A) The electricity supplier
shall cancel a customer 's authorization to net meter if the customer has not
executed and returned to the customer 's electric utility an interconnection
agreement with the electric utility pursuant to 83 Ill. Adm. Code 466 and provided
the executed interconnection agreement to its electricity supplier within 12 months
after receiving the interconnection agreement from the electric utility .
B) The electricity supplier must automatically
extend the authorization to net meter by an additional six months for an eligible
customer that has met the requirements of subsection (g)(2)(A), but whose eligible
renewable electrical generating facility has not commenced operation and passed any
applicable witness test.
C) A customer
seeking to extend the authorization to net meter for an additional six months
pursuant to subsection (g)(2)(B) must pay a deposit of $25 for each kW of the
nameplate rating of the customer 's eligible renewable electrical generating
facility, which shall be refunded only if the facility commences operation and
passes any applicable witness test. A customer may only receive a single six-month
extension.
D) Customers who have
previously applied to net meter must reapply if:
i) the customer has had its authorization to net
meter canceled for failure to execute and return the interconnection agreement as
required by subsection (g)(2)(A); or
ii)
the customer has exhausted its allotted time to commence operation and pass any
applicable witness test pursuant to subsections (g)(2)(B) and (g)(2)(C).
E) If a customer must reapply
pursuant to subsection (g)(2)(D), all other customers awaiting authorization to net
meter at that time shall be deemed to have applied before the reapplying customer
for purposes of the enrollment priority established by subsection (c). Additionally,
the project for which a customer must reapply shall be removed from the calculation
of the 5% of peak demand supplied by the electricity supplier enrollment cap.
h) With respect to
any customer that has been authorized for net metering offered by an ARES , the ARES
must notify the electric utility in writing or via an electronic method approved by
the utility of the customer's status as a net metering customer within 15 days after
the customer's authorization.
i) With
respect to any customer that has had its authorization for net metering canceled by
an ARES , the ARES must notify the electric utility in writing or via an electronic
method approved by the utility of the customer's status as a canceled net metering
customer within 15 days after the cancellation.
j) With respect to any non-competitive customer
authorized for net metering offered by an electricity supplier that is switching to
another electricity supplier, the electric utility must notify the customer's new
electricity supplier via an electronic method approved by the utility of the
customer's status as a net metering customer.
k) With respect to any customer that has been
authorized for net metering that is switching from one electricity supplier to
another, the customer 's new electricity supplier shall inform the customer within 15
calendar days after the date the electric utility provides the notice to the new
electricity supplier pursuant to subsection (j), of any steps that are necessary to
apply for net metering with the new supplier.
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