(a) Adoption.
(1) In order to establish standards, policies and procedures for eligible residential and commercial customers to interconnect and operate customer-owned inverter-based solar and wind generation facilities with a rated output of 25 kilowatts AC or less for residential service and 200 kilowatts AC or less for commercial service in parallel with the City of Wamego electric distribution system, there is hereby incorporated by reference the document known as “Interconnection Standards for Installation and Parallel Operation of Customer-Owned Renewable Electric Generation Facilities 25 kWAC or Less for Residential Service and 200 kWAC or Less for Commercial Service, City of Wamego, Kansas”, including a template for interconnection agreements between the city and customers of the city proposing to operate renewable electric generation facilities in parallel with the city electric distribution system, dated October 2021, together with the document known as “Behind the Meter Generation Policy & Procedure For Customer-Owned Renewable Energy Resources”, dated September 2019.
(2) No fewer than three copies of said interconnection standards and said behind the meter generation policy shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Adopted by Ord. 1760”, with a copy of said ordinance attached, and filed with the City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours.
(b) Available. Service is available at points on the utility’s existing electric distribution system for customers operating renewable energy resources. The service is available to customer-generators on a first-come, first-served basis until the total rated generating capability of all interconnections served under parallel generation equals or exceeds 4% of the city’s peak load for the previous calendar year. Upon reaching this limit, no additional service shall be available under this rate schedule. This rate schedule shall not be available for any electric service schedule allowing for resale.
(c) Application.
(1) Service under this renewable parallel generation rate schedule is available to city (“utility”) customers in good standing with a customer-owned renewable electric generation facility as defined in the Interconnection Standards for Installation and Parallel Operation of Customer-Owned Renewable Electric Generation Facilities 25kWAC or Less for-Residential Service and 200 kWAC or Less for Commercial Service, City of Wamego, Kansas, that wish to-receive a billing credit for surplus renewable energy supplied to the utility subject to the terms and conditions of this schedule.
(2) Customer-owned renewable generation and associated equipment are collectively referred to as a generation facility.
(3) The utility may refuse interconnection of any generating facility with a rated generating capacity greater than a customer’s annual peak electric load. For calculation, see Interconnection Standards for Installation and Parallel Operation of Customer-Owned Renewable Electric Generation Facilities 25kWAC or Less for-Residential Service and 200 kWAC or Less for Commercial Service, City of Wamego, Kansas, Part 1, §8, page 2.
(d) Character of service. Single phase and three-phase, 60 hertz, alternating current will be supplied at standard voltages as available through one transformer. A QUALIFYING CUSTOMER is a customer in good standing, connected to the utility electric distribution system for the purpose of receiving retail electric service that also owns and operates a generation facility, as defined in the Interconnection Standards for Installation and Parallel Operation of Customer-Owned Renewable Electric Generation Facilities 25kWAC or Less for-Residential Service and 200 kWAC or Less for Commercial Service, City of Wamego, Kansas. The generation facility shall be installed and operated in accordance with the requirements of said Interconnection Standards.
(e) Rates.
(1) Rates for residential and commercial users shall be as follows:
RATES: |
First 400 KWH @ 6.55 cents each |
Next 400 KWH @ 5.00 cents each |
All over 800 KWH @ 4.00 cents each |
Customer charge of $6.00 for each monthly billing period |
(2) In addition to KWH step rate charges, a KW capacity charge shall apply to all metered 30-minute demands. Capacity charge shall be calculated at $3.90 per measured KW demand, but not less than the highest demand established each year beginning July 1.
(3) The minimum monthly charge of $6 plus the capacity charge shall be the minimum bill. Any credits applied to the bill will not result in a total bill less than the minimum bill. Additional installation fees may be applied as detailed in the fee structure for a basic energy generation plan. The basic energy generation plan is available upon request.
(f) Metering. Metering shall be accomplished by use of a utility-approved electric meter or meters capable of registering the flow of electricity in each direction. The utility may, at its own expense and with written consent of the customer, install one or more additional meters to monitor the flow of electricity.
(g) Customer billing. The measurement of net electricity supplied by the electric utility and delivered to the electric utility shall be calculated in the following manner. Electric utility shall measure the amount of electricity delivered by electric utility to customer and the amount of electricity generated by the customer and delivered to electric utility during the billing period, in accordance with normal metering practices. The kWh delivered by electric utility to the customer shall be billed to the customer at the rates contained in this section. The kWh generated by the customer and delivered to the electric utility shall be credited as described in customer billing credit below. The calculated credit applied to the bill will not result in a total bill less than the minimum bill.
(h) Customer billing credit. The billing credit for surplus energy generated by the generation facility and delivered to the electric distribution system that exceeds the customer’s instantaneous load, but is not in excess of the appropriate generator size, the city shall credit 150% of the city’s actual cost of purchased energy ($/kWh) for the periods in which energy was delivered to the city.
(i) Terms and conditions.
(1) The utility shall offer this renewable parallel generation rate schedule to customers that wish to receive billing credit for surplus renewable energy supplied to the utility from eligible customer-owned solar generation facilities.
(2) The utility may limit the number and size of renewable generators to be connected to the utility’s system due to the capacity of the distribution line to which such renewable generator would be connected, and in no case, shall the utility be obligated to purchase an amount greater than 4% of utility’s peak power requirements.
(3) This schedule shall only be available to customers in good standing. All agreements hereunder shall be between the customer and the city and will not include third parties.
(4) This schedule is subject to the provisions of the Interconnection Standards for Installation and Parallel Operation of Customer-Owned Renewable Electric Generation Facilities 25kWAC or Less for-Residential Service and 200 kWAC or Less for Commercial Service, City of Wamego, Kansas.
(5) The interconnection agreement between the utility and customer must remain in effect and the customer-owned generation facility must be in full compliance with the terms and conditions of the interconnection standards for installation and parallel operation of customer-owned renewable electric generation facilities.
(6) Any required insurance coverage is specifically addressed in the Interconnection Standards for Installation and Parallel Operation of Customer-Owned Renewable Electric Generation Facilities 25kWAC or Less for-Residential Service and 200 kWAC or Less for Commercial Service, City of Wamego, Kansas.
(7) Nothing in this schedule shall abrogate any customer’s obligation to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, codes or ordinances.
(8) This schedule shall remain in place for a minimum of 12 months.
(Ord. 1724, passed 11-19-2019; Ord. 1760, passed 10-5-2021)