Residential Service with Renewable Generation (Rider RGR)

What this tariff charges

Energy rates

The charged price is the base rate plus its adjustment. Adjustments carry fuel and rider costs and are frequently most of the bill, so a comparison built on the base rate alone is meaningless.

Energy charge

What it costs at different usage levels

Effective rate includes the fixed charge, which is why it falls as usage rises.

The utility's own description

Service under this Rider is available only to consumers located in the Cooperative’s service territory who have qualifying facilities fueled by trash or methane derived from landfills, hog waste, poultry waste, or other renewable (wind, photovoltaic, biomass-fueled, hydro) generating facilities contracting to sell generating capacity and energy greater than 25 kW but not in excess of 500 kW, which are interconnected directly with the Cooperative’s system and which are qualifying facilities as defined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to Section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. Service necessary for the delivery of the consumer’s power into the Cooperative’s system under this Rider shall be furnished solely to the individual contracting consumer in a single enterprise, located entirely on a single, contiguous premise. Service hereunder shall be restricted to the capacity of the consumer’s generating facilities which may be operated in parallel with the Cooperative’s system. Service necessary to supply the consumer’s total load requirements other than Auxiliary Load, and service necessary to supply the consumer’s Auxiliary Load when the consumer’s generating facilities are not operating, shall be billed on the applicable Schedule(s) of the Cooperative. Power delivered to the Cooperative under this Rider shall not offset or be substituted for power contracted for or which may be contracted for under any other Schedule of the Cooperative. Prior to receiving service under this Rider, the consumer must have a signed “Standard Interconnection Agreement” between the consumer and the Cooperative. The obligations of the Cooperative in regard to service under this Rider are dependent upon its securing and retaining all necessary rights-of-way, privileges, franchises, and permits for such service. The Cooperative shall not be liable to any consumer or applicant for power in the event it is delayed in or is prevented from purchasing power by its failure to secure and retain such rights-of-way, rights, privileges, franchises, and permits. Consumers receiving service under this Rate Rider must have their renewable generation registered with the North Carolina Utilities Commission prior to connecting to the Cooperative’s system. Service on this Rider shall only be available to consumers who own the property where electrical service is received from and delivered to the Cooperative. The nameplate rating of the small renewable generator must be the lesser of (1) the consumer’s estimated maximum 15-minute integrated demand, (2) the consumer’s Contract Demand, or (3) 25 kW. Small renewable generators connected in parallel with the Cooperative’s facilities must have safety, system protection, and power quality equipment installed and operated in accordance with the rules of the Cooperative. Consumers receiving service under this Rider agree to assign the Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and all environmental attributes associated with the small renewable generator to the Cooperative Service under this Rider shall be available in all territory served by the Cooperative only under written contract and shall be subject to the Cooperative’s established Service Rules and Regulations as filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission. The provisions of the Schedule with which this Rider is used are modified only as shown herein.