JEA distributed generation

Size bands and what each one obliges

The screens that decide it

• Within the 2 MW DG-1 ceiling Limit 2000 kW.

  At or below 2 MW the project is DG-1 and uses a small generator interconnection agreement. Above 2 MW it becomes DG-2D or DG-2T depending on whether it connects at distribution or transmission level, and a power purchase agreement is required if any sale of energy to JEA is planned. That is a different commercial path, not a larger version of the same one.

• Below the 50 kW standby service threshold Limit 49.999 kW.

  Systems with a gross power rating of 50 kW or greater require standby and supplemental energy from JEA and must take service under Rate Schedule SS-1. Price that rate change into the job, because it recurs every month for the life of the system.

• Below the 100 kW insurance threshold Limit 100 kW.

  Above 100 kW JEA requires proof of two million dollars of general liability insurance. There is no intermediate one million dollar step, so the requirement at 101 kW is higher than any Florida investor owned utility imposes at that size.

Ask the utility this, before you sell it

1. What is the utility distribution service rating at this address? JEA requires the gross power rating not to exceed 90 percent of it, and that rating covers the distribution transformer and the service conductor.
2. What is the application fee for this system size? The policy defers the amount to the JEA Electric Service Tariff rather than stating it.
3. What is the current fuel charge? Exports are credited at the fuel charge rather than the retail rate, and JEA sets it annually during the budget process effective 1 October.
4. Is this system grandfathered into the older net metering policy? Grandfathering attaches to the system rather than the customer and survives a home sale, so an existing array may carry it.
5. Has JEA imposed an aggregate limit on intermittent renewables on this circuit? The policy reserves that right at management sole discretion and states that none is currently proposed.

Worth knowing before you quote

Exported energy is credited at the fuel charge multiplied by the kilowatt hours sent to JEA, not at the retail rate, and the customer always pays the monthly customer charge and the retail rate on energy received even in a month of net zero consumption. JEA reserves the right to impose aggregate limits on intermittent renewables based on local or system wide electrical limits, and states that currently no aggregate system load limit is proposed. Grandfathering into the 2 December 2014 net metering policy runs 20 years and expires 31 March 2038; it attaches to the system rather than the customer, survives a sale of the home, and cannot be moved to a new address. A separate new home provision covers systems contracted by 31 December 2017 and constructed by 30 June 2018, grandfathered 20 years from completion and no later than 1 July 2038. Customers retain the renewable energy attributes of generation they use themselves, and those attributes transfer to JEA for any kilowatt hours JEA purchases. The startup sequence is fixed: the contractor notifies the permit office, the permit office notifies JEA and JEA will not proceed without it, a JEA engineer inspects the interconnection, then a meter technician installs a dual register meter and only then may the system be turned on. Energizing early carries a stated consequence, that JEA discontinues electrical service to the location until the system is disconnected. A distributed generation customer may not also be enrolled in JEA MyWay. Applications are filed through the PowerClerk portal at jeadistgen.powerclerk.com or emailed to distgen@jea.com. As of 31 December 2024 JEA reported 5,106 customer owned renewable interconnections totaling 44,937.74 kW AC to the Public Service Commission.

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