NEM Tariff
ELECTRIC SCHEDULE NEM-CLEANPOWERSF NET ENERGY METERING
I. Applicability
A. This Schedule Net Energy Metering (NEM-CleanPowerSF) is applicable to enrolled CleanPowerSF customers who use a Renewable Electrical Generation Facility.
B. To be eligible, the CleanPowerSF customer must satisfy the requirements of, and take electricity service on, a Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) net energy metering Electric Tariff Schedule, including NEM, NEM2*, or other NEM programs (PG&E NEM), including PG&E’s Electric Schedule Net Billing Tariff (NBT); and install a Renewable Electrical Generation Facility.
C. This Schedule is available on a first-come, first-served basis to eligible CleanPowerSF customers that provide PG&E with a completed PG&E NEM or NBT Application and comply with all PG&E NEM or NBT requirements of the applicable NEM or NBT Tariff, including the following PG&E Electric Schedules: NEMV or NEM2V (Virtual Net Energy Metering), NEMVMASH or NEM2VMSH (Virtual Net Energy Metering for Multifamily Affordable Housing), NEM2VSOM (Virtual Net Energy Metering Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) Properties), NEMA or NEM2A (customergenerator with a Load Aggregation Arrangement), Multiple Tariff facilities as described by PG&E Electric Schedule NEM and NEM2 and other NEM electric schedules.
D. PG&E NEM Tariffs and Electric Schedule NBT Terms and Conditions Apply. CleanPowerSF NEM customers are also subject to the terms, conditions, and billing procedures of PG&E for services other than electric generation.
E. If CleanPowerSF adopts a successor tariff, CleanPowerSF customers taking service on PG&E NBT will be transitioned to the applicable successor tariff.
* For more information see PG&E’s NEM tariffs by selecting the “Electric Rate Schedules” link at: https://www.pge.com/tariffs/index.page
II. Territory
A. This schedule is available throughout the City and County of San Francisco
III. Definitions
A. “Annual True-up Period”
The twelve-month period commencing in May of each year.
B. “Net Electricity Consumer”
NEM-CleanPowerSF customer that produces less electricity from its Renewable Electrical Generation Facility during an Annual True-up Period than is delivered by CleanPowerSF to the customer during the same period.
C. “Net Electricity Generator”
A NEM-CleanPowerSF customer that produces more electricity from its Renewable Electrical Generation Facility during an Annual True-up Period than is delivered by CleanPowerSF to the customer during the same period.
D. “Renewable Electrical Generation Facility”
A facility that generates electricity from a renewable source listed in California Public Resources Code Section 25741(a)(1)** and that is:
1. Located on the customer’s owned, rented, or leased premises;
2. Equal to or less than 1 MW (AC) in design capacity;
3. Interconnected for parallel operation with the PG&E distribution system; and
4. Sized principally to offset part or all the customer’s own on-site electrical requirements
** An eligible facility is one that generates electricity by using one of the following methods: biomass; solar thermal; solar photovoltaic; wind; geothermal; fuel cells using renewable fuels; qualifying small hydroelectric generation; digester gas; municipal solid waste conversion; landfill gas; ocean wave; ocean thermal; or tidal current.
IV. Rates, Billing and Annual True-Up Process
A. Rates and Monthly Billing for CleanPowerSF Service
1. Each NEM-CleanPowerSF customer will receive a monthly billing statement reflecting net electricity consumption/production, charges incurred, credits generated during the current billing period, and remaining credits from previous billing cycles. The monetary value of any excess production during a monthly billing cycle shall be calculated as follows:
a. For Customers on a Flat Rate Tariff: If during a monthly billing cycle, the quantity of electricity produced by the customer’s Renewable Electrical Generation Facility and delivered to CleanPowerSF is greater than the quantity of electricity delivered to the customer by CleanPowerSF, the customer will receive a bill credit for the excess kilowatt-hours (kWh) produced. The value of the excess kWh produced shall be calculated according to the electricity usage charges of the customer’s otherwise applicable rate schedule.
b. For Customers on a Time of Use (“TOU”) Tariff: If during any TOU period, the quantity of electricity produced by the customer’s Renewable Electrical Generation Facility and delivered to CleanPowerSF is greater than the quantity of electricity delivered to the customer by CleanPowerSF, the value of the excess kWh produced shall be calculated based on the applicable TOU rate when the excess kWh were produced. If the value of excess kWhs produced exceeds the sum of CleanPowerSF electric generation charges, across all applicable TOU periods during the billing cycle, the customer will receive a bill credit in the amount of the excess value.
2. All CleanPowerSF charges under the customer’s otherwise applicable rate schedule shall be in effect and all charges shall be due and payable on the due date identified in each billing statement.
a. Residential and small commercial NEM-CleanPowerSF customers may elect to receive Annual Billing, under which CleanPowerSF charges for the preceding Annual True-Up Period become due once per year, after the Annual True-Up (see Section IV.B below). Eligible small commercial customers are defined as those having a maximum monthly peak demand of less than 20 kilowatts.
3. Any bill credits reflected on the customer’s bill will be carried over for use in subsequent billing period(s) during the same Annual True-up Period in which they are accrued until such credits are exhausted or reset pursuant to the “Annual True-Up and Settlement” item 2 below.
B. Annual True-Up and Settlement
1. On an annual basis, CleanPowerSF will determine whether a participating customer is a Net Electricity Consumer or a Net Electricity Generator during the preceding Annual True-up Period. Generally, for new customers, the Annual True-up Period for the first year will cover the period starting on the date that the customer commenced service under this NEM Schedule through the customer’s April billing cycle. For those customers for whom CleanPowerSF has insufficient usage data to implement a True Up, CleanPowerSF will perform the True Up at a subsequent Annual True-up Period when sufficient usage data is available.
2. For Net Electricity Consumers and Net Electricity Generators at the end of the Annual True-up Period, any bill credit balances remaining at that time will be reset to zero for the beginning of the next True-Up Period.
3. If the customer is a Net Electricity Generator at the end of the Annual True-up Period, the customer is eligible to receive Net Surplus Electricity Compensation for any net electricity production calculated over the prior twelve-months.
4. The Net Surplus Electricity Compensation rate for each kilowatt-hour of net electricity production during the True-up Period is:
| Rate Code | FY 24-25 Rate |
|---|---|
| All Energy | $0.0893/kWh |
5. CleanPowerSF will provide Net Electricity Generators their Net Surplus Electricity Compensation at the end of the Annual True-Up Period by bill credit that will apply to future CleanPowerSF charges. Customers may elect to receive their Net Surplus Electricity Compensation by check. Customers electing to receive a check must indicate their preference within 60 days of the first bill following the end of the Annual True-Up Period.
6. Per California Public Utilities Code Section 2827(h)(4)(B), aggregated NEM customers are “permanently ineligible to receive net surplus electricity compensation.” Thus, CleanPowerSF aggregated NEM accounts are ineligible to receive Net Surplus Compensation
C. Renewable Energy Credits and Environmental Attributes
The customer will retain ownership of all RECs and environmental attributes associated with its usage of electricity produced by the eligible Renewable Electrical Generation Facility.
V. Termination of CleanPowerSF Service
A. If a NEM-CleanPowerSF customer opts-out of the CleanPowerSF program and returns to PG&E bundled service, or otherwise closes their CleanPowerSF account, that customer may request that CleanPowerSF settle any remaining net generation credits on the account, provided that the request is received within 90 calendar days of the return to PG&E service or the account closure. For customers with remaining net bill credit balances credits, CleanPowerSF will issue a check for the amount of any net bill credit balances remaining at the time of the return to PG&E service or the account closure