utility obfuscation and obstruction [RE-wrenches]

[Matt Lafferty]

Joel:

The Net Metering Law and the PUC Tariffs are two separate documents, with
various conflicts between them.  (Classic Legislated Statute versus
Regulatory Agency Regulations)

The PUC Rules provide the Insurance requirements.  In Baran's case, REU is a
Muni and not subject to them unless they have adopted them or similar
verbiage into their own Tariffs.  I don't know for sure, but there is a
chance that the individual raising the issue is reading the PUC requirements
without understanding that they don't necessarily apply to REU customers.

Hang in there Baran.  I'm sure the local paper is dying to hear about this
if it doesn't resolve itself soon...

-Matt Lafferty
pvpro at attbi.com


From: "Joel Davidson"

> It is against the net metering law for a utility company to even ask a
homeowner
> about insurance. It was this specific kind of utility abuse and other
abuses
> that the net metering law was changed in 1998. You might want to give the
REU
> general manager a copy of the law.
>
> Baran Galocy wrote:
>
> > Yep!
> >
> > Redding Electric Utilities (REU - home of  the "how do we know that
switch
> > will perform to UL listings?" mentality)  Uses the utility disconnect.
As
> > soon as they got wind that I had a building permit in hand, their
top-flight
> > desk-jockey "professional" engineer was at the jobsite - lock in hand,
to
> > lock me off of the grid.  That was two weeks ago.  They don't know how
to
> > handle the issue of the possibility of the homeowner discontinuing his
> > homeowner's insurance policy so the customer is locked out until
resolution.
> > Of course I bypassed the disconnect for commissioning and a customer
> > demonstration but I can not leave it that way.  Just when you think you
have
> > seen everything . . .

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