City of Danville - Net Metering
City of Danville Utilities allows you to offset your electric bill through net metering if you install a qualifying renewable energy system (solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, or other approved technologies). Your excess generation each month carries forward to reduce future bills, and you must notify the utility at least 30 days before connecting a system 25 kW or smaller, submitting required forms and meeting interconnection standards including a manual disconnect switch and utility inspection. Systems under 10 kW must maintain at least $100,000 in liability insurance.
Danville Utilities accepts net metering for residential and commercial customers across multiple renewable technologies, with streamlined 30-day notification for systems ≤25 kW and 60-day notification for larger systems. You will need to ensure customers comply with IEEE Standard 1547, install a certified manual disconnect switch, and obtain utility inspection before operation begins; systems over 10 kW require $300,000 liability coverage, and interconnection is capped at 1.0% of the utility's peak load to prevent grid constraint. Full technical requirements and the interconnection agreement are available in Danville Utilities' Electric Rate Schedules and Riders.
Danville Utilities' net metering program allows monthly netting of production and consumption with carryover of excess generation to subsequent months. Interconnection capacity is administratively limited to 1.0% of the utility's most recent peak load to manage grid stability. The program covers residential and commercial sectors across ten renewable technologies; it requires standardized notification timelines (30 days for ≤25 kW, 60 days for larger systems), IEEE 1547 certification, manual disconnect switch certification by a licensed electrician, utility inspection, and liability insurance ($100,000 minimum for systems <10 kW, $300,000 for systems ≥10 kW).
Program details
- Program ID
- 4920
- Last updated
- 3/23/2026
Eligibility
- Sectors
- commercial residential
- Technologies
- geothermal electric solar thermal electric solar photovoltaics wind (all) biomass hydroelectric municipal solid waste combined heat & power landfill gas tidal wave wind (small) hydroelectric (small)
Program summary
City of Danville Utilities allows its customers to participate in net metering. Production and consumption are netted over the course of the monthly billing period. Any excess generation remaining at the end of the monthly is carried forward to the following month.
For a renewable fuel generator with a capacity of 25 kilowatts (kW) or less, a notification form must be submitted at least 30 days prior to the date the customer intends to interconnect their renewable fuel generator to the utility's facilities. Renewable fuel generators with a capacity over 25 kW are required to submit forms no later than 60 days prior to planned interconnection. The utility will review and determine whether the requirements for Interconnection have been met. More information on this process may be found in the Danville Utilities' Electric Rate Schedule and Riders.
A customer may begin operation of their renewable energy generator once the conditions of interconnection have been met. These include:
- Notification to utility of intent to interconnect
- Installation of a lockable, utility accessible, load breaking manual disconnect switch
- Certification of manual disconnect switch by a licensed electrician
- Compliance with IEEE Standard 1547, Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems, certified by vendor
- Utility inspection of static and nonstatic inverter-connected renewable fuel generators
- Requirements specific to systems generating over 25 kW are held to further requirements available in the Electric Rate Schedule and Riders
Interconnection of a net metering system will not be allowed if installation will cause the total generated AC current capacity of all interconnected renewable energy generators within the utility service to exceed 1.0% of the most recent peak load.
Renewable fuel generators with a rated capacity less than 10 kW shall maintain homeowners, commercial, or other insurance providing coverage in the amount of at least $100,000 for the liability of the insured against loss arising out of the use of a renewable fuel generator, and for a renewable fuel generator with a rated capacity exceeding 10 kW such coverage shall be in the amount of at least $300,000.
Contact & resources
- Contact email
- ashwokl@ci.danville.va.us
- Additional resources
Please verify current program details with the administering agency before making any financial decisions.
