Net Metering

Net Metering

Net metering is the interconnection of a customer’s power generating facility to a utility company’s distribution line.

The Nebraska legislature adopted LB436 in 2009 which allows any customer-generator to interconnect with the Fremont Department of Utility (FDU) as long as they meet all applicable safety, performance, interconnection and reliability standards established by the National Electrical Code and others. With certain limitations, the FDU will purchase excess energy from the customer-generator of methane, wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, or geothermal resources.

The FDU allows a customer's retail electricity consumption to be offset by their excess generation, if any. The excess generation is determined by the FDU and is credited to the customer at a rate that varies annually and is based on the previous calendar year average Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Real-Time (RT) Locational Marginal Price (LMP) at FREM_LOAD. Monetary credits are carried forward from billing period to billing period and credited against the customer’s retail electric bills, being paid out at the end of each twelve-month period.  Effective April 1, 2026, the rate of credit is $0.03337 per kwh. 

To read the entire policy click here Version Options Net Metering Headline (PDF).

In accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. 70-2001 to 70-2005, as amended from time to time, the Fremont Department of Utilities is required to produce and publish the following Net Metering Report on our website by March 1 of every year.