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Page 2 of 4 Updated 03/18/2015 On the ninth of every month, each subscriber's share of energy production from the community solar garden is posted to his/her account as a bill credit. Because customers are on different billing cycles, the timing for when each subscriber will see their credit depends on the day their meter is read. If a subscriber's billing cycle (three-day, meter-reading window):  Is before the ninth of the month: the bill will reflect Solar*Rewards Community credits with a one-month lag time/delay. (For example, a September bill will show credits from July.)  Is after the ninth of the month: the bill will reflect Solar*Rewards Community credits for the previous month. (For example, the September bill will show credits from August.)  Contains the ninth of the month: the Solar*Rewards Community bill credit reflected may be from the previous month, or may have a one-month lag. For this small subset of subscribers, bill credits will not be reflected on their bills each and every month; some bills may include two months’ worth of bill credits, while some bills may not show any credits. Xcel Energy is not able change customers' billing cycles. However, if a customer is on a meter-reading cycle that results in a bill generating on or near the ninth of the month, we have the ability to delay the creation of that bill, in order to ensure that the customer will only see one credit applied to each bill cycle. If you would like to discuss this option, please send us an email at srcmn@xcelenergy.com. While the credits are reflected differently based on the timing for each customer's bill, please remember that the Solar*Rewards Community bill credits will be posted regularly to customer accounts on the ninth of each month. How does the 120% rule apply to customers? Subscriptions must not exceed 120% of your average annual electric energy usage. If there is less than four months of consumption history, the new home calculator can be used to generate an estimate. For properties that are over 4,500 square feet, without consumption history, please submit an energy audit (HERS Rating or similar) or load calculations for the property. Please submit all system sizing paperwork to srcmn@xcelenergy.com . We use the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) PVWatts® calculator to convert a subscriber’s allocation in kW to annual output in kWh. That number is then checked against the customer’s historic usage or the home usage estimator for compliance with the 120% rule. NREL’s PVWatts calculator can be found on their website.