26 Del. Admin. Code § 3013-9.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 5, November 1, 2024
Section 3013-9.0 - Subscription Requirements
9.1 A subscriber shall not receive credit for more than 110% of the subscriber's expected aggregate electrical consumption, calculated on the average of the 2 previous 12-month periods of actual electrical usage at the time of subscription with the community energy facility. For new building construction, electrical consumption shall be estimated at 110% of the consumption of units with similar size and characteristics.
9.2 A community energy facility shall not have subscriptions larger than 200 kilowatts constituting more than 60% of its capacity, not including the host's self-consumption.
9.3 Subscriptions shall be portable, provided that the subscriber remains within Delmarva's service territory. The community energy facility must notify Delmarva of a subscriber's change in address, and any change in subscription size, within 30 days of the change. In cases of relocation, subscribers are entitled to at least 1 revision to their subscription size per move.
9.4 Subscribers shall not sell or transfer a community energy facility subscription to another party other than the community energy facility owner.
9.5 The community energy facility shall provide updated individual subscriber's subscribed percentage to Delmarva if there are any changes to subscriber's subscribed percentage.
9.6 On an annual basis, Delmarva may audit an individual subscriber's subscribed amounts to ensure the amount does not exceed 110% of the subscriber's annual usage, calculated on the average of the 2 previous 12-month periods of actual electrical usage, utilized at the time of the reassessment. If Delmarva determines that a subscriber's subscribed amount exceeds the 110% cap, Delmarva shall notify the community energy facility.
9.6.1 Upon such notification, the subscriber's community energy facility must resize the subscriber's subscription size to ensure it does not exceed 110% of the historic annual usage, calculated on the average of the 2 previous 12-month periods of actual electrical usage, utilized at the time of the reassessment.
9.6.2 In cases where the community energy facility fails to provide a subscriber's updated subscribed percentage within 30 days after notification by Delmarva, Delmarva shall be permitted to set the subscriber's percentage of credits to zero.
9.6.3 Community energy facilities may not charge a subscriber an amount greater than the dollar value of the credits received by the subscriber from Delmarva for each billing period.
9.7 The community energy facility shall ensure that the net-metered generation output from the facility is accurate. The amount of electricity generated each month available for allocation as subscribed or unsubscribed energy shall be determined by a production meter that meets or exceeds the ANSI C12.1-2008 accuracy standards installed, maintained, and owned by Delmarva, and paid for by the owner of the community energy facility.
9.8 The community energy facility shall retain ownership of all RECs and SRECs associated with the electric energy it produces unless it has relinquished such ownership by contractual agreement with a third party or its subscribers.
9.8.1 REC means renewable energy credit, a tradable instrument comprised of all the generation attributes equal to 1 megawatt-hour of electricity derived from eligible energy resources and that is used to track and verify compliance with the provisions of the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act, 26 Del.C. § 351 et. seq. A REC does not include emission reduction credits or allowances encumbered or used by a generation unit for compliance with local, state, or federal operating or air quality permits associated with the 1 megawatt-hour of electricity.
9.8.2 SREC means solar renewable energy credit, a tradable instrument that is equal to 1 megawatt-hour of retail electricity sales in the State that is derived from solar photovoltaic energy resources and that is used to track and verify compliance with the provisions of the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act, 26 Del.C. § 351 et seq.
9.9 The community energy facility may change its list of subscribers no more than once per month. The community energy facility shall provide a written request to Delmarva for any such changes no less than 30 days prior to the requested change.
9.10 The community energy facility may update its subscribers' percentage of generation allocation no more than once per month. The community energy facility shall provide 30 days' written notice to Delmarva before any such changes.
9.11 Delmarva shall only allow meter aggregation for subscriber accounts for which Delmarva provides electric distribution services.
9.12 Delmarva may require all subscribers of a community energy facility to have their meters read on the same billing cycle.
9.13 A subscriber may subscribe to more than 1 community energy facility but not more than 4, and no subscriber may subscribe for greater than 110% of their aggregate electrical consumption as defined in 26 Del.C. § 1014(f)(2).

26 Del. Admin. Code § 3013-9.0

27 DE Reg. 987 (6/1/2024) (Final)