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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: ERMU Commission Tom Sagstetter Conservation & Key Accounts Manager MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: January 14, 2020 2.5 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 expectations and 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 used models established by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MN PUC) and modified by the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) and Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA) to develop a policy, rules, and an annual tariff to fulfill this requirement. 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 2020. 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 ______________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 1 46