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Funding Resources
Funding Resources
| ME Net Metering Standards | |
|---|---|
| Type of Incentive | Net Metering |
| Eligible States | ME |
| Eligible Technology | Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel | # 2 Fuel Oil, # 6 Fuel Oil, Biogas, Biomass, Coal, Hydrogen, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Natural Gas, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel, Waste heat Recovery |
| Eligible Project Size | 0-0.66 |
| Number of Awards | |
| Size of Award | Eligible Technologies: Solar Thermal Electric, Photovoltaics, Wind, Biomass, Hydroelectric, Geothermal Electric, Fuel Cells, Municipal Solid Waste, CHP/Cogeneration, Tidal Energy Size Limitations: 660 kW A CHP system must meet efficiency requirements in order to qualify for net metering: micro-CHP 30 kW and below must achieve combined electrical and thermal efficiency of 80% or greater, and micro-CHP 31 kW to 660 kW must achieve combined efficiency of 65% or greater. Overall Enrollment Restrictions: None Net Excess: Credited to customer's next bill; granted to utility at end of 12-month billing cycle |
| Start Date | 1/1/1987 |
| End Date |
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| Additional Information | Net metering has been available in Maine since 1987 for owners of qualified cogeneration and small power-production facilities with a maximum capacity of 100 kilowatts (kW). However, in April 2009, Gov. John Baldacci signed LD 336, authorizing the final adoption of the rule, amending it to include high efficiency micro-combined heat and power systems as eligible to net meter and to participate in the new shared ownership net metering opportunities and increasing the capacity limit from 500 kW (as in the proposed rules) to 660 kW. All of Maine's electric utilities -- investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities and electric cooperatives -- must offer net metering. Net excess generation (NEG) is credited to the following month for up to 12 months; after the end of an annualized period, all NEG is granted to the utility with no compensation for the customer. At its own expense, a utility may install additional meters to record purchases and sales separately. There is no limit on the aggregate amount of energy generated by net-metered customers. However, a utility must notify the PUC if the cumulative capacity of net-metered facilities reaches 1.0 percent of the utility's peak demand. |
| Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=ME02R&state=ME&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1  |
| Primary Contact |
Mitchell Tannenbaum 242 State Street State House Station 18 Augusta, ME 04333 U.S.A. Mitchell Tannenbaum (mitchell.tannenbaum@maine.gov) (207) 287-1391 |