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| MN Net Metering Standards | |
|---|---|
| Type of Incentive | Net Metering |
| Eligible States | MN |
| 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 - 0.04 |
| Critical Information | Eligible Technologies: Photovoltaics, Landfill Gas, Wind, Biomass, Hydroelectric, Municipal Solid Waste, CHP/Cogeneration, Anaerobic Digestion, Small Hydroelectric, Other Distributed Generation Technologies Size Limitations: 40 kW Overall Enrollment Restrictions: None Net Excess: Customer receives a check or bill credit for NEG at the end of each month, calculated at the "average retail utility energy rate." |
| Start Date | 6/15/1981 |
| End Date |
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| Additional Information | Minnesota enacted its net-metering law in 1981. Net-metering applies to all investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities and electric cooperatives. All "qualifying facilities" up to 40 kilowatts (kW) in capacity are eligible. A "qualifying facility" is defined in the PURPA of 1978 and generally includes most renewable-energy and CHP systems. There is no limit on statewide capacity. Each utility is required to compensate customers for customer net excess generation (NEG) at the "average retail utility energy rate," defined as "the total annual class revenue from sales of electricity minus the annual revenue resulting from fixed charges, divided by the annual class kilowatt-hour sales." This rate is basically the same as a utility's retail rate. The purchase of NEG at a utility's retail rate distinguishes Minnesota's net-metering law from net-metering laws and programs in most other states. (Wisconsin is the only other state that provides for the actual purchase -- in the form of a check payable to the customer -- of NEG at the utility's retail rate for electricity generated by a renewable-energy system. However, in Wisconsin a check will only be issued to the customer if NEG exceeds $25.) |
| Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=MN01R&state=MN&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1  |
| Primary Contact |
Energy Information Center 85 7th Place East Suite 500 St. Paul, MN 55101 U.S.A. Energy Information Center (energy.info@state.mn.us) (651) 296-5175 (651) 297-7891 |