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Renewable Excess Energy Buy Back Bi-Directional Metering (aka Net Billing)

  • Available to residential customers planning to install renewable generation systems 20kW-AC or less.
  • Allows for residential customers to utilize generated energy from the renewable system first to help offset the amount of energy consumed from GUC. Depending on the home's current energy needs, renewable excess energy can be exported to GUC.
  • Battery storage is allowed.
  • Requires one bi-directional meter with two metering registers with the ability to measure total energy consumed from and total excess energy supplied to GUC.
  • Customer will be assigned the ER-3 Electric Rate Schedule (PDF, 94.9 KB):
    • 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) are 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.