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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: ERMU Commission Tom Sagstetter – Conservation & Key Accounts Manager MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: January 12, 2021 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 (MN PUC) and modified by the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) and Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA). 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 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 2021. 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 40