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Section 4 <br /> - 20 - <br />Table 4-4 <br /> Monthly Bill Comparisons <br />Customer Type and Usage ERMU <br />Present <br />2026 ERMU <br />Proposed <br />Wright Hennepin <br />Coop <br />City of <br />Buffalo <br />City of <br />Shakopee <br />Xcel <br />Energy <br />Residential <br />300 kWh $59.42 $61.10 $61.83 $62.46 $56.45 $59.02 <br />Residential <br />700 kWh 118.66 121.89 117.73 122.42 117.52 125.41 <br />Residential <br />1200 kWh 192.70 197.89 187.60 197.36 193.84 208.41 <br /> Commercial <br />1000 kWh 167.18 171.89 159.65 174.78 161.39 162.32 <br /> Commercial <br />2000 kWh 302.35 310.79 299.40 327.06 308.56 312.42 <br />Commercial <br />5000 kWh 707.88 727.47 718.65 783.91 750.09 762.72 <br /> <br />Solar Grid Access Charge <br />Minnesota State Statute 216B.64 Subdivision 3 provides that relative to net metering <br />and distributed generation: “A cooperative electric association or municipal utility may <br />charge an additional fee to recover the fixed costs not already paid for by the customer <br />through the customer's existing billing arrangement. Any additional charge by the utility <br />must be reasonable and appropriate for that class of customer based on the most <br />recent cost of service study”. <br />This additional charge is often referred to as a Solar Grid Access Charge for the solar <br />array customer. Based on the size of the solar generation installation, a separate <br />distribution access fee is charged to a customer. This charge is levied on a $/kW basis <br />to reflect the fixed expense of the distribution system. The charge is generally <br />assessed on the total generation size less the average demand of a typical residential <br />customer. For ERMU, the average residential customer is estimated to have an <br />average monthly peak demand of 4 kW. As an example, a solar customer with a 10-kW <br />system, they would be charged for 6 kW (10 kW generator capacity less the 4 kW <br />average customer demand). This option is self-regulating from a size of generator