Program Description

The City of Vernon's Solar Energy and Net Metering Program promotes customer adoption of residential and commercial solar photovoltaic systems.

Eligibility Criteria

1. The installed system size must be less than or equal to the customer’s average peak electricity demand over the last 12-month period.
2. The maximum system size installed under the Program is 1 Megawatt (MW).
3. Customers with an active VPU electric account in good standing are eligible to participate in the Program.
4. All components in the solar photovoltaic system must be new and unused, and have not previously been placed in service in any other location, or for any other application.
5. Solar photovoltaic systems must meet all of the requirements listed in the "City of Vernon Guidelines" for interconnection of customer-owned distributed generation.
6. Solar photovoltaic systems must be installed with power production meters to monitor and measure the system’s performance and the quantity of electricity generated by the system.
7. The solar photovoltaic system must be located on the same premise of the end-use customer, where the customer's electric demand is located.
8. The solar photovoltaic system must be connected to the City of Vernon’s electrical distribution system.
9. The solar photovoltaic system must be installed in conformance with the manufacturer’s specifications and in compliance with all applicable electrical and building code standards.

Special Conditions & Program Implementation

1. Customers electing to participate in the Net Metering Program will be served pursuant to the terms and conditions of the City’s Net metering service schedule No. NM.
2. Customers electing to participate in the program must submit a completed application to the City, which will be processed within 30 days.

Documents

1. Solar Flow Chart
2. Solar Application
3. City of Vernon Guidelines
4. Interconnection Agreement
5. Net Metering
6. Net Metering - Small
7. Net Metering - Large

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