How will the energy be credited?
Each of the accounts (benefiting and generation) must be on a time-of-use (TOU) rate. The value of the credit for the exports to the grid from the renewable generator will be established using the generation component of the energy charge of the rate schedule of the local government account where the generator is located, as provided by the Legislature.1 The credit will be allocated to the benefiting accounts on a TOU period basis. The export credits can only be applied to the generation portion of the energy charges of the benefiting accounts (ie, they cannot offset non-generation charges, nor can they offset the generation portion of the demand charge, if applicable). 1See PUC Section 2830(a)(2), which defines “Bill Credit” as “an amount of money credited to a benefiting account that is calculated based upon the time-of-use electricity generation component of the electricity usage charge of the generating account, multiplied by the quantities of electricity generated by an eligible r
