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. (a) For purposes of this section, "eligible
customer-generator," "large electrical corporation," and "renewable
electrical generation facility" have the same meanings as defined in
Section 2827.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall develop a
standard contract or tariff, which may include net energy metering,
for eligible customer-generators with a renewable electrical
generation facility that is a customer of a large electrical
corporation no later than December 31, 2015. The commission may
develop the standard contract or tariff prior to December 31, 2015,
and may require a large electrical corporation that has reached the
net energy metering program limit of subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(4) of subdivision (c) of Section 2827 to offer the standard contract
or tariff to eligible customer-generators. A large electrical
corporation shall offer the standard contract or tariff to an
eligible customer-generator beginning July 1, 2017, or prior to that
date if ordered to do so by the commission because it has reached the
net energy metering program limit of subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(4) of subdivision (c) of Section 2827. The commission may revise the
standard contract or tariff as appropriate to achieve the objectives
of this section. In developing the standard contract or tariff, the
commission shall do all of the following:
(1) Ensure that the standard contract or tariff made available to
eligible customer-generators ensures that customer-sited renewable
distributed generation continues to grow sustainably and include
specific alternatives designed for growth among residential customers
in disadvantaged communities.
(2) Establish terms of service and billing rules for eligible
customer-generators.
(3) Ensure that the standard contract or tariff made available to
eligible customer-generators is based on the costs and benefits of
the renewable electrical generation facility.
(4) Ensure that the total benefits of the standard contract or
tariff to all customers and the electrical system are approximately
equal to the total costs.
(5) Allow projects greater than one megawatt that do not have
significant impact on the distribution grid to be built to the size
of the onsite load if the projects with a capacity of more than one
megawatt are subject to reasonable interconnection charges
established pursuant to the commission's Electric Rule 21 and
applicable state and federal requirements.
(6) Establish a transition period during which eligible
customer-generators taking service under a net energy metering tariff
or contract prior to July 1, 2017, or until the electrical
corporation reaches its net energy metering program limit pursuant to
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section
2827, whichever is earlier, shall be eligible to continue service
under the previously applicable net energy metering tariff for a
length of time to be determined by the commission by March 31, 2014.
Any rules adopted by the commission shall consider a reasonable
expected payback period based on the year the customer initially took
service under the tariff or contract authorized by Section 2827.
(7) The commission shall determine which rates and tariffs are
applicable to customer generators only during a rulemaking
proceeding. Any fixed charges for residential customer generators
that differ from the fixed charges allowed pursuant to subdivision
(f) of Section 739.9 shall be authorized only in a rulemaking
proceeding involving every large electrical corporation. The
commission shall ensure customer generators are provided electric
service at rates that are just and reasonable.
(c) Beginning July 1, 2017, or when ordered to do so by the
commission because the large electrical corporation has reached its
capacity limitation of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of
subdivision (c) of Section 2827, all new eligible customer-generators
shall be subject to the standard contract or tariff developed by the
commission and any rules, terms, and rates developed pursuant to
subdivision (b). There shall be no limitation on the amount of
generating capacity or number of new eligible customer-generators
entitled to receive service pursuant to the standard contract or
tariff after July 1, 2017. An eligible customer-generator that has
received service under a net energy metering standard contract or
tariff pursuant to Section 2827 that is no longer eligible to receive
service shall be eligible to receive service pursuant to the
standard contract or tariff developed by the commission pursuant to
this section.