{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-278.466","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 278.466","heading":"Availability of net metering -- Type, expense, and installation of meter --","body":"Compensation to eligible customer-generators for electricity fed back into grid\n-- Commission to set compensation rate -- Excess generation credits\nnonrefundable -- Twenty-five year cap on preexisting net metering tariff\nprovisions -- Safety and power quality standards -- Transferability of\ninstallation at same premises.\n(1) Each retail electric supplier shall make net metering available to any eligible\ncustomer-generator that the supplier currently serves or solicits for service. If the\ncumulative generating capacity of net metering systems reaches one percent (1%) of\na supplier's single hour peak load during a calendar year, the supplier shall have no\nfurther obligation  to offer net metering to any new customer -generator at any\nsubsequent time.\n(2) Each retail electric supplier serving a customer with eligible electric generating\nfacilities shall use a standard kilowatt -hour meter capable of registering the flow of\nelectricity in two (2) directions. Any additional meter, meters, or distribution\nupgrades needed to monitor the flow in each direction shall be installed at the\ncustomer-generator's expense. If additional meters are installed, the net metering\ncalculation shall yield the same result as when a single meter is used.\n(3) A retail electric supplier serving an eligible customer -generator shall compensate\nthat customer for all electricity produced by the customer's eligible electric\ngenerating facility that flows to t he retail electric supplier, as measured by the\nstandard kilowatt -hour metering prescribed in subsection (2) of this section. The\nrate to be used for such compensation shall be set by the commission using the\nratemaking processes under this chapter during a proceeding initiated by a retail\nelectric supplier or generation and transmission cooperative on behalf of one (1) or\nmore retail electric suppliers.\n(4) Each billing period, compensation provided to an eligible customer -generator shall\nbe in the form of a dollar-denominated bill credit. If an eligible customer-generator's\nbill credit exceeds the amount to be billed to the customer in a billing period, the\namount of the credit in excess of the customer's bill shall carry forward to the\ncustomer's next bill. Excess bill credits shall not be transferable between customers\nor premises. If an eligible customer -generator closes his or her account, no cash\nrefund for accumulated credits shall be paid.\n(5) Using the ratemaking process provided by this chapter, ea ch retail electric supplier\nshall be entitled to implement rates to recover from its eligible customer -generators\nall costs necessary to serve its eligible customer -generators, including but not\nlimited to fixed and demand -based costs, without regard for t he rate structure for\ncustomers who are not eligible customer-generators.\n(6) For an eligible electric generating facility in service prior to the effective date of the\ninitial net metering order by the commission in accordance with subsection (3) of\nthis section, the net metering tariff provisions in place when the eligible customer -\ngenerator began taking net metering service, including the one -to-one (1:1)\nkilowatt-hour denominated energy credit provided for electricity fed into the grid,\nshall remain in effect at those premises for a twenty-five (25) year period, regardless\nof whether the premises are sold or conveyed during that twenty -five (25) year\nperiod. For any eligible customer -generator to whom this subsection applies, each\nnet metering contract o r tariff under which the customer takes service shall be\nidentical, with respect to energy rates, rate structure, and monthly charges, to the\ncontract or tariff to which the same customer would be assigned if the customer\nwere not an eligible customer-generator.\n(7) Electric generating systems and interconnecting equipment used by eligible\ncustomer-generators shall meet all applicable safety and power quality standards\nestablished by the National Electrical Code (NEC), Institute of Electrical and\nElectronics Engineers (IEEE), and accredited testing laboratories such as\nUnderwriters Laboratories.\n(8) An eligible customer -generator installation is transferable to other persons at the\nsame premises upon notification to the retail electric supplier and verificat ion that\nthe installation is in compliance with the applicable safety and power quality\nstandards in KRS 278.467 and in subsection (7) of this section.\n(9) Any upgrade of the interconnection between the retail electric supplier and the\ncustomer-generator that is required by commission -approved tariffs for the purpose\nof allowing net metering shall be made at the expense of the customer-generator.","path":["KRS Chapter 278"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49546","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:30Z","sha256":"92a1daf0b370e1560480ad2290812a564560d318edc0dd1c6726bf3f876540b2","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-278.465","next":"us-ky/krs-278.467"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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