Net Metering

Overview

Net Metering is a special metering and billing agreement between Dominion Energy and participating customers. Residential and Business customers who choose to participate in Net Metering agree to have a renewable energy source on their property that connects to the Dominion Energy power grid.

Net Metering encourages Dominion Energy customers to consider a small-scale renewable energy system, while ensuring they still always have a reliable source of energy from the grid even during times when their own generator isn’t producing energy.

How It Works

Net Metering allows customers to interconnect approved renewable generation systems (such as solar, wind, and geothermal) to the electric grid and provide electricity to their own residence or business facility.

That electricity offsets the electricity that would have otherwise been delivered by Dominion Energy. And when you generate more energy than your residence or facility needs, you’ll receive credit from Dominion for the electricity your generator produces and delivers onto the grid.

Several types of renewable energy are potentially eligible for net metering:

• Solar energy (photovoltaic)
• Wind energy
• Biomass (landfill gas or methane)
• Hydroelectric power
• Waste heat
• Geothermal energy
• Any other renewable generation that meets state guidelines

Participate Now

If you're interested in applying for Net Metering, please follow the steps below.

Before Installation

Step 1: Complete the correct Interconnect Request form based on your generator size and sign the form at the bottom.

• Interconnect Request <20kW
• Interconnect Request >20kW

Step 2: Submit the Interconnect Request form and application fee to Dominion Energy and send by US mail to:

Dominion Energy North Carolina
Net Metering
600 East Canal Street
11th Floor, South
Richmond, VA 23261

We will send return confirmation that the Request form was received.

Step 3: We will review the specifications of the proposed generating system and determine if the system is compatible with the electric distribution grid and the existing electric distribution facilities serving the interconnection point.

When the review is completed, we will return a signed copy of the Notification form along with any additional system protection requirements and/or required upgrades to the existing electric distribution facilities serving the interconnection point to enable completion of the interconnection.

Note: A Net Metering Applicant is solely responsible for compliance with all applicable local zoning requirements, building codes, electrical codes, or any other codes or restrictions governing installation and operation of a generation system. Dominion Energy does not review or approve the system equipment selection, installation method, or installation location. Dominion Energy only reviews the proposed interconnection for compatibility with the electric distribution system, based on UL1741/IEEE1547 standards.

After System Installation

Step 4: Complete Section 5 of the Notification form and resubmit to Dominion Energy. In cases where the applicant or a licensed North Carolina Class A or B General Contractor has installed the generation system, a copy of the final electrical inspection signed by the inspection authority may be provided as an alternative to the completion of this section of the Notification form. See the Net Metering FAQs, below, for additional information.

Step 5: We will complete the required metering work and return a separate written authorization to energize and operate the system.

Net Metering Billing

Once the final interconnection notification form is approved, the customer’s 12-month net metering period begins. The energy your renewable energy generator produces will offset the energy you would normally purchase from Dominion Energy.

If you generate more electricity than is needed for your home or business in a given billing period, the amount will be credited to your account to offset the cost of future electricity you receive from Dominion Energy. The billing period credit is accumulated, carried forward and applied at the first opportunity to any billing periods in which you have positive net consumption. Please note that even if a credit is issued, the customer will still receive a bill each month with basic monthly charges.