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NC Net Metering |
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| Type of Incentive |
Net Metering |
| Eligible States |
NC |
| Eligible Utility |
Progress Energy, Duke Energy, Dominion North Carolina Power |
| 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 |
0.02 (residential), 0.1 (non-residential |
| Critical Information |
Eligible Technologies: Photovoltaics, Landfill Gas, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Small Hydroelectric. Size Limitations: 20 kW for residential systems; 100 kW for non-residential systems. Overall Enrollment Restrictions: 0.2% of each utility's North Carolina retail peak load for the previous year. Net Excess: Credited to customer's next bill at applicable time-of-use rate or less; granted to utility (annually) at beginning of each summer. |
| Start Date |
10/20/2005 |
| End Date |
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| Minimum Efficiency (%) |
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| Additional Information |
In October 2005, the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) adopted an order requiring the state's three investor-owned utilities -- Progress Energy, Duke Energy and Dominion North Carolina Power -- to make net metering available to customers. Systems must be interconnected and operated in parallel with the utility's distribution system. The maximum capacity of net-metered residential systems is 20 kilowatts (kW); the maximum capacity of net-metered nonresidential systems is 100 kW. Net metering is available on a first-come, first-served basis in conjunction with the utility's interconnection standards, up to an aggregate limit of 0.2% of the utility's North Carolina jurisdictional retail peak load for the previous year. Customers are required to switch to a time-of-use tariff in order to net meter. These tariffs could involve additional charges that do not apply to customers that do not take service under a time-of-use tariff. In general, utilities charge monthly fees for all interconnected systems (including small renewable-energy systems). |
| Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=NC05R&re=1&ee=1 |
| Additional Web Site |
http://www.ncuc.commerce.state.nc.us/ |
| Primary Contact |
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