Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 248
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 8-1-40.
Synopsis: Distributed energy generation. Amends as follows the
statute concerning electricity supplied to and generated by an
electricity supplier's customers who own a distributed generation
facility: (1) Specifies that "excess distributed generation" means the
difference between: (A) the kilowatt hours of electricity generated by
a customer and supplied back to the electricity supplier; and (B) the
kilowatt hours of electricity delivered by the electricity supplier to the
customer; as netted over the monthly billing period. (2) Provides for:
(A) the billing or crediting, on a monthly basis, of a distributed
generation customer for the kilowatt hours of electricity received by or
supplied by the customer, as applicable; and (B) the rates at which the
customer is to be credited or billed, as applicable, for those kilowatt
hours. (3) Makes conforming changes in other provisions of the statute.
Adds a noncode provision to address electricity suppliers that have
applied for approval, or received approval, for an excess distributed
generation rate or tariff from the utility regulatory commission (IURC)
under current law, and to require that: (1) the IURC not approve any
pending petitions unless those petitions comply with the bill's
provisions; and (2) an electricity supplier that has been granted
approval by the IURC of an excess distributed generation rate and tariff
to file with the IURC, not later than 30 days after the enactment of the
bill, an amended rate and tariff, so that both the rate and the tariff, as
amended, comply with the bill's provisions.
Effective: Upon passage.
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January 10, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities.
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Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
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SENATE BILL No. 248
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
utilities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 8-1-40-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.264-2017,
2 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "excess distributed
4 generation" means the difference between:
5 (1) the kilowatt hours of electricity that is supplied by an
6 electricity supplier to are:
7 (A) generated by a customer that produces distributed
8 generation; and
9 (B) supplied back to the customer's electricity supplier;
10 and
11 (2) the kilowatt hours of electricity that is supplied back to are
12 delivered by the electricity supplier by to the customer;
13 as netted over the monthly billing period.
14 SECTION 2. IC 8-1-40-15, AS ADDED BY P.L.264-2017,
15 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
16 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 15. (a) An electricity supplier shall procure
17 the excess distributed generation produced by a customer at a rate
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1 approved by the commission under section 17 of this chapter. as
2 follows:
3 (1) If the kilowatt hours delivered by the electricity supplier
4 to the customer exceed the kilowatt hours delivered by the
5 customer to the electricity supplier during the monthly billing
6 period, the customer shall be billed for the kilowatt hour
7 difference at the rate that would apply to the customer if the
8 customer were not an excess distributed generation customer.
9 (2) If the kilowatt hours generated by the customer and
10 delivered to the electricity supplier exceed the kilowatt hours
11 supplied by the electricity supplier to the customer, as netted
12 over the monthly billing period, the customer shall be credited
13 in the next monthly billing cycle for the kilowatt hour
14 difference at the rate approved by the commission under
15 section 17 of this chapter.
16 (b) Amounts credited to a customer by an electricity supplier for
17 excess distributed generation shall be recognized in the electricity
18 supplier's fuel adjustment proceedings under IC 8-1-2-42.
19 SECTION 3. IC 8-1-40-16, AS ADDED BY P.L.264-2017,
20 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
21 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 16. Not later than March 1, 2021, an
22 electricity supplier shall file with the commission a petition requesting
23 a rate for the procurement of excess distributed generation by the
24 electricity supplier under section 15(a)(2) of this chapter. After an
25 electricity supplier's initial rate for excess distributed generation is
26 approved by the commission under section 17 of this chapter, the
27 electricity supplier shall submit on an annual basis, not later than
28 March 1 of each year, an updated rate for excess distributed generation
29 in accordance with the methodology set forth in section 17 of this
30 chapter.
31 SECTION 4. IC 8-1-40-17, AS ADDED BY P.L.264-2017,
32 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
33 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 17. The commission shall review a petition
34 filed under section 16 of this chapter by an electricity supplier and,
35 after notice and a public hearing, shall approve a rate to be credited
36 under section 15(a)(2) of this chapter to participating customers by
37 the electricity supplier for excess distributed generation if the
38 commission finds that the rate requested by the electricity supplier was
39 accurately calculated and equals the product of:
40 (1) the average marginal price of electricity paid by the electricity
41 supplier during the most recent calendar year; multiplied by
42 (2) one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25).
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1 SECTION 5. IC 8-1-40-18, AS ADDED BY P.L.264-2017,
2 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 18. An electricity supplier shall compensate
4 a customer from whom the electricity supplier procures excess
5 distributed generation (at the rate approved by the commission under
6 section 17 of this chapter) through a credit on the customer's monthly
7 bill, as described in section 15(a)(2) of this chapter. Any excess
8 credit shall be carried forward and applied against future charges to the
9 customer for as long as the customer receives retail electric service
10 from the electricity supplier at the premises.
11 SECTION 6. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) The definitions
12 in IC 8-1-40, as amended by this act, apply throughout this
13 SECTION.
14 (b) If:
15 (1) an electricity supplier has filed, before the effective date of
16 this act, a petition with the commission under IC 8-1-40-16,
17 before its amendment by this act; and
18 (2) the commission, as of the effective date of this act, has not
19 approved:
20 (A) a rate under IC 8-1-40-17, as amended by this act; or
21 (B) an excess distributed generation tariff;
22 for the electricity supplier;
23 the commission may not approve a rate under IC 8-1-40-17, as
24 amended by this act, or an excess distributed generation tariff for
25 the electricity supplier, unless both the rate and the tariff comply
26 with IC 8-1-40-15, as amended by this act, and IC 8-1-40-17, as
27 amended by this act.
28 (c) If, before the effective date of this act, the commission has
29 approved a rate under IC 8-1-40-17, before its amendment by this
30 act, and an excess distributed generation tariff for an electricity
31 supplier, the electricity supplier shall, not later than thirty (30)
32 days after the effective date of this act, file with the commission for
33 approval an amended rate under IC 8-1-40-17, as amended by this
34 act, and an amended excess distributed generation tariff, so that
35 both the rate and the tariff, as amended, comply with IC 8-1-40-15,
36 as amended by this act, and IC 8-1-40-17, as amended by this act.
37 Upon the commission's approval of the amended rate and tariff,
38 the electricity supplier shall begin procuring excess distributed
39 generation from the electricity supplier's participating customers
40 in accordance with the amended rate and tariff, as directed by the
41 commission in its order approving the amended rate and tariff.
42 (d) This SECTION expires January 1, 2026.
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1 SECTION 7. An emergency is declared for this act.
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