This bill introduces a new definition for "community generators," which are customer-generators with a maximum rated export capacity of less than 5 megawatts. These generators serve municipal or county aggregations or competitive electricity suppliers, and the bill clarifies that they are not considered part of utility default service. Additionally, it specifies how line loss adjustments will be accounted for in relation to the energy supplied by these community generators. The bill amends existing definitions in the Limited Electrical Energy Producers Act, particularly changing the definition of "customer-generator" to include community generators and adjusting the language regarding their capacity and interconnection with the distribution grid.

Furthermore, the bill outlines that when a community generator agrees to use its exported electric power to offset the load of a municipal or county aggregation or a competitive electricity supplier, it will be classified as a customer of that aggregation or supplier rather than on utility default service. The bill also modifies the accounting for energy supply and avoided generation capacity value, ensuring that the output from community generators is accounted for as a reduction to the electricity supplier's wholesale load obligation. The effective date of the act is upon its passage, and it is noted that the bill has no fiscal impact on state, county, or local expenditures or revenue.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 362-A:1-a, 362-A:9
HB759 text: 362-A:1-a, 362-A:9