Title 12 — Autonomous Agencies
37 chapters · 1,201 sections in this title.
12 GCA § 8403 Amnesty Period
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This Section shall become effective forty-five (45) days after enactment of this Act to allow for an educational period in which the Guam Power Authority (GPA) shall conduct a public awareness campaign on the provisions of this Act. In addition to the public awareness campaign, G…
12 GCA § 8404 Establishment of Reward for Persons Reporting Unauthorized Electrical Connections or
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Illegal Hook-Ups. The Guam Power Authority shall formulate a reward program inclusive of, but not limited to the terms, conditions and the amount to be awarded to a person who reports to GPA an illegal power hook-up resulting in the collection of fines and penalties, or a convict…
12 GCA § 8405 Fine or Penalty Schedule
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The General Manager of the Guam Power Authority shall formulate a penalty schedule based upon a minimum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) up to a maximum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) in fines for illegal hook-ups, including meter tampering. GPA shal…
12 GCA § 8406 Determination of Amount of Power Illegally Used
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The Guam Power Authority shall determine the estimated value of the power utilized by the illegal power connection, or tampered meter, based upon the estimated time of placement using average consumption figures for the type of consumption of the illegal hook-up system-wide for a…
12 GCA § 8407 Effective Date
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This Act shall become effective immediately upon enactment. SOURCE: Added as uncodified law by P.L. 24-031:9 (May 16, 1997). Codified to this section by the Compiler. ARTICLE 5 NET METERING SOURCE: Entire Article added by P.L. 27-132:1 (Dec. 30, 2004).
12 GCA § 8501 Legislative Findings and Intent
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(a) I Liheslaturan Guåhan recognizes the island’s historical crisis of power outages almost a decade ago. Rolling blackouts and endless load-shedding became part of one’s daily life. Although the island has made great progress, power outages continue to plague the island. Each da…
12 GCA § 8502 Definitions
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(a) “Customer-generator” means a user of a net metering system. (b) “Net Metering” means measuring the difference between the electricity supplied by a utility and the electricity generated by a customer-generator which is fed back to the utility over the applicable billing perio…
12 GCA § 8503 Net Metering for Customer Generators
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(a) A utility shall offer net metering, as set forth in § 8505 of this Article, to customer-generators operating within its service area. (b) A utility: (1) shall offer to make available to each of its customer-generators who has accepted its offer for net metering an energy mete…
12 GCA § 8504 Net Metering Safety and Quality Standards
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(a) A net metering system used by a customer-generator must meet all applicable safety and power quality standards established by: (1) the National Electrical Code; (2) Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.; and (3) the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. (b) A customer-g…
12 GCA § 8505 Net Metering Billing Period
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(a) The billing period for net metering may be either a monthly period, or with the written consent of the customer-generator, quarterly, semi-annual or annual period. (b) The net energy measurement must be calculated in the following manner: (1) The utility shall measure the net…
12 GCA § 8506 Interim Meeting
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GPA is authorized to immediately implement an interim, emergency net metering rate structure wherein Customer generators shall be entitled to receive immediate credit for one hundred percent (100%) of the power generation capacity based on the specifications of the generation equ…
12 GCA § 8601 Legislative Findings and Intent
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(a) I Liheslaturan Guåhan recognizes that Guam’s reliance on imported fossil fuels causes the island to be vulnerable to volatile oil prices. On average, nearly seventy percent (70%) of a ratepayer’s power bill is attributed to the cost of fuel that is driven by the global oil ma…
12 GCA § 8602 Definitions
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(a) “Virtual Power Plant Program (VPPP)” means a network of distributed energy resources (DER), such as solar photovoltaic systems and battery energy storage systems that are hosted on the land or rooftops of eligible homeowners, businesses, government agencies and non-profit org…
12 GCA § 8603 Virtual Power Plant Program
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(a) The Guam Power Authority (GPA) shall establish a Virtual Power Plant Program (VPPP) within nine (9) months of enactment of this Article and approval by the Guam Public Utilities Commission (PUC), or ninety (90) days after approval by the Guam Public Utilities Commission (PUC)…
12 GCA § 8604 Eligibility
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The utility and Developers must establish eligibility criteria for Solar Hosts to include, but not be limited to, assessments on roof types, solar quality, and other elements required for full implementation of the VPPP for participating Solar Hosts.
12 GCA § 8605 Solar Host Credit Rate
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Solar Hosts shall receive a credit on their electricity bill or otherwise compensated by GPA or the Developer for the use of their rooftops. The exact amount or rate of this Solar Host credit is to be determined by GPA with approval by the PUC. ---------- COL 2025-04-22