2.3 ERMUSR 01-11-2022UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Tom Sagstetter – Conservation & Key Accounts Manager
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
January 11, 2022 2.3
SUBJECT:
Cogeneration and Small Power Production Tariff- Schedules 1 and 4
ACTION REQUESTED:
Adopt the revised Schedule 1 and 4 of the Cogeneration and Small Power Production Tariff
BACKGROUND:
Every municipal electric utility should have a policy reflecting the expectationsand obligations
of the utility and customers who seek to interconnect their own electric generation facilities
with the distribution system. For ERMU these facilities consist of wind or solar photovoltaic
systems that are less than 40kW.
To allow for consistency over all municipals in the state, ERMU staff continues to use models
established by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and modified by the Minnesota
Municipal Utilities Association and Minnesota Municipal Power Agency. The policies were
adopted by the Commission at the February 13, 2018, commission meeting, and revised policies
were adopted at the May 14, 2019 commission meeting.
DISCUSSION:
The policies and rules outline that, at least annually, the Commission will have to review and
adopt Schedules 1 and 4 of the Cogeneration and Small Power Production Tariff. The two
schedules reflect the average retail rates for the applicable class of customer and the method of
reimbursement selected by the customer owning the distributed generation facility. Attached
are the updated Schedules for 2022.
ATTACHMENTS:
ERMU Policy – E.12b – Cogeneration and Small Power Production Tariff - Schedule 1 –
Average Retail Utility Energy Rate
ERMU Policy – E.12b – Cogeneration and Small Power Production Tariff - Schedule 4 –
Average Incremental Energy Costs
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