Fiscal Note
Under this program, MG&E will credit the City’s photovoltaic (PV)-generated power at the current customer rate. These credits will reduce the net cost of electricity at installed facility sites. No appropriations required.
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Authorizing the City Engineer to apply to Madison Gas and Electric Company’s Customer Owned Parallel Generation Program, authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to sign a Distributed Generation Interconnection Agreement with MG&E, and authorizing indemnification of MG&E, for Photovoltaic Generation sites at Fire Station 13 at 6350 Town Center Drive, Engineering Service Building at 1600 Emil St., and future City-owned installation sites.
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WHEREAS, Madison Gas and Electric Company (“MGE”) offers Customer-owned Parallel Generation programs under which a customer who generates electricity at their own renewable energy site receives a credit on their energy bill to offset the electricity consumed at the site; and
WHEREAS, the Public Service Commission (PSC) regulates the programs and has created mandatory application forms and interconnection agreements that the customer must enter into with the utility; including one set of forms for solar installations of 20kW or lower (6027 and 6029), and another set of forms for installations over 20kW (6028 and 6030); and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison already participates in this program at several sites with solar photovoltaic generating (PVG) equipment at the 20kW or lower level; and
WHEREAS, the City currently has solar installation(s) of more than 20kW installed at Fire Station 13, located at 6350 Town Center Drive, awaiting authorization to commence full operation; and
WHEREAS, the City has plans for future installations of more than 20kW, including but not limited to, the 2016 expansion to the Larry D. Nelson Engineering Operations Facility at 1600 Emil Street; and
WHEREAS, under the current program net metering allows the City to connect its on-site solar generation of electri...
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