(A) Pursuant to Neb. RS 70-2001 to 70-2005, the city finds and declares it to be in the public interest and in the interest of the customers of the city’s electric utility that the city adopt net metering policies.
(B) The city shall allow a customer generator’s retail electricity consumption to be offset by the electricity generated from eligible energy resources on the customer generator side of the meter that are interconnected with the facilities of the city owned utility.
(C) The city shall provide for “avoided costs” as the new rate for the net metering services; along with certain uniform standards and procedures for privately owned electrical generation to be net metered.
(D) Pursuant to Neb. RS 70-2001 to 70-2005, the city shall interconnect the qualified facility of any customer generator that enters into an interconnection agreement, satisfies the requirement for a qualified facility, and pays for costs incurred by the city.
(E) Attached to the ordinance codified herein, and approved as if fully set out in this section, are the following documents to be used in the net metering process:
(1) The city’s application for approval to connect distributed or local generation; and
(2) The net metering service rate schedule.
(Prior Code, § 3-918) (Ord. 724, passed 2-16-2016)