(a) Meter installation. The utility shall supply, at no cost to the qualified owner, a meter or such other properly calibrated and tested device, as is needed to monitor and record the amount of power, in kilowatt hours, generated by the renewable electricity generator and delivered to the utility’s distribution system or grid. The utility shall remain liable for payments due to the qualified owner for periods during which any meter that is supplied by the utility is not functioning properly. Any discrepancy on the reading of the utility’s meter must be resolved by the Commission, if the discrepancy is not resolved by the utility and the qualified owner within 30 days after notice of the discrepancy by the qualified owner to the utility.
(b) Cost recovery. The Commission shall require the utility to file rate schedules containing provisions for the automatic adjustment of charges for utility service in direct relation to the cost of electricity purchased from renewable electricity generators pursuant to the tariff established less than 30 V.I.C., sections 1 through 44 and all other costs required to comply with this subchapter.