(a) “Commercial customer” means a person, persons jointly or a legal entity receiving electrical service from the Utility under the Utility’s criteria established for commercial service and who owns the property where the net metering facility is located or the property where the meter for the exported energy is credited is located.
(b) “Customer-generator” means a user of a net metering system.
(c) “Net metering” means the difference between the electricity supplied by a utility and the electricity generated by a customer-generator which is fed back to the utility over the applicable billing period, which is accomplished by:
(1) using a single meter capable of registering the flow of electricity in two directions;
(2) using an additional meter to monitor the flow in each direction, which may be installed only with the consent of the customer-generator, and at the expense of the utility; the net energy metering calculation of the dual meters shall yield a result identical to that of a single meter.
(d) “Net metering system” means a facility for the production of electricity that:
(1) uses renewable energy technology as defined in this chapter;
(2) has a generating capacity of not more than 5 kilowatts residential, 100 kilowatts Commercial and 500 kilowatts public facility;
(3) is located on property owned by the customer-generator at the point of actual energy consumption;
(4) operates in parallel with the utility's transmission and distribution facilities; and
(5) is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer-generator's requirements for electricity.
(e) “Public facility” means a building or area in which government operations or activities occupy to include but not limited to schools, hospitals, and recreation areas.
(f) “Residential customer” means a person, persons jointly or a legal entity receiving electrical service from the Utility pursuant to the Utility’s criteria established for residential service and who owns the property where the net metering facility is located or the property where the meter for the exported energy is credited is located.
(g) “Utility” means the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority or other public utility that supplies electricity in the Virgin Islands.