Nebraska § 70-1507 Agricultural self-generation facility; electric service; regulation

Nebraska Statutes

§ 70-1507 — Agricultural self-generation facility; electric service; regulation

Nebraska § 70-1507

Ch. 70Power Districts and Corporations

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1507 (2026).

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(1)For purposes of this section:

(a)Agricultural or horticultural purposes has the same meaning as in section 77-1359 ;

(b)Agricultural self-generation facility means a facility for the production of electricity that:

(i)Uses methane, wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, or geothermal resources as its energy source;

(ii)Is controlled by the owner-generator and located entirely on the same premises as the owner-generator's electric account with the local distribution utility;

(iii)Is owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the owner-generator and used for agricultural or horticultural purposes;

(iv)Has a rated capacity of one hundred kilowatts or less;

(v)Utilizes a device which prevents any backfeed of electricity to the local distribution system; and

(vi)Is not used for purposes

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(1) For purposes of this section:
(a) Agricultural or horticultural purposes has the same meaning as in section 77-1359 ;
(b) Agricultural self-generation facility means a facility for the production of electricity that:
(i) Uses methane, wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, or geothermal resources as its energy source;
(ii) Is controlled by the owner-generator and located entirely on the same premises as the owner-generator's electric account with the local distribution utility;
(iii) Is owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the owner-generator and used for agricultural or horticultural purposes;
(iv) Has a rated capacity of one hundred kilowatts or less;
(v) Utilizes a device which prevents any backfeed of electricity to the local distribution system; and
(vi) Is not used for purposes of net metering;
(c) Local distribution system means the equipment and facilities used by a local distribution utility to distribute electricity to end-use customers;
(d) Local distribution utility means the owner or operator of a local distribution system. Local distribution utility includes a public power district, a public power and irrigation district, an electric cooperative, or a municipal electric system;
(e) Net metering has the same meaning as in section 70-2002 ; and
(f) Owner-generator means the person controlling an agricultural self-generation facility.
(2) No local distribution utility shall deny or refuse electric service to a customer that owns an agricultural self-generation facility. An owner-generator is subject to the interconnection requirements, safety standards, electric rates and charges, and service agreement requirements of the local distribution utility in whose service area the agricultural self-generation facility is located. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a local distribution utility from establishing the rates or fees necessary to fully cover its costs to serve a customer that is an owner-generator.
(3) An owner-generator shall notify the local distribution utility of such owner-generator's intent to install an agricultural self-generation facility.