HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2323
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to Net energy metering.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 269-105, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§269-105  Calculation.  The net energy metering calculation shall be made by measuring the difference between the electricity supplied to the eligible customer-generator and:

     (1)  The electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator and fed back to the electric grid over a monthly billing period; and

     (2)  Any unused credits for excess electricity from the eligible customer-generator carried over from previous months [since the last twelve-month reconciliation period]."

     SECTION 2.  Section 269-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§269-106  Billing periods; twelve-month reconciliation.  [(a)]  Billing of net energy metering customers shall be on a monthly basis; provided that the last monthly bill for each twelve-month period shall reconcile for that twelve-month period the net electricity provided by the electric utility with:

     (1)  The electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator and fed back to the electric grid over the monthly billing period; and

     (2)  Any unused credits for excess electricity from the eligible customer-generator carried over from prior months [since the last twelve-month reconciliation period.

(b)  Credits for excess electricity from the eligible customer-generator that remain unused after each twelve-month reconciliation period may not be carried over to the next twelve-month period]."

     SECTION 3.  Section 269-107, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§269-107  Net electricity consumers.  At the end of each monthly billing period, where the electricity supplied during the period by the electric utility exceeds:

     (1)  The electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator during that same period; and

     (2)  Any unused credits for excess electricity from the eligible customer-generator carried over from prior months [since the last twelve-month reconciliation period],

the eligible customer-generator is a net electricity consumer and the electric utility shall be owed compensation for the eligible customer-generator's net kilowatt-hour consumption over that same period.  The compensation owed for the eligible customer-generator's net monthly kilowatt-hour consumption shall be calculated at the retail rate of the rate class to which the customer is normally assigned [to]."

     SECTION 4.  Section 269-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§269-108  Net electricity producers; excess electricity credits and credit carry over.  At the end of each monthly billing period, where the electricity generated by the eligible customer-generator during the month exceeds the electricity supplied by the electric utility during that same period, the eligible customer-generator is a net electricity producer and the electric utility shall retain any excess kilowatt-hours generated during the prior monthly billing period; provided that the excess electricity generated by the customer-generator, if any, in each monthly billing period shall be carried over to the next month as a monetary value to the credit of the eligible customer-generator, which credit may accumulate and be used to offset the compensation owed the electric utility for the eligible customer-generator's net kilowatt-hour consumption for succeeding months [within each twelve-month period]; provided further that the electric utility shall reconcile the eligible customer-generator's electricity production and consumption for each twelve-month period as set forth in section 269-106.  The eligible customer-generator shall not be owed any compensation for excess kilowatt-hours unless the electric utility enters into a purchase agreement with the eligible customer-generator for those excess kilowatt-hours."

     SECTION 5.  Section 269-109, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§269-109  Net electricity consumption or production information.  The electric utility shall provide every eligible customer-generator with net electricity consumption or production information with each regular monthly bill, which shall include:

     (1)  The current monetary balance owed the electric utility for net electricity consumed;

     (2)  The net electricity produced since the end of the last monthly billing period; and

     (3)  An accounting of the credits for excess electricity produced by the eligible customer-generator [since the last twelve-month reconciliation period] that shows credits applied to the monthly billing period and the balance of unused credits, if any."

     SECTION 6.  Section 269-110, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§269-110  Termination by eligible customer-generators.  If an eligible customer-generator terminates the customer relationship with the electric utility, the electric utility shall reconcile the eligible customer‑generator's consumption and production of electricity, including any unused credits for excess electricity from the eligible customer‑generator carried over from prior months, [for the period following the last twelve-month reconciliation period to the date of termination of the relationship,] according to the requirements set forth in this part."

     SECTION 7.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 8.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Alternative Energy; Net Energy Metering; Energy Credits

Description:

Allows eligible customer-generators to carry over unused credits for excess electricity from previous months until exhausted.

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