The Independent Regulatory Review Commission Tuesday submitted its second disapproval order on the Public Utility Commission’s net metering regulations the IRRC unanimously disapproved on June 30.

The disapproval order says the PUC’s changes to the regulation make them vague, particularly with regard to the definition of a “utility,” and the PUC did not convince the Commission there was a need for all the provisions in the rulemaking.

The original regulations, which narrowly passed the PUC in February, would have limited the size of solar systems and other sources of renewable generation systems that customers could install.

The regulations would have further discouraged new generation by increasing the administrative burden on installers and open the door to new fees.

In June the PUC dropped the net-metering cap and made other changes in response to the IRRC’s original disapproval order and resubmitted the regulations to the Commission for review.

A copy of the new disapproval order is available online.

The PUC now has three options in responding to the disapproval order: withdraw the regulation (or take no action), resubmit the regulations with changes within 40 days of the receipt of the order or submit the regulation without changes to the IRRC and the General Assembly. 

The IRRC then has one last opportunity to vote on the regulations and the General Assembly has the option to pass a concurrent resolution disapproving the regulation.

A copy of the PUC’s revised regulations are available online.

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