Plaintiffs filed joint petition with Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC), requesting that ICC initiate proceeding to approve a community-owned solar pilot program using virtual net metering in service territory of ComEd. ICC properly granted ComEd’s petition to dismiss petition. Although net metering offered by ComEd pursuant to Rider is statutorily mandated by Public Utilities Act Section 16-107.5, the net metering proposed by Plaintiffs’ proposed Rider is not. The net metering service outlined in Plaintiffs’ proposed Rider is not a tariffed service required by Seciton 16-103 of Public Utilities Act. Thus, ICC was prohibited, per Section 16-103(e), from requiring ComEd to offer service in proposed Rider or approving pilot program that would require ComEd to offer that service. (ROCHFORD and DELORT, concurring.)
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