Pathway 2.

Cross-Cutting Approaches to Reducing Emissions → Financing at the Grid Edge

2.5.4 Selling Power to Neighboring Customers

LPDD Recommendation: “States that have not done so should create a new exemption from utility regulation that permits customers and their local suppliers to own and operate generation and distribution wires (and pipes).”

5 Resources Found, Displaying 1 thru 5

LPDD Memorandum on State “Public Utility” Definitions

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures, State Public Utility Commissions

Sets forth the statutory definitions of "public utility" currently in use in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Report, Massachusetts Microgrids

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Harvard’s 2014 report, Massachusetts Microgrids: Overcoming Legal Obstacles, surveys the laws surrounding extending distribution systems and selling power to neighboring customers in Massachusetts.

New Jersey rules for electric/thermal distribution

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

New Jersey’ Rev. Stat. §48.3-77.1 permits ownership of distribution wires by local suppliers to service customers to whom they also deliver thermal energy services.

New York rules for energy sales to adjacent properties

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, State Public Utility Commissions

New York permits qualified renewable energy and cogeneration facilities to sell to customers located “at or near the project site.”

California rules for energy sales to adjacent properties

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

California permits sales from a customer-generator to a customer on an adjacent property so long as the wires do not cross a public road.