CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance approving a policy for interconnection and fair crediting of customer renewable self-generation and storage facilities and amending Sections 6-15 and 8-1 of the Naperville Municipal Code
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DEPARTMENT: Electric Utility
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Groth, Director and Pat Lord, Senior Assistant City Attorney
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
PZC. On November 2, 2022 the City's Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed proposed text amendments to Chapter 15 of Title 6 of the City's Zoning Regulations pertaining to small wind and solar renewable energy systems to ensure that the provisions of Title 6 will not conflict with the proposed amendments to Title 8/Public Utilities pertaining to solar facilities, and recommended approval of those amendments to the City Council. PUAB. On November 10, 2022 the PUAB unanimously recommended approval of the proposed net metering Policy and text amendments. City Council. First reading held on December 6, 2022.
BACKGROUND:
The City's current Electric Utility net metering policy was implemented in 2009 and provides retail rate for energy sold back to the grid with the capacity of privately-owned solar installations limited to the lower of the average of the three previous years' peak demand or 10kW. This capacity limit was implemented to reduce the cost shift between those that have solar and those that do not. In September of 2021 the Illinois State Legislature enacted CEJA (an acronym for "Climate and Equitable Jobs Act"). CEJA is an extensive piece of legislation addressing many areas including provisions for customer self-generation of electricity intended primarily to offset the customer's own electrical requirements (self-supply customers) while balancing those rights against the rights of non-self-supply customers.
DISCUSSION:
In response to requests for revisions to the Utility's solar policies, in addition to the recent CEJA legislation, the Elect...
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