Nebraska Net Metering: Solar Systems Up To 25 kW

Nebraska statutes 70-2001 to 70-2005 give solar owners a statutory right to connect. Under section 70-2003, a local distribution utility must interconnect any customer-generator that enters an interconnection agreement and must provide net metering to a qualified facility. Section 70-2002 caps a qualified facility at 25 kilowatts rated capacity and requires the system to be on the customer's premises and sized to offset their own use. Net excess generation is credited each billing period at the utility's avoided cost of electricity supply, with credits carried forward and cashed out annually. Utilities need not add new net-metering customers once aggregated capacity hits 1% of the utility's average monthly peak demand.

A system over 25 kilowatts does not qualify for net metering. A utility may refuse interconnection until the customer signs an interconnection agreement, and need not offer net metering once the 1% aggregate cap is reached.