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However, customers with more recent net metering arrangements– Schedule 136 and Schedule 137–are eligible to participate. The Community Renewable Energy Act states “A residential customer that is participating in the net metering program under Title 54, Chapter 15, Net Metering of Electricity, may not be a participating customer under this part.” This means people who have a Schedule 135 arrangement cannot participate in the Community Renewable Energy Program.

How does participating in the Community Renewable Energy Program affect people with rooftop solar? This depends on which net metering arrangement a person has. Depending on how many customers decide to participate, it’s reasonable to expect that the Community Renewable Energy program could double the amount of utility-scale solar in Utah by 2030. Unlike Subscriber Solar, the Community Renewable Energy Program will scale up to serve all participating customers in participating communities and will be governed by a Board created by the Governance Agreement.

Unlike Blue Sky, Program resources will interconnect with and feed electricity directly into the Rocky Mountain Power electric system. Unlike solar on homes and businesses, the Community Renewable Energy Program won’t require upfront customer investment or financing. In general, the Community Renewable Energy Program has the potential to drive greater renewable energy development than other options. ​ How does this program compare with other renewable initiatives, such as solar on homes and businesses, Blue Sky, and Subscriber Solar? The greener Rocky Mountain Power’s grid gets by 2030, the fewer resources the Program would need to acquire to “close the gap” and achieve the net-100% goal for participating customers. So if Rocky Mountain Power’s energy mix is forecast to be 50% renewable by 2030, the Program would seek to “close the gap” by supplying the remaining 50% increment from new Program renewable energy resources. Although the Program is still under development, one option would be to complement the renewable energy that Rocky Mountain Power customers already enjoy.

​ Rocky Mountain Power recently told Fox 13 News that it won’t reach 100% renewable energy by 2030 what does this mean for the Community Renewable Energy Program? The Community Renewable Energy Program is designed to achieve net-100% renewable electricity for participating customers in participating communities. Customers who participate in the Community Renewable Energy Program will still be connected to the Rocky Mountain Power system and will enjoy the same reliability standards as “standard offer” Rocky Mountain Power customers. These enabling technologies can help bridge the gap between when renewable energy is generated and when it is consumed. The definition also allows development of other clean energy enabling technologies like energy efficiency, demand response, and energy storage. The Community Renewable Energy Act defines renewable energy resources as sources that are “naturally replenished,” including wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric. What does “net-100% renewable electricity” mean?​ Net-100% renewable electricity means matching the program’s electricity consumption with renewable generation connected to Rocky Mountain Power’s system on an annual basis.