The Commission may adopt by rulemaking additional control and testing requirements for community renewable energy facilities that the Commission considers necessary to protect public safety and system reliability. (A) A community renewable energy facility shall meet all applicable safety and performance standards. (5) The Commission shall establish additional rules as necessary for the electric company to implement the following provisions: (4) If electricity generated by the customer-generator and fed back into the electric grid exceeds the electricity supplied by the electricity supplier, the customer generator may receive compensation based on the net metering rules established by the Commission. (3) If the electricity supplied by an electricity supplier exceeds the electricity generated by the customer-generator and fed back into the electric grid during the billing period, the customer-generator shall be billed for the net electricity supplied by the electricity supplier in accordance with net metering rules established by the Commission. The Commission may adopt by regulation additional control and testing requirements for customer-generators that the Commission determines are necessary to protect public safety and system reliability. An eligible customer-generator’s net metering system for renewable resources, cogeneration, fuel cells, and microturbines shall meet all applicable safety and performance standards. (2) The Commission shall ensure that the metering equipment installed for net metering shall be capable of measuring the flow of electricity in 2 directions, and shall allocate fairly the cost of such equipment and any necessary interconnection.

(B) Owners or operators of distribution or transmission facilities (1) The program may include, as the Commission determines will facilitate the provision of net energy metering, requirements for: (b) Any net energy metering program established by the Commission shall be subject to the following: Net Metering and Virtual Net metering provide a huge opportunity for Washington to capitalize on tax credits and other resources through the Inflation Reduction Act.(a) The Commission may establish a program which affords eligible customer-generators the opportunity to participate in net energy metering. To date, net metering has not included solutions to support multi-family housing, renters and homeowners with roofs unsuitable for solar.

Net Metering Brings Equity and Fairness and Opportunity to our Energy Grid. Currently net metered solar deployment accounts for less than 1% of the state’s fuel grid make-up. We are trailing other states and are a decade behind on the amount of net metering available as well as the size of project allowed to benefit from this important tool. We need this resource to be fully utilized as Washington works to build out a clean energy grid. Net metering also builds flexibility into our energy grid. Thanks to the strong consumer demand, several Washington utilities have hit their net metering cap, and more will hit this cap soon.

Net metering makes solar affordable for home owners and businesses and allows for expansion. Ratepayers deserve fair compensation for the energy they produce. Net metering is a billing structure that allows for excess energy generated by solar installations to be credited back to the energy bill of the system owner, giving full benefit for all electricity produced throughout the year.

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