Eligibility and Availability
Austin Energy, the municipal utility of Austin Texas, offers net metering to its non-residential retail electricity customers for renewable energy systems up to 20 kilowatts (kW). Austin Energy offers the Value of Solar rate instead of net metering for residential customers with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems no larger than 20 kW. The current Performance Based Incentive Rate being accepted is $0.09/kWh for a ten year term.
The definition of renewable includes solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, wave and tidal energy, biomass, and biomass-based waste products, including landfill gas.
Systems must be used primarily to offset a portion or all of a customer's on-site electric load. Metering is accomplished using a single meter capable of registering the flow of electricity in both directions (delivered and received) to determine net energy flows. All systems must meet the requirements of Austin Energy's interconnection guidelines and the customer is responsible for all interconnection costs.
Net Excess Generation
Customers that generate more electricity than they consume during a monthly billing period will receive a credit for net excess generation (NEG) at the appropriate avoided cost rate.
| Implementing Sector: | Utility |
| Category: | Regulatory Policy |
| State: | Texas |
| Incentive Type: | Net Metering |
| Web Site: | http://bit.ly/1n434mu |
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| Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: |
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| Applicable Utilities: | Austin Energy |
| System Capacity Limit: | 20 kW - AC |
| Aggregate Capacity Limit: | No limit specified |
| Net Excess Generation: | Credited to customer's next bill at avoided-cost rate |
| Ownership of Renewable Energy Credits: | Not addressed |
| Meter Aggregation: | Not addressed |
| Technologies: | Geothermal Electric, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Photovoltaics, Wind (All), Biomass, Municipal Solid Waste, Landfill Gas, Tidal, Wave, Wind (Small), Hydroelectric (Small), Anaerobic Digestion |
| Sectors: | Commercial |
| Parameters: | The incentive is 0.09 $/kWh |
| Name: | Ordinance No. 20120607-055 - Distributed Generation from Renewable Sources Rider |
| Date Enacted: | 06/07/2012 |
| Name: | Leslie Libby |
| Organization: | Austin Energy |
| Address: |
206 E. Ninth Street, Suite 17.102 Austin TX 78701 |
| Phone: | (512) 482-5390 |
| Email: | leslie.libby@austinenergy.com |
This information is sourced from DSIRE; the most comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that support renewables and energy efficiency in the United States. Established in 1995, DSIRE is operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University.
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