2011/09/14 Council Agenda Packet

4 SNOHOMISH COUNTY Dau NET METERING/INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO.1 Planet Power Award Recipient This Net Metering/Interconnection Agreement is between Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington and with ADDENDUM I regarding WASHINGTON STATE INVESTMENT COST RECOVERY INCENTIVE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY with ADDENDUM II regarding PLANET POWER AWARD FACILITY OWNER OBLIGATIONS THIS NET METERING/INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and en- tered into as of the day of , , by and between PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. I OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON, a municipal corporation organized and ex- isting under the laws of the State of Washington (the"PUD"), and ("Customer"),with reference to the following facts: RECITALS WHEREAS, Pursuant to selection as a recipient of a Planet Power award, Customer intends to install on its premises a fuel cell, a cogeneration system, as defined in Rate Schedule 200, or a facility that produces electric- al energy using water, wind, solar energy or biogas from animal waste as a fuel with nameplate capacity de- scribed in section II.A and of not more than 100 kilowatts ("kW"),to be interconnected and operated in parallel with the PUD's electric system (the Customer's "Generator"); and, WHEREAS, Customer intends to use any power from the Generator for its own consumption, with any excess to be supplied to the PUD and any deficit to be supplied by the PUD; and, WHEREAS, in accordance with the State of Washington's Net Metering Law, Revised Code of Washington ("RCW") Chapter 80.60, as amended, the PUD intends to install a bi-directional meter on Customer's premises and to bill Customer for such electric energy as it may use over and above the amount of electric energy pro- duced by Customer's Generator; and, WHEREAS, in order to protect the safety and reliability of the PUD's electric system and its employees, Cus- tomer agrees to install at its own expense all necessary interconnection, safety, and power quality equipment for the duration of this agreement. To the extent that interconnection, safety, and power quality equipment is pro- vided by the Bonneville Environmental Foundation ("BEF"), Customer agrees to allow the equipment to be in- stalled; and, WHEREAS, the aggregate capacity of generators operating under the PUD's Net Metering Program has not ex- ceeded the limit of 3.638 megawatts (which equals 0.25 percent of the PUD's peak demand during 1996) set under RCW § 80.60.020(1) as amended, provided that not less one-half that amount (1.81875 megawatts) is I Snohomish County PUD Net Metering Agreement Rev.4/2011 1 Reviewed: ALS 6-27-11 6 1