Alaska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Alaska Senate Bill SB150 Compare Versions

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11	11	SENATE BILL NO. 150
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13	13	IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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15	15	THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
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17	17	BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR
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19	19	Introduced: 3/28/25
20	20	Referred: Labor and Commerce, Finance
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23	23	A BILL
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25	25	FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
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27	27	"An Act relating to a net metering program; relating to reduced rates in the form of 1
28	28	credits for consumer-generators; establishing a net metering reimbursement fund; and 2
29	29	providing for an effective date." 3
30	30	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4
31	31	* Section 1. AS 42.05.391(a) is amended to read: 5
32	32	(a) Except as provided in AS 42.05.306 and 42.05.395, a public utility may
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34	34	not, as to rates, grant an unreasonable preference or advantage to any of its customers 7
35	35	or subject a customer to an unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. A public utility 8
36	36	may not establish or maintain an unreasonable difference as to rates, either as between 9
37	37	localities or between classes of service. A municipally owned utility may offer 10
38	38	uniform or identical rates for a public utility service to customers located in different 11
39	39	areas within its certificated service area who receive the same class of service. Any 12
40	40	uniform or identical rate shall, upon complaint, be subject to review by the 13
41	41	commission and may be set aside if shown to be unreasonable. 14 34-GS1571\A
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45	45	* Sec. 2. AS 42.05 is amended by adding a new section to read: 1
46	46	Sec. 42.05.395. Net metering. (a) A load-serving entity that is served by an 2
47	47	electric reliability organization and has total retail sales exceeding 5,000,000 kilowatt-3
48	48	hours during a calendar year shall provide a net metering service that 4
49	49	(1) on a monthly basis, credits a consumer-generator's account in an 5
50	50	amount equal to the consumer's excess electric energy generation multiplied by the 6
51	51	rate per kilowatt-hour that would apply if the consumer was not a consumer-generator; 7
52	52	in this paragraph, the rate per kilowatt-hour may be a seasonal or time-of-use rate; and 8
53	53	(2) allows a consumer-generator to accrue and use account credit for 9
54	54	the consumer-generator's own consumption on an annual cycle that ends March 31 of 10
55	55	each year, after which date all accrued and unused credit expires. 11
56	56	(b) A consumer-generator may elect to receive net metering service for 12
57	57	generating capacity installed before July 1, 2025, or to continue receiving service 13
58	58	under tariff terms in effect when the generating capacity was installed. 14
59	59	(c) A load-serving entity may not limit consumer-generator participation in the 15
60	60	net metering service within its service territory unless the commission, after a hearing, 16
61	61	finds that limitation is necessary to protect system reliability or to prevent rates for 17
62	62	customers that are not consumer-generators from being unjust and unreasonable. 18
63	63	(d) A load-serving entity providing a net metering service may seek recovery 19
64	64	of revenue losses attributable to the entity's net metering service by application to the 20
65	65	Alaska Energy Authority under AS 42.45.015. 21
66	66	(e) The commission shall adopt regulations to implement this section that, at a 22
67	67	minimum, establish standards and procedures for calculating a load-serving entity's 23
68	68	revenue losses eligible for recovery under (d) of this section. 24
69	69	(f) In this section, 25
70	70	(1) "consumer" means a customer of an electric utility that consumes 26
71	71	electricity purchased from the electric utility; 27
72	72	(2) "consumer-generator" means a consumer that generates electric 28
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74	74	(A) on premises owned by, leased by, rented to, or licensed to 30
75	75	the consumer at a location where an electric utility provides service;
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80	80	(B) that has a capacity of 25 kilowatts or less; 1
81	81	(C) through a generation system that produces the electric 2
82	82	energy from solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy, wind energy, biomass 3
83	83	energy, hydroelectric energy, geothermal energy, hydrokinetic energy, ocean 4
84	84	thermal energy, or other renewable energy source that has a similar 5
85	85	environmental impact; 6
86	86	(D) that is interconnected and operates in parallel with the load-7
87	87	serving entity; and 8
88	88	(E) that offsets part or all the consumer's own electrical use; 9
89	89	(3) "electric reliability organization" has the meaning given in 10
90	90	AS 42.05.790; 11
91	91	(4) "load-serving entity" has the meaning given in AS 42.05.790. 12
92	92	* Sec. 3. AS 42.05 is amended by adding a new section to read: 13
93	93	Sec. 42.45.015. Net metering reimbursement fund. (a) The net metering 14
94	94	reimbursement fund is established as a separate fund. The fund consists of 15
95	95	(1) money appropriated to the fund by the legislature; 16
96	96	(2) gifts, bequests, contributions from other sources, and federal 17
97	97	money; and 18
98	98	(3) interest earned on the fund balance. 19
99	99	(b) The authority shall administer the fund and serve as the fiduciary of the 20
100	100	fund under AS 37.10.071. 21
101	101	(c) Subject to appropriation, the authority may make payments from the fund 22
102	102	to a load-serving entity eligible for recoverable costs under AS 42.05.395 and 23
103	103	implementing regulations adopted by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. 24
104	104	(d) Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund. 25
105	105	* Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 2025. 26