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Coffeeville adopts new customer-owned generation policy, aligns billing with state law
Summary
The City Commission approved Resolution R-25-97 to adopt policies for customer-owned renewable generation, moving the utility from a net-generation approach to a parallel-generation billing method and setting technical and system caps.
The City Commission of the City of Coffeyville on Sept. 9 approved Resolution R-25-97 adopting new policies and procedures for interconnection and parallel operation of customer-owned renewable electric generation facilities.
The measure, presented by Executive Director of Electric Chris Weiner, changes how the city bills and credits customers with solar panels, wind systems or other behind-the-meter generation. "Basically, the solar policy is to bring us into compliance with state law," Weiner said, explaining the city will bill customers for electricity taken at the retail rate and credit exported energy at the city's avoided-cost rate (the cost the city pays GRDA for power).
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