A. Any customer that has installed a solar, wind, or other type of renewable electric generation system(s), which system may include technology to store renewable energy at the customer's property, in accordance with the standards established by section 13.08.260 of this chapter, shall be eligible, upon submitting a written application to the Director of Water and Electric, to receive a credit for energy delivered to the Village provided that the renewable electric generation system or, if more than one generation system, the combined generating capacity of all of the generation systems, are either: (i) designed to produce 25 kW or less; or (ii) if the renewable electric generation system is designed to produce more than 25 kW, the Director of Water and Electric determines that the installation of the generation system will not create a safety risk or adversely impact the Village's distribution system. No application shall be approved by the Director of Water and Electric unless the applicant: (x) demonstrates that the proposed renewable electric generating units will comply with the requirements of this chapter; and (y) signs an application, in which the applicant agrees to comply with the terms of this section and section 13.08.260 of this code.
B. The formula for calculating the renewable energy production credit shall be established by resolution of the Village Council introduced at one meeting and adopted at a subsequent meeting, which formula may be amended at any time by the Village Council.
C. The renewable energy credit shall be separately itemized and shown on the face of the customer's bill.
D. In the event of termination of an account that qualifies for a renewable energy production credit under this section, any outstanding credits shall be forfeited and shall not carry over to a new customer at the service location or be transferred to an account associated with another service location.
E. In the event that a renewable electric generating system(s) is installed on a property with multiple electric accounts, the property owner must determine which account the renewable energy source will be connected. The owner may not allocate credits across multiple accounts.
F. Citizen and customer concerns with the Village's interconnection of renewable energy policy, as adopted in this section and section 13.08.260 of this code, should be raised with the Director of Water and Electric, as the primary employee responsible for the implementation of the interconnection of renewable energy sources to the Village's distribution system. In the event that the Director of Water and Electric is unable to address a citizen or customer concern, that citizen or customer may raise their concerns either with the Village Manager or the Village Council, which may be done in the public comment portion of an open meeting of the Village Council and may be considered by the Village Council in accordance with its normal processes.
(MC-03-2023 § 2, Amended, 03/07/2023: Ord. MC-8-2008 § 4, Added, 11/18/2008)