Buyer's Guide 2024
Net Metering
Solar & Battery Regulation & Incentive Programs
Program Overview
- Category
- Regulatory Policy
- Program Type
- Net Metering
- Implementing Sector
- State
- State
- District of Columbia
- Eligible Storage Technologies
- Geothermal Electric, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Photovoltaics, Wind (All), Biomass, Hydroelectric, Combined Heat & Power, Fuel Cells using Non-Renewable Fuels, Tidal, Wind (Small), Hydroelectric (Small), Anaerobic Digestion, Fuel Cells using Renewable Fuels, Microturbines
- Applicable Utilities
- Investor-owned utilities
- System Capacity Limit
- 2021: 140% of historical 12-month usage
2022: 160% of historical 12-month usage
2023: 180% of historical 12-month usage
2024: 200% of historical 12-month usage - Aggregate Capacity Limit
- No limit specified
- Net Excess Generation
- Credited to customer's next bill at retail rate (including generation, transmission and distribution) for systems 100 kW or less, and at generation rate for larger systems up to 1MW
For virtual net-metered community solar systems, excess credits carry over to a customer's next bill. - Ownership of Renewable Energy Credits
- Customer-generator unless indicated otherwise
- Meter Aggregation
- Virtual net metering for community renewable energy facilities
- Administrator
- DC Public Service Commission
- Applicable Sectors
- Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Low Income Residential
- Budget
- Start Date
- 05/09/2000
- Applicable Utilities
- Potomac Electric Power Co
- Last Updated
- 03/11/2021
- Funding Source
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