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Distributed Generation Rider

Availability

Available to residential or commercial members of the Cooperative who receive service from the Cooperative under otherwise standard applicable service tariffs, and who have an installed Eligible Distributed Generation Facility on the member's premises.

Also available to Community Distributed Generation Facilities subject to the provisions of Section VI of this schedule.

Applicability

Applicable to Distributed Generation service for residential and commercial-owned Distributed Generation Facilities that operate in parallel with the Cooperative's system and comply with all of the following requirements:

  1. Is owned and operated by the member and is located on the member's premises.
  2. Has a generating capacity of not more than 25 kilowatts for residential or 300 kilowatts for commercial or agricultural use.
  3. Can safely operate in parallel with the Cooperative's existing system without adversely affecting the operation of equipment and service of the Cooperative and its members and without presenting safety hazards to the Cooperative and member personnel.
  4. Is primarily intended to offset part or all of the member's requirements for electricity at that location.
  5. Any other requirements of LPSC General Order 9/19/2019 and Louisiana Distribution Generation Rules.

Interconnection Requirements

A Distributed Generation Member, or a Community Distributed Generation Organization, shall execute a Standard Interconnection Agreement for Distributed Generation Facilities prior to interconnection with the Cooperative's distribution facilities.

All Distributed Generation Members and Community Distributed Generation Organizations shall reimburse the Cooperative for all Interconnection Costs.

Type of Service

Single-phase or three-phase, alternating current, at Cooperative's standard voltage of service.

Monthly Billing

  1. Distributed Generation Members shall be billed the charges applicable under the currently effective standard rate schedule and any appropriate rider schedules for all energy delivered by the Cooperative to the Member.
  2. Distributed Generation Members shall be credited for all self-generated energy that is exported to the Cooperative. The value of the credit shall be the product of the exported kWh and the Cooperative's applicable Avoided Cost Rate, except as noted in IV.3, below.
  3. Grandfathering Provision: Distributed Generation Members who submitted a completed Standard Interconnection Agreement and completed installation of a Distributed Generation Facility prior to January 1, 2020, shall be credited at the full retail rate for all energy self-generated and exported to the Cooperative.
    If the Distributed Generation Facility is transferred to another owner other than the owner on the Effective Date, this Grandfathering Provision shall apply to the new owner.
    This Grandfathering Provision shall remain in effect until December 31, 2034, after which time all self-generated energy exported from the Distributed Generation Facility to the Cooperative shall be credited at the Avoided Cost Rate as described in IV.2, above.
  4. At the end of the Billing Period, if the value of the credit for exported kWh exceeds the cost of the electricity delivered by the Cooperative to the Distributed Generation Member under the applicable rate schedule, the Distributed Generation Member's monthly bill shall be credited, on the next Billing Period, for the difference between the value of the credit for exported kWh and the cost of electricity delivered by the Cooperative.
  5. In the final month in which the Distributed Generation Member takes service from the Cooperative, the Cooperative shall issue a check within 60 days to the Distributed Generation Member for the balance of any credit due in excess of the amounts owed by the Distributed Generation Member to theCooperative.

Avoided Cost Rate

  1. The Avoided Cost Rate shall be the 12-month average of the Locational Marginal Price (LMP) per kilowatt-hour for the prior calendar year, as calculated for the Cooperative's load zone.
  2. The Avoided Cost Rate shall be updated annually and posted on the Cooperative's website.
  3. 2026 Avoided Cost is $0.03732.

Community Distributed Generation

  1. Community Distributed Generation Facilities that have a generating capacity of not more than 300 kilowatts are eligible for service under this schedule.
  2. On a monthly basis, the Cooperative shall determine the total electrical energy generated by the Community Distributed Generation Facility and fed back to the Cooperative expressed in kWh.
  3. The value of the electrical energy fed to the Cooperative from the Community Distributed Generation Facility shall be determined as the product of the Community Distributed Generation Facility's generation expressed in kWh and the Cooperative's Avoided Cost Rate. This value will be allocated to the members of the Community Distributed Generation Organization in accordance with Section Vl.4, below, and the respective allocated value will be credited on the next monthly bill of each member of the Community Distributed Generation Organization.
  4. The Community Distributed Generation Organization shall determine the method of allocating the bill credits to its members, subject to approval by the Louisiana Public Service Commission. The approved allocation method shall be reported to the Cooperative for its use in calculating the member's bills.

Sizing of Distributed Generation Facilities

Distributed Generation Facilities that begin operation, or are modified and continue operations, after the Effective Date, shall be designed to produce no more than 100% of the Distributed Generation member's expected aggregate electric consumption, calculated as the average of the two previous 12-month periods of actual electric usage at the time of the installation of the Distributed Generation Facility. If two previous 12-month periods of actual electric usage are not available, electric consumption will be estimated based on the usage of other similarly-situated members.