GUC currently offers two metering arrangements to customers planning to sell renewable generation back to the utility. GUC offers Net Billing (Renewable Energy Buy Back Bi-Directional) Metering Arrangement and a Buy All, Sell All (Bilateral) Metering Arrangement.
All rates are available for review by visiting www.guc.com/electric-rates.
WHAT IS NET BILLING (RENEWABLE EXCESS ENERGY BUY BACK BI-DIRECTIONAL) METERING ARRANGEMENT?
The Net Billing (Renewable Excess Energy Buy Back Bi-Directional) Metering Arrangement is available to residential customers planning to install a renewable generation system of 20kW-AC or less. This metering arrangement allows for generated energy from the renewable system to help in offsetting the amount of energy consumed from GUC. It also allows for the renewable system to have battery storage.
RULES AND REQUIREMENTS:
- One bi-directional meter with two metering registers with the ability to measure total energy consumed from and total excess energy supplied to GUC.
- Residential customer will also be assigned the ER-3 Electric Rate Schedule that can be viewed by visiting www.guc.com/electric-rates
- Customer billed for all energy in kilowatt-hours consumed from GUC at the Retail Rate
- Customer credited for excess energy in kilowatt-hours supplied to GUC at the Avoided Rate
- The amount of Excess Energy Credits (kWh) is limited to the amount of total Energy Consumed (kWh) from the Utility within the billing periods
Excess Energy Credits are not allowed to accumulate is to be applied towards future bills
WHAT IS BUY ALL, SELL ALL (BILATERAL) METER ARRANGEMENT?
The Buy All, Sell All (Bilateral Metering) Arrangement is available to residential customers planning to install renewable generation systems 20kW-AC or less AND to small or medium general service customers planning to install renewable generation systems 500kW-AC or less. With this arrangement, the renewable generation system is interconnected directly to the energy grid, and ALL energy generation is supplied directly to GUC. Customers are billed for all energy in kilowatt hours consumed from GUC at their existing rate schedule while being CREDITED for ALL renewable energy in kilowatt hours supplied to GUC. A renewable system with battery storage is not allowed for this metering arrangement.
RULES & REQUIREMENTS:
- Two uni-directional meters billed at their applicable electric rate schedules
- Bilateral Metering for Solar Energy Facilities (RR-3 Credit Rider) is added to customer's existing electric rate schedule
- Customers are CREDITED for ALL renewable energy in kilowatt hours supplied to GUC under RR-3 Credit Rider which can be viewed by visiting www.guc.com/electric-rates
- Total renewable energy supplied to GUC shall not exceed total energy consumed from GUC in kilowatt hours
- Excess renewable energy shall not accumulate and roll over to the next month's bill