Renewable Energy
Two Types of Renewable Projects Available
- Must be a renewable resource
- Must have First Nation participation/support (if in a First Nation community)
- Project must be sized according to the electrical needs of the community and to the kW size of existing generation in the community
"Net" Metering
- Production of renewable energy “nets” or offsets building energy use
- Customer/owner enjoys lower energy bills
- Currently a typical net metering installation is on a Standard “A” Community-owned building (school, water treament plant, etc.) as these buildings are charged the highest rates
- As of May 1, 2022, Standard "A" rates over 250 kWh are as follows
- Air Access – 110.77 cents/kWh
- Road/Rail – 76.60 cents/kWh
- Grid Connected - 34.70 cents/kWh (all kWhs)
- Projects must be sized according to the facility’s load and may not exceed 50% of annual energy consumption
- Available for grid-connected and non-grid connected communities
Stand-Alone
- Payments are made for kWh injected into Remotes’ system
- kWh rate is based on 3 year historical average cost of fuel per kWh (avoided cost of fuel) specific to that community
- 2022 rates range from 21.2 cents/kWh to 81.3 cents/kWh with most communities in the 40 cent range
- Customer/owner gets paid quarterly
- Only available for non-grid connected communities
Download PDF version
(English) - Reindeer Overview
(English) - Reindeer Guidelines
(English) - Reindeer Process Flow Chart
