Customer Generation

Net Energy Metering

KPUD con­tin­ues to vol­un­tar­i­ly offer a net meter­ing pro­gram for Cus­tomer-Gen­er­a­tors (own­ers of solar and oth­er eli­gi­ble renew­able resources) that allows the off­set the ener­gy con­sump­tion and pos­si­bly “store” the pow­er pro­duced for future use, if the amount gen­er­at­ed is more than is need­ed at that time.

KPUD Cus­tomer-Gen­er­a­tors with a capac­i­ty of 100 kilo­watts AC out­put or less are eli­gi­ble to par­tic­i­pate in our net meter­ing pro­gram. Pro­posed gen­er­a­tor sys­tems with a capac­i­ty of 26–100 kilo­watts require addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion and approval.

To receive cred­it for the elec­tric­i­ty pro­duced, inter­est­ed net meter­ing cus­tomers need to com­plete an Inter­con­nec­tion Appli­ca­tion and Agree­ment for approval by the util­i­ty. Upon com­ple­tion of the sys­tem and fol­low­ing a Wash­ing­ton State L&I approved inspec­tion, a new bi-direc­tion­al meter will be installed to mea­sure the property’s elec­tric use as well as the net ener­gy con­tributed to the util­i­ty to be used as an off­set to the Cus­tomer-Gen­er­a­tors con­sump­tion in accor­dance with Wash­ing­ton state rules. Net gen­er­a­tion will be cal­cu­lat­ed at the cur­rent ener­gy rate (kilo­watt-hours) per the applic­a­ble rate sched­ule defined by ser­vice require­ments and future revi­sions to rate sched­ules and rate designs.

Par­tic­i­pants must com­ply with the terms and con­di­tions of Pol­i­cy Bul­letin 25 Inter­con­nec­tion Stan­dards and approved Inter­con­nec­tion Agree­ment.

Steps to Take

Download, Read & Complete the Following PDF Documents

Down­load the fol­low­ing PDFs:

Read Pol­i­cy Bul­letin 25 [PDF] to become famil­iar with the required guide­lines for your sys­tem.

Use the Net Meter­ing Check List [PDF] as a guide.

Com­plete the Net Meter­ing Appli­ca­tion [PDF] and Net Meter­ing Agree­ment [PDF] and send the infor­ma­tion to Attn: Ener­gy Ser­vices, Klick­i­tat PUD, 1313 S Colum­bus Ave, Gold­en­dale WA, 98620, or send via email.

Additional Documentation May Be Required

An aggre­gat­ed meter may be added to the Cus­tomer-Gen­er­a­tors net meter­ing agree­ment. An aggre­gat­ed meter means the com­bi­na­tion of billing net ener­gy con­sump­tion from the des­ig­nat­ed bi-direc­tion­al net meter and an eli­gi­ble sec­ond meter. To request, down­load and com­plete the Aggre­ga­tion Pack­et [PDF] and sub­mit with the appli­ca­tion and agree­ment.

Addi­tion­al equip­ment sig­nage may be required depend­ing on the sys­tem design and place­ment. Please review the Net Meter­ing Direc­tion­al Plac­ards [PDF].

Familiarize Yourself with Additional Resources and Information

Infor­ma­tion­al PDF Down­loads:

Ener­gy Ser­vices Infor­ma­tion Let­ter [PDF]

Net Meter­ing FAQ’s [PDF]

Net Meter­ing Billing Example1 [PDF]

Net Meter­ing Billing Exam­ple 2 [PDF]

For more specifics on this pro­gram, please con­tact our Ener­gy Ser­vices Depart­ment at (509) 773‑7622 or (800) 548‑8357 x622.

Supplemental Programs and Other Information

Federal Income Tax Credits

As part of the Infla­tion Reduc­tion Act of 2022 signed into law on August 16, 2022, res­i­den­tial ener­gy effi­cien­cy tax cred­its have been extend­ed and enhanced.  

The tax cred­its for res­i­den­tial clean ener­gy projects are now avail­able through Decem­ber 31, 2034, for qual­i­fy­ing sys­tems that use solar, small wind tur­bines, geot­her­mal, and oth­er approved sys­tems.*

Vis­it the Ener­gy Star web­site for more infor­ma­tion.

*Tax cred­it infor­ma­tion is for infor­ma­tion­al pur­pos­es only and is not intend­ed to sub­sti­tute for expert advice from a pro­fes­sion­al tax/financial plan­ner or the Inter­nal Rev­enue Ser­vice (IRS).

Washington State Consumer Protection

New reg­u­la­tions man­date trans­paren­cy for res­i­den­tial solar installers, neces­si­tat­ing updat­ed licens­ing require­ments, con­tract lan­guage with spe­cif­ic pro­vi­sions, and com­pre­hen­sive notices and dis­clo­sures for poten­tial cus­tomers.

Down­load the Sup­ple­men­tal Infor­ma­tion [PDF] for more.