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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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Ch. 266
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facilities; increasing the maximum allowable kilowatt capacity of certain
electrical generating facilities used by net energy metering; providing that
certain electric generating facilities may only be used for net metering if the
Public Service Commission makes a certain finding; requiring biomass electric
generating systems used by eligible customers to meet certain safety and
performance standards; prohibiting an electric company from requiring eligible
customers who own and operate biomass electric generating facilities to meet
certain additional requirements; defining a certain term; making stylistic
changes; and generally relating to net energy metering and biomass electric
generating facilities.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Public Utility Companies
Section 7-306
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 2004 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Public Utility Companies
Section 7-701(a) and (h)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Volume and 2004 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Public Utility Companies
7-306.
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2) "BIOMASS" MEANS "QUALIFIED BIOMASS" AS DEFINED IN § 7-701 OF
THIS TITLE.
(3) "Eligible customer-generator" means a customer that owns and
operates a BIOMASS, solar [electrical generating facility], or [a] wind electric
generating facility that:
(i) has a capacity of not more than [80] 1,000 kilowatts;
(ii) is located on the customer's premises;
(iii) (II) is interconnected and operated in parallel with an electric
company's transmission and distribution facilities; and
(iv) (III) is intended primarily to offset all or part of the customer's
own electricity requirements.
[(3)] (4) "Net energy metering" means measurement of the difference
between the electricity that is supplied by an electric company and the electricity that
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