H1203B1668A01494 DMS:DHB 06/14/07 #90 A01494 AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1203 Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE ROSS Printer's No. 1668 1 Amend Title, page 1, line 8, by striking out "definition of" 2 and inserting 3 definitions of "customer-generator" and 4 Amend Sec. 1, page 1, lines 14 through 16, by striking out 5 all of said lines and inserting 6 Section 1. The definitions of "customer-generator" and 7 "force majeure" in section 2 of act of November 30, 2004 8 (P.L.1672, No.213), known as the Alternative Energy Portfolio 9 Standards Act, are amended to read: 10 Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2), page 2, by inserting between lines 1 11 and 2 12 "Customer-generator." A nonutility owner or operator of a 13 net metered distributed generation system with a nameplate 14 capacity of not greater than 50 kilowatts if installed at a 15 residential service or not larger than [1,000] 3,000 kilowatts 16 at other customer service locations, except for customers whose 17 systems are above [one megawatt] three megawatts and up to [two] 18 five megawatts who make their systems available to operate in 19 parallel with the electric utility during grid emergencies as 20 defined by the regional transmission organization or where a 21 microgrid is in place for the primary or secondary purpose of 22 maintaining critical infrastructure, such as homeland security 23 assignments, emergency services facilities, hospitals, traffic 24 signals, wastewater treatment plants or telecommunications 25 facilities, provided that technical rules for operating 26 generators interconnected with facilities of an electric 27 distribution company, electric cooperative or municipal electric 28 system have been promulgated by the Institute of Electrical and 29 Electronic Engineers and the Pennsylvania Public Utility 30 Commission. 31 * * * F14L90DMS/HB1203A01494