Indiana 2025 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1537 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/15/2025

                     
Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1537
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:  IC 8-1-40.
Synopsis:  Net metering for electricity generation. Amends the statute
concerning distributed electricity generation as follows: (1) Repeals
provisions requiring an electricity supplier's net metering tariff to
remain available to customers until the earlier of: (A) January 1 of the
first calendar year after the calendar year in which the aggregate
amount of net metering facility nameplate capacity under the net
metering tariff equals at least 1.5% of the electricity supplier's most
recent summer peak load; or (B) July 1, 2022. (2) Repeals provisions
requiring an electricity supplier to: (A) petition the Indiana utility
regulatory commission (IURC) for a rate for the procurement of excess
distributed generation produced by customers owning a distributed
generation facility; and (B) credit, at the approved rate, customers for
excess distributed generation supplied to the electricity supplier. (3)
Provides that an electricity supplier's net metering tariff must be
offered and remain available to customers at least until January 1 of the
first calendar year after the calendar year in which the aggregate
amount of net metering facility nameplate capacity under the net
metering tariff equals at least 5% (versus 1.5% under current law) of
the electricity supplier's most recent summer peak load. (4) Requires
an electricity supplier to petition, before July 1, 2025, the IURC for
approval of a new or amended net metering tariff that is subject to the
following: (A) If the electricity supplier establishes a limit on the
aggregate amount of net metering facility nameplate capacity made
available for participation by customers under the net metering tariff,
that minimum aggregate amount must be at least 5% of the most recent
summer peak load of the electricity supplier. (B) Any limit on the
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Effective:  Upon passage.
Smith V
January 21, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and
Telecommunications.
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aggregate amount of net metering facility nameplate capacity made
available for participation by customers is subject to the reservation of:
(i) at least 30% (versus 40% under current law) for participation by
residential customers; and (ii) not more than 5% (versus 15% under
current law) for participation by customers that install a net metering
facility that uses organic waste biomass. (5) Provides that before July
1, 2025, the IURC shall make similar amendments to its net metering
rules. (6) Provides that a customer that installs a net metering facility
on the customer's premises before the net metering tariff of the
customer's electricity supplier terminates under the bill's provisions
shall continue to be served under the net metering tariff until the
customer removes from the customer's premises or replaces the net
metering facility. (Current law requires the customer to continue to be
served under the net metering tariff until: (A) the customer removes or
replaces the net metering facility; or (B) either July 1, 2032, or July 1,
2047, depending on the date of installation; whichever is earlier.)
Specifies that any repairs, updates, or upgrades to portions of a net
metering facility that do not increase the nameplate capacity of the net
metering facility are not considered a replacement of the net metering
facility for purposes of these provisions. (7) Makes conforming
changes in other provisions of the statute. Adds a noncode provision
that: (1) requires an electricity supplier to file, not later than July 1,
2025, a petition with the IURC for approval of a new or amended net
metering tariff, as required under the bill; and (2) provides that upon
the IURC's approval of the electricity supplier's new or amended net
metering tariff: (A) the electricity supplier's excess distributed
generation rate and tariff are no longer in effect; and (B) the electricity
supplier's new or amended net metering tariff, as approved by the
IURC, is in effect and available to the electricity supplier's customers.
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HOUSE BILL No. 1537
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 8-1-40-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
2 PASSAGE]. Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "distributed generation"
3 means electricity produced by a generator or other device that is:
4 (1) located on the customer's premises;
5 (2) owned by the customer;
6 (3) sized at a nameplate capacity of the lesser of:
7 (A) not more than one (1) megawatt; or
8 (B) the customer's average annual consumption of electricity
9 on the premises; and
10 (4) interconnected and operated in parallel with the electricity
11 supplier's facilities in accordance with the commission's approved
12 interconnection standards.
13 (b) The term does not include electricity produced by the following:
14 (1) An electric generator used exclusively for emergency
15 purposes.
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1 (2) A net metering facility (as defined in 170 IAC 4-4.2-1(k))
2 operating under a net metering tariff.
3 SECTION 2. IC 8-1-40-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
4 PASSAGE]. Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "excess distributed
5 generation" means the difference between:
6 (1) the electricity that is supplied by an electricity supplier to a
7 customer that produces distributed generation; and
8 (2) the electricity that is supplied back to the electricity supplier
9 by the customer.
10 SECTION 3. IC 8-1-40-5.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
11 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
12 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 5.5. As used in this chapter, "install", with
13 respect to a net metering facility of a customer, means to set up so
14 that the net metering facility can be safely energized,
15 notwithstanding any metering or inspection requirements that the
16 customer's electricity supplier has not yet performed.
17 SECTION 4. IC 8-1-40-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
18 PASSAGE]. Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "marginal price of
19 electricity" means the hourly market price for electricity as determined
20 by a regional transmission organization of which the electricity supplier
21 serving a customer is a member.
22 SECTION 5. IC 8-1-40-6.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
23 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
24 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 6.5. As used in this chapter, "net metering
25 facility" has the meaning set forth in 170 IAC 4-4.2-1(k).
26 SECTION 6. IC 8-1-40-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.264-2017,
27 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
28 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "net metering
29 tariff" means a tariff that 
30 (1) an electricity supplier offers for net metering under 170
31 IAC 4-4.2. and
32 (2) is in effect on January 1, 2017.
33 SECTION 7. IC 8-1-40-9 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
34 PASSAGE]. Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "regional transmission
35 organization" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-37-9.
36 SECTION 8. IC 8-1-40-10, AS ADDED BY P.L.264-2017,
37 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
38 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 10. Subject to sections section 13 and 14 of
39 this chapter, a net metering tariff of an electricity supplier must be
40 offered and remain available to the electricity supplier's customers at
41 least until the earlier of the following:
42 (1) January 1 of the first calendar year after the calendar year in
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1 which the aggregate amount of net metering facility nameplate
2 capacity under the electricity supplier's net metering tariff equals
3 at least one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the most recent
4 summer peak load of the electricity supplier.
5 (2) July 1, 2022. or exceeds the aggregate amount of net
6 metering facility nameplate capacity made available, as
7 specified by the electricity supplier under section 12(b) of this
8 chapter, for participation by customers under the electricity
9 supplier's net metering tariff. However, an electricity supplier
10 may, at the electricity supplier's sole discretion, continue to
11 make the electricity supplier's net metering tariff available to
12 customers after the electricity supplier's limit on net metering
13 facility nameplate capacity has been met or exceeded.
14 Before July 1, 2022, if an electricity supplier reasonably anticipates, at
15 any point in a calendar year, that the aggregate amount of net metering
16 facility nameplate capacity under the electricity supplier's net metering
17 tariff will equal at least one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the most
18 recent summer peak load of the electricity supplier, the electricity
19 supplier shall, in accordance with section 16 of this chapter, petition
20 the commission for approval of a rate for the procurement of excess
21 distributed generation.
22 SECTION 9. IC 8-1-40-11, AS ADDED BY P.L.264-2017,
23 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
24 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in sections section
25 12 and 21(b) of this chapter: before July 1, 2047:
26 (1) an electricity supplier may not seek to change the terms and
27 conditions of the electricity supplier's net metering tariff; and
28 (2) the commission may not approve changes to an electricity
29 supplier's net metering tariff.
30 (b) Except as provided in sections 13 and 14 of this chapter, after
31 June 30, 2022:
32 (1) an electricity supplier may not make a net metering tariff
33 available to customers; and
34 (2) the terms and conditions of a net metering tariff offered by an
35 electricity supplier before July 1, 2022, expire and are
36 unenforceable.
37 SECTION 10. IC 8-1-40-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2024,
38 SECTION 72, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
39 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 12. (a) Before January 1, 2018, the
40 commission shall amend 170 IAC 4-4.2-4, and an electricity supplier
41 shall amend the electricity supplier's net metering tariff, to do the
42 following:
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1 (1) Increase the allowed limit on the aggregate amount of net
2 metering facility nameplate capacity under the net metering tariff
3 to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the most recent summer
4 peak load of the electricity supplier.
5 (2) Modify the required reservation of capacity under the limit
6 described in subdivision (1) to require the reservation of:
7 (A) forty percent (40%) of the capacity for participation by
8 residential customers; and
9 (B) fifteen percent (15%) of the capacity for participation by
10 customers that install a net metering facility that uses a
11 renewable energy resource described in IC 8-1-37-4(a)(5).
12 (b) Before July 1, 2025, an electricity supplier shall petition the
13 commission for approval of an amended or a new net metering
14 tariff that is subject to the following:
15 (1) If the electricity supplier establishes a limit on the
16 aggregate amount of net metering facility nameplate capacity
17 made available for participation by customers under the net
18 metering tariff, the minimum aggregate amount of net
19 metering facility nameplate capacity made available must be
20 at least five percent (5%) of the most recent summer peak
21 load of the electricity supplier.
22 (2) Any limit on the aggregate amount of net metering facility
23 nameplate capacity made available for participation by
24 customers under subdivision (1) is subject to the following:
25 (A) The reservation of at least thirty percent (30%) of the
26 capacity for participation by residential customers.
27 (B) The reservation of not more than five percent (5%) of
28 the capacity for participation by customers that install a
29 net metering facility that uses a renewable energy resource
30 described in IC 8-1-37-4(a)(5).
31 An electricity supplier's petition under this subsection may not
32 include any other substantive changes to the terms and conditions
33 of the electricity supplier's existing net metering tariff being
34 amended or replaced. Not later than thirty (30) days after receipt
35 of a petition under this subsection, the commission shall review the
36 petition and, if the petition complies with this chapter, shall
37 approve the electricity supplier's new or amended net metering
38 tariff. If the commission determines that the petition does not
39 comply with this chapter, the commission shall notify the electricity
40 supplier of the defect and shall require the electricity supplier to
41 remedy the defect not later than a date set forth by the commission
42 in its notice to the electricity supplier under this subsection.
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1 (c) Before July 1, 2025, the commission shall amend 170
2 IAC 4-4.2 to do the following:
3 (1) Amend 170 IAC 4-4.2-4(a) to provide that a net metering
4 tariff of an electricity supplier must be offered and remain
5 available to the electricity supplier's customers, regardless of
6 the date on which a customer installs a net metering facility
7 on the customer's premises, at least until January 1 of the first
8 calendar year after the calendar year in which the aggregate
9 amount of net metering facility nameplate capacity under the
10 electricity supplier's net metering tariff equals at least five
11 percent (5%) of the most recent summer peak load of the
12 electricity supplier.
13 (2) Amend 170 IAC 4-4.2-4(b) to:
14 (A) establish as a minimum limit on the aggregate amount
15 of net metering facility nameplate capacity that an
16 electricity supplier may establish under the electricity
17 supplier's net metering tariff an amount equal to at least
18 five percent (5%) of the most recent summer peak load of
19 the electricity supplier; and
20 (B) provide that a net metering facility nameplate capacity
21 limitation established by an electricity supplier under
22 clause (A) is subject to following:
23 (i) At least thirty percent (30%) of the capacity limit
24 must be reserved for participation by residential
25 customers.
26 (ii) Not more than five percent (5%) of the capacity limit
27 must be reserved for participation by customers that
28 install a net metering facility that uses a renewable
29 energy resource described in IC 8-1-37-4(a)(5).
30 SECTION 11. IC 8-1-40-13, AS ADDED BY P.L.264-2017,
31 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
32 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 13. (a) This section applies to a customer that
33 installs a net metering facility (as defined in 170 IAC 4-4.2-1(k)) on the
34 customer's premises
35 (1) after December 31, 2017; and
36 (2) before the date on which the net metering tariff of the
37 customer's electricity supplier terminates under section 10(1) or
38 10(2) 10 of this chapter.
39 (b) A customer that is participating in an electricity supplier's net
40 metering tariff on the date on which the electricity supplier's net
41 metering tariff terminates under section 10(1) or 10(2) 10 of this
42 chapter shall continue to be served under the terms and conditions of
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1 the net metering tariff until
2 (1) the customer removes from the customer's premises or
3 replaces the net metering facility. (as defined in 170
4 IAC 4-4.2-1(k)); or
5 (2) July 1, 2032;
6 whichever occurs earlier.
7 (c) A successor in interest to a customer's premises on which a net
8 metering facility: (as defined in 170 IAC 4-4.2-1(k)) that
9 (1) is located; and
10 (2) was installed during the period described in subsection (a) is
11 located before the date on which the net metering tariff of the
12 customer's electricity supplier terminated under section 10;
13 may, if the successor in interest chooses, be served under the terms and
14 conditions of the net metering tariff of the electricity supplier that
15 provides retail electric service at the premises until
16 (1) the net metering facility (as defined in 170 IAC 4-4.2-1(k)) is
17 removed from the premises or is replaced. or
18 (2) July 1, 2032;
19 whichever occurs earlier.
20 (d) The amount of nameplate capacity of a net metering facility
21 installed on a customer's premises on the date on which the net
22 metering tariff of the customer's electricity supplier terminates
23 under section 10 of this chapter is the amount of the customer's net
24 metering facility nameplate capacity considered to be participating
25 in the net metering tariff of the customer's electricity supplier as
26 of the date on which the net metering tariff of the customer's
27 electricity supplier terminates under section 10 of this chapter. Any
28 repairs, updates, or upgrades to portions of the net metering
29 facility that:
30 (1) are made after the date on which the net metering tariff of
31 the customer's electricity supplier terminates under section 10
32 of this chapter; and
33 (2) do not increase the nameplate capacity of the net metering
34 facility;
35 are not considered a replacement of the net metering facility for
36 purposes of subsections (b) and (c).
37 SECTION 12. IC 8-1-40-14 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
38 PASSAGE]. Sec. 14. (a) This section applies to a customer that installs
39 a net metering facility (as defined in 170 IAC 4-4.2-1(k)) on the
40 customer's premises before January 1, 2018.
41 (b) A customer that is participating in an electricity supplier's net
42 metering tariff on December 31, 2017, shall continue to be served
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1 under the terms and conditions of the net metering tariff until:
2 (1) the customer removes from the customer's premises or
3 replaces the net metering facility (as defined in 170
4 IAC 4-4.2-1(k)); or
5 (2) July 1, 2047;
6 whichever occurs earlier.
7 (c) A successor in interest to a customer's premises on which is
8 located a net metering facility (as defined in 170 IAC 4-4.2-1(k)) that
9 was installed before January 1, 2018, may, if the successor in interest
10 chooses, be served under the terms and conditions of the net metering
11 tariff of the electricity supplier that provides retail electric service at
12 the premises until:
13 (1) the net metering facility (as defined in 170 IAC 4-4.2-1(k)) is
14 removed from the premises or is replaced; or
15 (2) July 1, 2047;
16 whichever occurs earlier.
17 SECTION 13. IC 8-1-40-15 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
18 PASSAGE]. Sec. 15. An electricity supplier shall procure the excess
19 distributed generation produced by a customer at a rate approved by the
20 commission under section 17 of this chapter. Amounts credited to a
21 customer by an electricity supplier for excess distributed generation
22 shall be recognized in the electricity supplier's fuel adjustment
23 proceedings under IC 8-1-2-42.
24 SECTION 14. IC 8-1-40-16 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
25 PASSAGE]. Sec. 16. Not later than March 1, 2021, an electricity
26 supplier shall file with the commission a petition requesting a rate for
27 the procurement of excess distributed generation by the electricity
28 supplier. After an electricity supplier's initial rate for excess distributed
29 generation is approved by the commission under section 17 of this
30 chapter, the electricity supplier shall submit on an annual basis, not
31 later than March 1 of each year, an updated rate for excess distributed
32 generation in accordance with the methodology set forth in section 17
33 of this chapter.
34 SECTION 15. IC 8-1-40-17 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
35 PASSAGE]. Sec. 17. The commission shall review a petition filed
36 under section 16 of this chapter by an electricity supplier and, after
37 notice and a public hearing, shall approve a rate to be credited to
38 participating customers by the electricity supplier for excess distributed
39 generation if the commission finds that the rate requested by the
40 electricity supplier was accurately calculated and equals the product of:
41 (1) the average marginal price of electricity paid by the electricity
42 supplier during the most recent calendar year; multiplied by
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1 (2) one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25).
2 SECTION 16. IC 8-1-40-18 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
3 PASSAGE]. Sec. 18. An electricity supplier shall compensate a
4 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. Any excess credit shall be carried forward and applied against
8 future charges to the customer for as long as the customer receives
9 retail electric service from the electricity supplier at the premises.
10 SECTION 17. IC 8-1-40-19 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
11 PASSAGE]. Sec. 19. (a) To ensure that customers that produce
12 distributed generation are properly charged for the costs of the
13 electricity delivery system through which an electricity supplier:
14 (1) provides retail electric service to those customers; and
15 (2) procures excess distributed generation from those customers;
16 the electricity supplier may request approval by the commission of the
17 recovery of energy delivery costs attributable to serving customers that
18 produce distributed generation.
19 (b) The commission may approve a request for cost recovery
20 submitted by an electricity supplier under subsection (a) if the
21 commission finds that the request:
22 (1) is reasonable; and
23 (2) does not result in a double recovery of energy delivery costs
24 from customers that produce distributed generation.
25 SECTION 18. IC 8-1-40-20 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE UPON
26 PASSAGE]. Sec. 20. (a) An electricity supplier shall provide and
27 maintain the metering equipment necessary to carry out the
28 procurement of excess distributed generation from customers in
29 accordance with this chapter.
30 (b) The commission shall recognize in the electricity supplier's basic
31 rates and charges an electricity supplier's reasonable costs for the
32 metering equipment required under subsection (a).
33 SECTION 19. IC 8-1-40-21, AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2024,
34 SECTION 73, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
35 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 21. (a) Subject to subsection (b) and sections
36 section 10 and 11 of this chapter, after June 30, 2017, the commission's
37 rules and standards set forth in:
38 (1) 170 IAC 4-4.2 (concerning net metering); and
39 (2) 170 IAC 4-4.3 (concerning interconnection);
40 remain in effect and apply to net metering under an electricity
41 supplier's net metering tariff. and to distributed generation under this
42 chapter.
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1 (b) After June 30, 2017, the commission may adopt changes under
2 IC 4-22-2 to the rules and standards described in subsection (a) only as
3 necessary to:
4 (1) update fees or charges;
5 (2) adopt revisions necessitated by new technologies; or
6 (3) reflect changes in safety, performance, or reliability standards.
7 SECTION 20. IC 8-1-40-22, AS ADDED BY P.L.264-2017,
8 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
9 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 22. A net metering customer that produces
10 distributed generation (as defined in 170 IAC 4-4.2-1(j)) shall comply
11 with applicable safety, performance, and reliability standards
12 established by the following:
13 (1) The commission.
14 (2) An electricity supplier, subject to approval by the commission.
15 (3) The National Electric Code.
16 (4) The National Electrical Safety Code.
17 (5) The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
18 (6) Underwriters Laboratories.
19 (7) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
20 (8) Local regulatory authorities.
21 SECTION 21. IC 8-1-40-23, AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2024,
22 SECTION 74, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
23 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 23. (a) A net metering customer that
24 produces distributed generation (as defined in 170 IAC 4-4.2-1(j)) has
25 the following rights regarding the installation and ownership of
26 distributed generation equipment: a net metering facility:
27 (1) The right to know that the attorney general is authorized to
28 enforce this section, including by receiving complaints
29 concerning the installation and ownership of distributed
30 generation equipment. a net metering facility.
31 (2) The right to know the expected amount of electricity that will
32 be produced by the distributed generation equipment net
33 metering facility that the customer is purchasing.
34 (3) The right to know all costs associated with installing
35 distributed generation equipment, a net metering facility,
36 including any taxes for which the customer is liable.
37 (4) The right to know the value of all federal, state, or local tax
38 credits or other incentives or rebates that the customer may
39 receive.
40 (5) The right to know the rate at which the customer will be
41 credited for electricity produced by the customer's distributed
42 generation equipment net metering facility and delivered to a
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1 public utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1). an electricity supplier.
2 (6) The right to know if a provider of distributed generation
3 equipment a net metering facility insures the distributed
4 generation equipment net metering facility against damage or
5 loss and, if applicable, any circumstances under which the
6 provider does not insure against or otherwise cover damage to or
7 loss of the distributed generation equipment. net metering
8 facility.
9 (7) The right to know the responsibilities of a provider of
10 distributed generation equipment a net metering facility with
11 respect to installing or removing distributed generation
12 equipment. the net metering facility.
13 (b) The attorney general, in consultation with the commission, shall
14 adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that the attorney general considers
15 necessary to implement and enforce this section, including a rule
16 requiring written disclosure of the rights set forth in subsection (a) by
17 a provider of distributed generation equipment a net metering facility
18 to a customer.
19 SECTION 22. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) The definitions
20 in IC 8-1-40, as amended by this act, apply throughout this
21 SECTION.
22 (b) An electricity supplier shall, not later than July 1, 2025, file
23 a petition with the commission for approval of an amended or a
24 new net metering tariff as required by IC 8-1-40-12, as amended by
25 this act. Upon the commission's approval of the electricity
26 supplier's new or amended net metering tariff:
27 (1) the electricity supplier's:
28 (A) rate under IC 8-1-40-17, before its repeal by this act;
29 and
30 (B) excess distributed generation tariff;
31 are no longer in effect; and
32 (2) the electricity supplier's new or amended net metering
33 tariff, as approved by the commission, is in effect and
34 available to the electricity supplier's customers, subject to
35 IC 8-1-40-10, as amended by this act, as directed by the
36 commission in its order approving the new or amended net
37 metering tariff.
38 (d) This section expires January 1, 2028.
39 SECTION 23. An emergency is declared for this act.
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