HB277 Alabama 2016 Session

This bill would authorize a retail electric service customer to install or have installed solar technology for the generation of electricity for his or her own use and to finance such installation though a solar financing agent

This bill would prohibit an electric supplier or utility from preventing, penalizing, discriminating against, or otherwise interfering with the installation or financing of solar technology by a retail electric service customer through a solar financing agent and from requiring the purchase of additional equipment or insurance or to perform additional testing other than that required by all applicable safety codes

This bill would specify that such a solar financing agent would not be considered a supplier of electricity or a utility

This bill would specify that the agreement between a retail electric service customer and a solar financing agent shall not be considered a private contract for electric service

To add Chapter 4A, commencing with Section 37-4A-1, to Title 37 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the installation, use, and financing of solar technology for use by a retail electric customer; to prohibit an electric supplier or utility from preventing, penalizing, discriminating against, or otherwise interfering with the installation or financing of solar technology; to prohibit an electric supplier or utility from requiring the retail electric customer to purchase additional equipment or insurance or to perform additional testing other than that required by all applicable safety codes; to provide that a solar financing agent would not be considered a supplier of electricity or a utility; and to specify that the agreement between a retail electric service customer and a solar financing agent shall not be considered a private contract for electric service.