To be eligible to participate in the FIT Program, a proposed generating facility must: . not be an Existing Generating Facility, unless it is an Incremental Project, in which case only the Contract Capacity relating to the Expansion or Upgrade is eligible;

The proposed definition of an "Existing Generating Facility" is:

Existing Generating Facility means an Electricity generating facility, and ancillary lands required by such generating facility, that is located in Ontario and whose Generating Equipment is commercially operational and is connected to the IESO-Controlled Grid, a Distribution System or supplies Electricity to a Host Facility prior to February 23, 2009. An electricity generating facility is considered to be commercially operational if it receives market revenues and has operated for more than 500 hours per year in any of the past three (3) years.

As such, the draft rules do not explicitly preclude net metered projects. The OPA will take your comment into further consideration and consider revising the definition of Existing Generating Facility to improve clarity.

Please note: projects that are less than 10 kW on a Residential Property, should refer to the Home REFIT program. The draft rules for the Home REFIT program are currently under development, and will be posted as soon as possible.