Solar Powered

The Wisconsin Public Service rate order requires purchasing the output of photovoltaic generation within the community. The attached PSC rate file provides the conditions and rates under which Lake Mills Light and Water will purchase electricity from small photovoltaic producers.
Lake Mills Light and Water (LML&W), a member of WPPI Energy, wants to offer a special energy purchase rate to its customers that generate electricity using solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. The special rate, $0.30/kilowatt-hour (kWh), is available to all the LML&W customers on a first-come, first-served basis for systems up to 4 kilowatts (kW) up to an overall program cap of 10 kW DC. The LML&W program is part of a larger solar buyback program being offered by WPPI to its member utilities, which has a total program limit of 300 kW. The 10 kW program cap may be increased to up to 30 kW if sufficient capacity is available under the parent WPPI Energy program.
It is important to note that this is not a net metering arrangement. Instead, the customer continues to pay their normal retail rate for electricity that they purchase from the utility. All of the energy generated by the customer's PV system is metered separately and exported directly to the grid. The $0.30/kWh incentive is applied to all of the energy the system produces for a period of 10 years, under a written contract with the LML&W. The customer receives payment as a monthly credit on their electricity bill. LML&W then resells the energy to WPPI Energy.
This arrangement requires the installation of a second generation meter at the customer's expense. Participants are also charged an additional metering fee of $1.00/month. Systems and components are required to comply with all applicable national, state, and local electric codes, rules, and regulations, including the State of Wisconsin's Standard Interconnection Rules. WPPI Energy takes title to all renewable energy credits (RECs) or other environmental attributes produced by systems enrolled in the program.