A broad coalition of solar companies, environmental and consumer advocates, led by the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (“OUCC”), has prevailed at the Indiana Court of Appeals in a case challenging approval by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s (“IURC”) of CenterPoint’s “excess distributed generation” (“EDG”) tariff for rooftop solar and other DG customers.
In other words, while the law changed the bill credit rate, it still required utilities to net inflow and outflow during each billing period to determine the number of kilowatt hours of “excess” distributed generation to which the smaller credit rate would be applied. If approved for all of Indiana’s investor-owned electric utilities, this proposed EDG tariff provision was expected to drastically slow down rooftop solar adoption in the state.
The Court of Appeals rejected the CenterPoint tariff provision because it violated the plain meaning of SEA 309. “This decision is good news for everyone who wants to see a cleaner energy system in Indiana that puts consumers first,” said Zach Schalk, Indiana program director for Solar United Neighbors. “
https://www.solarunitedneighbors.org/news/advocates-celebrate-indiana-court-decision/
