Roseville Solar 2.0 - All New Solar Customers Interconnected On or After October 1, 2018
The State of California allows electric utilities to implement a new solar buyback rate once solar exceeds 5% of the utility's system peak. Roseville Electric Utility now exceeds 5% solar. Effective October 1, 2018, per the Roseville Solar 2.0 program, customers who install new solar systems, or expand their existing systems by 10% or more, will be credited $0.0691 cents per kilowatt hour of energy sent to the grid. This change will not effect existing solar customers before 2028. Existing customers will continue with net energy metering for up to 20 years (10 minimum) from the date of system interconnection.
Roseville Solar 2.0 Program - Roseville Solar 2.0 rate classification, see City of Roseville's Municipal Code section 14.24.020 for complete language.
All new customers, interconnected on or after October 1, 2018, who install a solar system will now be enrolled in Roseville Electric Utility's monthly Roseville Solar 2.0 program. Effective October 1, 2018, the NEM rate will be closed to new customers without an active solar building permit.
Expanding your existing solar systems more than 10%?
Effective October 1, 2018, existing NEM customers can expand their existing system by up to 10 percent and remain on the NEM rate. Customers who expand their systems by 10 percent or more will be transferred from NEM to the Roseville Solar 2.0 program and rate schedule.
The solar buyback rate will change for customers who transfer from NEM to Roseville Solar 2.0. The surplus energy compensation rate will move from Net Energy Metering to Roseville Solar 2.0, see the electric rates page for more details.
What is the transition period for existing NEM customers to Roseville Solar 2.0?
Customers eligible for the NEM rate shall remain on the NEM rate until October 1, 2028, or through a period of 20 years from the last date of interconnection of the eligible renewable energy generation facility, whichever is later.
Roseville Solar 2.0 Rate - Roseville Solar 2.0 rate, see City of Roseville's Municipal Code, section 14.21.051 for complete language.
The Roseville Solar 2.0 rate is applicable to customer-generators with eligible renewable generation such as solar, wind, and/or solar/wind hybrid electric system interconnections of less than one megawatt (1 MW) once the NEM rate and standard net metering are closed to new customers as noted above.
The Roseville Solar 2.0 rate applies to eligible renewable generation systems which are:
- interconnected on or after October 1, 2018,
- solar, wind, and/or solar/wind hybrid electric,
- located on the premises of the end user customer-generator, where the customer-generator’s own electricity demand is located,
- interconnected behind the electric meter of record,
- generating system that meets no more than 100 percent of the customer-generator’s annual energy (kWh) usage but is less than or equal to 1,000 kW, as defined in Roseville Electric Rule 21 standards for interconnection,
- and the generating system must operate in parallel with the city’s electric utility system, and be designed to offset part of, but no more than 100 percent, of the customer-generator’s meter of record total annual kilowatt-hour electric load.
All eligible customer-generators receiving service under the Roseville solar 2.0 rate shall pay all applicable electric monthly basic service charges and other charges identified by state law and/or city ordinance as a mandatory charge according to the terms and conditions of the rate which the customer-generator would be assigned to, or be eligible for, if the customer-generator was not an eligible customer-generator over a normal billing cycle.
The Roseville Solar 2.0 rate applies to eligible customer-generators. Monthly customer generated kWh received by the utility shall be compensated at the surplus energy compensation rate:
- The surplus energy compensation rate shall be $0.0691 per kWh. This rate is subject to revision by the city council as energy prices and system requirements change.
The Roseville Solar 2.0 rate on billings shall be as follows:
- All energy (kWh) delivered and received after the customer-generator serves its own instantaneous load shall be measured by a multi-register meter.
- The customer-generator will be billed consumption charges for the energy delivered to the customer by Roseville Electric Utility, based on the customer’s applicable rate.
- In the event the energy generated by the customer exceeds the energy consumed, Roseville Electric Utility will receive that energy and the customer will receive a credit which shall be compensated at the surplus energy compensation rate.
- The customer-generator must pay any amount due for energy consumption upon receipt of the monthly bill.
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Solar buy-back rate adjustment
In 2024, Roseville Electric proposed an increase to the solar buy-back rates that align with the assessed value of power produced within our local power grid. This rate applies to customers who are interconnected under the Roseville Solar 2.0 program. If you are unsure of your solar interconnection rate, you can contact our billing department at (916) 774-5300.
To provide additional information and answer customer questions about this proposal, we hosted a virtual public workshop on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 6 p.m. The recording of that meeting is available upon request. We also hosted an in-person public workshop on Monday, April 22, 2024 at 6 p.m. at the Roseville Electric Customer Service Center located at 116 S. Grant St.