1. (a) This part applies to all electric utilities, as defined in this part, that are jurisdictional to the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
2. (b) This part is not intended to and does not affect or replace any Arkansas Public Service Commission-approved general service policy, procedure, rule, or service application of any utility that addresses items other than those covered in this part.

3. (c) Net-metering customers taking service under the provisions of the net-metering tariff may not simultaneously take service under the provisions of any other alternative source generation, cogeneration, or interruptible service tariffs except as provided in:

   1. (1) Arkansas Code § 23-18-603(8)(B)(i) and (ii); and
   2. (2) Arkansas Code § 23-18-604(c)(11)(A).

4. (d)

   1. (1) When calculating a net-metering customer’s highest monthly usage pursuant to Arkansas Code § 23-18-603(9), an electric utility shall base its calculation upon the net-metering customer’s energy usage in kilowatt hours (kWh) and shall establish the corresponding net-metering facility size limitation as the facility’s estimated average output that would meet the customer’s usage in that same month of the year.
   2. (2) The lesser of the limit based upon highest monthly usage or the statutory nameplate generating capacity will then apply.
5. (e) Electric utilities shall not require legacy net-metering customers who submitted a Standard Interconnection Agreement for Net-metering Facilities for a particular net-metering facility prior to March 13, 2023, to reduce the generating capacity of the individual net-metering facility to meet the new generating capacity limits in Arkansas Code § 23-18-603(9) that became effective on March 13, 2023.
6. (f) Electric utilities shall not require legacy net-metering customers who submitted a Standard Interconnection Agreement for Net-metering Facilities for a particular net-metering facility prior to March 13, 2023, to relocate any of their net-metering facilities to meet the new limitations in Arkansas Code § 23-18-603(9) on co-locating that became effective on March 13, 2023.

Codification Notes: This section was promulgated as Rule 1.04 of the Net-metering Rules prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules.