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Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.08 - Establishing the OREC Purchase Obligation and Replacement OREC Price Schedule

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A. The Commission shall establish the OREC purchasers' obligation to purchase ORECs for each year that the offshore wind energy RPS is in effect on a forward-looking basis and at least 3 years in advance of the calendar year in which that OREC purchase obligation is to take effect to allow OREC purchasers to reflect the costs of ORECs in retail prices offered to its customers.
B. Each OREC purchaser shall meet its OREC purchase obligation by purchasing the necessary number of ORECs from one or more escrow accounts established under this chapter.
C. If, pursuant to Regulation .02M(1)(a) of this chapter, a project has provided a two-part OREC price for its proposed OREC price schedule, then as soon as possible following the execution of its Interconnection Service Agreement, and if the project determines that any change between the Commission's estimated cost of transmission upgrades and PJM's actual upgrade cost as specified in the executed Interconnection Service Agreement requires that the second component of the OREC price be adjusted upward or downward, the project shall submit to the Commission a replacement OREC price schedule that reflects the final OREC price for each calendar year of the OREC price schedule, as adjusted in compliance with the limitations set forth in Regulation .02M(1)(a) of this chapter, accompanied by an explanation of the requested adjustment, and this replacement OREC price schedule shall deemed to be the OREC price schedule for the project for the term of its OREC order.
D. In assessing whether the adjusted OREC price schedule submitted by the project under §C(1) of this regulation complies with the limitations set forth in Regulation .02M(1)(a) of this chapter, the Commission shall use in its determination the same factors and economic or financial model (including any numerical inputs) used by it at the time it evaluated and approved the project's application other than the change in PJM's actual transmission upgrade cost described above.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.10 - Qualified Offshore Wind Project Invoices; Payment and Transfer of ORECs

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A. Subject to the provisions of this regulation, a project may deliver an OREC invoice to its administrator no more frequently than on a monthly basis.
B. During the initial year in which the offshore wind energy RPS takes effect and so long as project COD shall have occurred with respect to a qualified offshore wind project, the project may deliver the first OREC invoice to its administrator no earlier than the first five business days of the second calendar month immediately following the end of the generation month in respect of which ORECs associated with that project are created by PJM EIS. Thereafter, each OREC invoice may be delivered by a project to its administrator within the first 5 business days of the beginning of each calendar month during the term of an OREC price schedule.
C. Each OREC invoice shall state the number of ORECs created by PJM EIS for that project for the applicable generation period covered by that invoice (but excluding any ORECs created during any generation periods previously included in OREC invoices submitted to the administrator) and shall be accompanied by a copy of a statement or statements from PJM EIS confirming that the ORECs referenced in the OREC invoice have been created for the project. The OREC invoice shall also state the dollar amount due to that project for the ORECs referenced in the OREC invoice. That dollar amount shall be equal to the product of the number of ORECs created by PJM EIS for that project during the relevant period and the applicable OREC price set forth in the project's OREC price schedule, less:
(1) Any deductions the project is required to make in accordance with Regulation .13 of this chapter;
(2) Any deductions on account of the administrator's fees and expenses as contemplated by Regulation .09H of this chapter; and
(3) Any deductions contemplated by Regulation .09K or L of this chapter.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.11 - Invoicing of OREC Purchasers and Administrator's Responsibilities

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In addition to the duties of the administrator set forth elsewhere in this chapter, each administrator shall have the duties and obligations set forth in this regulation.
A. Each administrator shall establish and maintain a segregated escrow account, reserve account and GATS account for each qualified offshore wind project that appoints it to be the administrator.
B. The administrator shall send an invoice to each OREC purchaser on a quarterly basis. The first invoice shall be issued by the administrator within the first 5 business days of the calendar quarter commencing in April of the initial year in which the offshore wind energy RPS takes effect. Thereafter, each invoice shall be delivered by the administrator to each OREC purchaser within the first 5 business days of the beginning of each calendar quarter, during the term of an OREC price schedule. Each invoice will require an OREC purchaser to pay an amount that is equal to the product of:
(1) The OREC price for the relevant project for the relevant year within the term of its OREC price schedule, and
(2) The OREC purchaser's final electricity sales data in megawatt-hour terms computed as (A) the sum of (a) the final electricity sales data in megawatt-hour terms reflective of applicable adjustments and reconciliations conducted pursuant to the PJM settlement process for the sales period immediately preceding the invoice date corresponding to those adjustments and reconciliations plus (b) in the case of electricity suppliers that have retail electric customers that purchase "behind the meter" generation (as defined by PJM), the final electricity sales to those customers as measured by the electricity suppliers, minus (B) sales specifically excluded under Public Utilities Article, §7-703, Annotated Code of Maryland, and
(3) The offshore wind energy RPS, expressed as a percentage, determined by the Commission under §A of Regulation .07 of this chapter; and
(4) The fraction equal to the number of ORECs that the relevant project is authorized to sell in that year divided by the total number of ORECs authorized to be sold by the Commission for all projects in that year.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.12 - Payment of PJM Revenues and Trust for Benefit of Ratepayers

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A. Each qualified offshore wind project shall sell all of its electricity service attributes in the markets operated by PJM.
B. All proceeds from those sales that are associated with the ORECs that a project is authorized to sell under its OREC order (net of fees and charges imposed by PJM) shall be paid to the project's related escrow account to be applied in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Regulation .11G of this chapter, and any amounts remaining under Regulation .11G(4) of this chapter shall be held in trust by such project's administrator for the benefit of retail electric customers. The relevant project shall agree to this declaration of trust in the agreement that it enters into with its administrator with respect to payment of those funds.
C. Each qualified offshore wind project shall instruct PJM or the purchaser of the project's electricity service attributes, with copies of these instructions provided to the Commission, to deposit proceeds from the sale of that project's electricity service attributes associated with those ORECs during the term of the project's OREC price schedule, net of fees and charges imposed by PJM, to the escrow account.
D. The project shall not have any property interest in the escrow account, the administrator GATS account, the reserve account or the funds or RECs deposit therein, as relevant, except the right to receive payment from such accounts in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the express property rights to the excess electricity service attributes, RECs derived the excess electricity service attributes and the proceeds from the sale thereof provided for in Regulation .15 of this chapter.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.13 - Value to Ratepayers of State or Federal Funds and Benefits

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A. As described by Regulation .02K(6) of this chapter, the qualified offshore wind project shall pass along to ratepayers no less than 80 percent of the value of all state or federal grants, rebates, tax credits, loan guarantees and other similar benefits that the project receives that were not included at the time the project submits its application.
B. No later than 30 days following the end of each calendar year, each qualified offshore wind project shall provide to the administrator and the Commission a complete account of all benefits received from state or federal grants, rebates, tax credits, loan guarantees and other similar benefits not included in the project's application and received by the project during the preceding year.
C. The project shall deduct 80 percent of the value of the state or federal grants, rebates, tax credits, loan guarantees and other similar benefits received during the preceding year, as reported by the project pursuant to §B of this regulation, from the OREC invoice submitted to the administrator for the current calendar year under Regulation .10 of this chapter.
D. The value of the benefits required to be deducted under §C of this regulation shall be deducted from the first OREC invoice submitted to the administrator by the project for the current calendar year and, if the value of the benefits required to be deducted above exceed the amount of the OREC invoice, any balance in the value of these benefits shall be deducted from the second OREC invoice and each OREC invoice thereafter until the full amount of the value of the benefits required to be deducted shall have been fully deducted from the OREC invoices delivered by the project to the administrator.
E. Each administrator shall specifically identify all of the following information in the annual report that it submits to the Commission under §J of Regulation .09 of this chapter:
(1) Total value of all state or federal grants, rebates, tax credits, loan guarantees and other similar benefits that each qualified offshore wind project reports that is has received during the previous calendar year; and
(2) Amount in dollars that the project deducted from OREC invoices submitted that represents 80 percent of the value of all state or federal grants, rebates, tax credits, loan guarantees and other similar benefits that each qualified offshore wind project received during the preceding calendar year, as reported by that project.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.14 - Refunds Distributed by Electric Companies

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A. Each electric company shall submit a proposal for approval by the Commission describing the methodology that it proposes to use in calculating and refunding or crediting the amounts paid to it under §G(4) of Regulation .11 of this chapter to its retail electric customers.
B. Each electric company shall, within 90 days of receipt from the administrator, refund or credit the amounts paid to it under §G(4) of Regulation .11 of this chapter to its retail electric customers in accordance with the methodology that is approved by the Commission.
C. Each electric company may, from time to time, submit an alternative proposal to the Commission describing an alternative methodology for carrying out its obligations under §A of this regulation. If the alternative methodology is approved by the Commission, the electric company shall apply the alternative methodology in carrying out its obligations under §A of this regulation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.15 - Transfer and Expiration of Excess Electricity Service Attributes

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A. Legal title and beneficial ownership of an OREC shall vest in the project at the moment such OREC is created by PJM EIS and deposited in the project's GATS account.
B. If, after satisfying its obligations to deliver the number of ORECs that it is authorized to sell under its OREC order in any given calendar year, a project determines that the electricity service attributes generated by the project is in excess of that required for the delivery of ORECs in that calendar year, the excess electricity service attributes and any RECs associated with it shall, subject to §C of this regulation, remain the property of the project.
C. A project that has excess electricity service attributes shall notify the administrator of its intent to elect one of the following:
(1) Deposit the ORECs associated with the excess electricity service attributes in the administrator GATS account to be made available to the administrator for delivery to OREC purchasers in the following one or more calendar years in which the offshore wind energy RPS remains in effect; or
(2) Sell the RECs derived from the excess electricity service attributes as Tier 1 renewable sources that satisfy the RPS.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.16 - Project Commencement of Operations

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A. Each project shall provide periodic updates to the Commission regarding the status of the development of project as required by COMAR 20.61.06.18, including and whether the project is on schedule to meet its estimated project COD as notified to the Commission in the project's application.
B. If, based on facts and circumstances available at that time, a project determines that it is not reasonably expected to be able to meet its original estimated project COD, the project shall inform the Commission of its determination and provide the Commission with a new estimate of the project COD.
C. If the project gives the Commission the notice described in §B of this regulation after the Commission has established the RPS standard and the OREC purchase obligation to take effect in the year that estimated project COD is projected to occur, the qualified offshore wind project must appoint its administrator prior to April 1 of the year in which the offshore wind energy RPS takes effect. The administrator shall be instructed to establish an escrow account but not a reserve account for the purpose of receiving OREC purchase payments and applying the payments received in accordance with the priority of payments below until the qualified offshore wind project certifies (together with a certificate from an independent engineer confirming the same) to the administrator and the Commission that project COD has occurred:
(1) Prior to making the transfers specified in §C(2) of this regulation, withdraw from that escrow account, for the account of such administrator, its pre-agreed periodic fees and documented reasonable third-party expenses (including any costs and expenses invoiced to the administrator by or on behalf of the Commission in connection with Regulation .09K of this chapter); and
(2) After giving effect to §C(1) of this regulation, but no earlier than the 30th day of the immediately following calendar year, transfer all amounts remaining in the escrow account to the electric companies, in accordance with the relative market share of those companies (in megawatt hours), for subsequent allocation, in accordance with Regulation .14 of this chapter, to its retail electric customers (excluding retail electric customers specifically excluded pursuant to Public Utilities Article, §7-703, Annotated Code of Maryland).
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.17 - Extension of OREC Price Schedule Beyond the Term

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A. Each qualified offshore wind project shall report all of the following information to the Commission within 2 years before the expiration of the term of an OREC price schedule:
(1) Anticipated PJM revenues for the project for the 5-year period immediately following expiration of the term of the OREC price schedule; and
(2) Anticipated project operating costs for the project for the 5-year period immediately following expiration of the term of the OREC price schedule.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.18 - Reporting Requirements

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A. The qualified offshore wind project shall file annual reports with the Commission each year subsequent to issuance of the OREC order containing updated information required by Regulation .02H of this chapter, until the project achieves project COD.
B. Any material change to the qualified offshore wind project shall be reported to the Commission within 30 days of the date of that decision and the Commission shall decide, in its discretion, whether further action is necessary, including but not limited to:
(1) The capacity of the project;
(2) The turbine model;
(3) The design of the foundation or support structure;
(4) The project COD; and
(5) The decommissioning plan.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.19 - End of Term

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A. Upon either the termination of the term of an OREC price schedule or if further extensions of 5-year terms are granted by the Commission pursuant to Public Utilities Article, §7-704.2(d), Annotated Code of Maryland, at the conclusion of the final term of such 5-year terms, the Commission may instruct the project to cause the administrator to distribute all funds remaining in the escrow account and reserve account to the electric companies for refund to their retail electric customers in accordance with Regulation .14, provided that the following shall have occurred:
(1) The administrator shall have paid to the project all amounts owing under any OREC invoice issued by the project to the administrator that does not contain any error or inaccuracy and terminated all standing instructions given to PJM or PJM EIS in favor of the administrator;
(2) The administrator shall have paid to the project all amounts that it is entitled to pursuant to Regulation .15 of this chapter and transferred to the project all RECs to which it is entitled under Regulation .15 of this chapter;
(3) Any excess ORECs held in the administrator GATS account shall be sold and proceeds thereof be paid to the electric companies for refund to their retail electric customers in accordance with Regulation .14 of this chapter;
(4) The administrator shall have complied with any other administrative duties and obligations in connection with the escrow account, reserve account, and the administrator GATS account as the Commission may require; and
(5) The administrator shall have submitted to the Commission a final report and full accounting of all the amounts paid to and from the escrow account and reserve account, all sale or retirement of excess ORECs from the administrator GATS account and application of proceeds thereof and any other information as may be requested by the Commission.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 61 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD PROGRAM › Chapter 20.61.06 - Offshore Wind › Section 20.61.06.20 - Severability

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If any part of the regulations in this chapter is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions of these regulations.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.01 - General › Section 20.62.01.01 - Scope

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This subtitle is applicable to electric companies and subscriber organizations in service territories where customers have the ability to subscribe to a community solar energy generation system under a pilot program approved by the Commission.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.01 - General › Section 20.62.01.02 - Definitions

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A. In this subtitle the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) Agent.
(a) "Agent" means a person who conducts marketing or sales activities, or both, on behalf of a subscriber organization or subscription coordinator. Agent includes an employee, a representative, an independent contractor and a vendor.
(b) "Agent" includes subcontractors, employees, vendors and representatives not directly under contract with the subscriber organization or subscription coordinator that conducts marketing or sales activities on behalf or for the benefit of the subscriber organization or subscription coordinator.
(c) "Agent" does not include a member of a neighborhood association, church, nonprofit organization, or other community organization that is a subscriber organization when the member is conducting marketing or sales activities on behalf of the subscriber organization to fellow members and is not receiving any compensation for those marketing or sales activities.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.01 - General › Section 20.62.01.03 - Electric Company Compliance Plan

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A. An electric company shall file a plan and relevant tariffs for compliance with this subtitle within 45 days after this regulation becomes effective.
B. A municipal electric company or electric cooperative electing to participate in the pilot program shall file a plan and related tariffs for compliance with this subtitle within 45 days after notifying the Commission of that election.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.02 - Pilot Program › Section 20.62.02.01 - Pilot Program Structure

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A. Each electric company shall establish a program to accept and administer community solar energy generating system projects for a period of 7 years from the earlier of:
(1) The first date of application of a subscriber organization to operate a community solar energy generating system after the effective date of this subtitle; or
(2) 6 months from the effective date of this subtitle.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.02 - Pilot Program › Section 20.62.02.02 - Program Generation Capacity

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A. Capacity Limit.
(1) Statewide Capacity.
(a) Subject to §A(1)(b) of this regulation, an electric company may not accept pilot program project applications after the Statewide capacity of pilot projects has exceeded 4.55 percent of the 2015 Maryland peak demand in MW as measured by the sum of the nameplate capacity of each project's inverter.
(b) An electric company shall accept an additional 0.15 percent of 2015 capacity for projects serving the LMI category or projects serving the Small category under §A(3)(a)(iv) of this regulation if an electric utility has reached full capacity available to projects in the LMI category.
(c) An electric company shall accept an additional 0.05 percent of 2015 capacity for projects of 50kW or less during the fourth through seventh year of the program.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.02 - Pilot Program › Section 20.62.02.03 - Number of Accounts per Project

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A. A subscriber organization may subscribe as many accounts as needed to match each CSEGS's capacity.
B. An electric company may require a subscriber organization to maintain a minimum average subscription size of 2 kW per customer for an individual CSEGS during the pilot program.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.02 - Pilot Program › Section 20.62.02.04 - Subscription Credits

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A. Subscriber List.
(1) List Composition.
(a) A subscriber organization shall provide the electric company with electronic data indicating the proportion of a community solar energy generating system's output that shall be applied to each subscriber's bill.
(b) An electric company may develop an alternative format for processing subscriber lists.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.02 - Pilot Program › Section 20.62.02.05 - Subscription Limitations

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A. A subscriber may not subscribe for an amount of energy that exceeds 200 percent of the value of the subscriber's baseline annual usage including all subscriptions and any net metered generation.
B. Multiple Subscriptions.
(1) A customer may purchase multiple subscriptions from one or more CSEGS.
(2) A subscriber's total subscribed credits shall comply with §A of this regulation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.02 - Pilot Program › Section 20.62.02.06 - Credit Payments

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An electric company may not refund generation credits to customers except as electric bill credits or as payment for excess generation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.02 - Pilot Program › Section 20.62.02.07 - Excess Generation

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A. An electric company shall pay a subscriber a dollar amount of excess generation as reasonably adjusted to exclude the distribution, transmission, and noncommodity portion of the customer's bill unless the electric company records subscriber credits as kilowatt hours.
B. An electric company that serves electric retail choice customers shall pay the subscriber for kilowatt hours of excess generation at the lesser of the subscriber's retail supply rate or the Standard Offer Service rate in effect at the time of payment.
C. An electric company that does not provide Standard Offer Service shall pay a subscriber for kilowatt hours of excess generation at the electric company's avoided cost of generation.
D. An electric company may pay a subscriber an amount of excess generation as a bill credit if the amount of payment is less than $25.
E. An electric company shall make a determination to apply §A, B, or C of this regulation in accordance with the type of subscription
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.02 - Pilot Program › Section 20.62.02.08 - Program Sunset

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An electric company shall file tariffs to pay a subscriber organization for unsubscribed energy in accordance with Public Utilities Article, §7-306.2(d)(7), Annotated Code of Maryland.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.02 - Pilot Program › Section 20.62.02.09 - Utility Cost Recovery

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A. An electric company shall receive full and timely cost recovery of program credit costs.
B. An electric company may not establish a separate surcharge, fee, or rate for recovery of any program costs, including credit and administrative costs.
C. An electric company may include program credit costs in existing rate adjustments for distribution rates or as a revenue or cost component for transmission or commodity rates as accepted by the Commission.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.02 - Pilot Program › Section 20.62.02.10 - Program Sunset

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A. Electric company tariffs requiring payments or credits from an electric company to subscribers in effect during the program shall remain in effect for subscribers for the earlier of 25 years from the date of the end of the program or until the subscriber's contract with its subscriber organization has ended.
B. An electric company shall continue to facilitate the operation of a subscriber organization that was established during the program for a period of 25 years after the program has ended.
C. A subscriber organization may continue to operate a community solar energy generating system that was established during the program for a period of 25 years after the program has ended.
D. A subscriber organization may create, exchange, and trade subscriptions up to the full project capacity for a community solar energy generating system that was established during the program for a period of 25 years after the program has ended
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.02 - Pilot Program › Section 20.62.02.11 - Bitting Accuracy

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A. The Commission may establish standards for billing accuracy to apply to subscriber credits and billing revenue.
B. The Commission may direct an electric company to develop additional automated billing and crediting features in order to improve billing accuracy for the program.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.03 - Pilot Program Administration › Section 20.62.03.01 - Customer Eligibility

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A. CSEGS Location.
(1) A customer may subscribe to a community solar energy generating system that is located in the same electric company service territory as the customer.
(2) The location of a CSEGS for the purpose of customer eligibility shall be determined by the physical location of the electric meter of the CSEGS.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.03 - Pilot Program Administration › Section 20.62.03.02 - Subscriber Organization and Subscription Coordinator Requirements

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A. A subscriber organization and a subscription coordinator shall apply with the Commission for admission to the program on forms authorized by the Commission.
B. The Commission shall assign each successful applicant a CSEGS identification number.
C. An electric company that participates as a subscriber organization may not recover CSEGS project costs through base distribution rates.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.03 - Pilot Program Administration › Section 20.62.03.03 - Pilot Project Application Process

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A. An applicant that has been granted admission to the pilot program by the Commission that wishes to construct and operate a community solar energy generating system under this pilot program shall apply to the electric company serving the location of the system.
B. Project Application Procedure.
(1) An electric company shall establish a project application procedure in compliance with these regulations and Commission Orders.
(2) An electric company shall develop its project application procedure in a manner designed to encourage achievement of program goals, timely project development, and equitable allocation of the electric company's project capacity.
(3) An electric company shall develop tariffed terms and conditions to administer the pilot program queue for filing with the Commission.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.03 - Pilot Program Administration › Section 20.62.03.04 - Pilot Program Queue

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A. Electric Company Application Process.
(1) An electric company shall process applications filed under Regulation .03 of this chapter in the order in which the electric company receives the application.
(2) Within 5 business days of receipt, the electric company shall acknowledge receipt of the application and notify the subscriber organization whether the application is complete.
(3) If the application is incomplete, the electric company shall provide a written list detailing all information that must be provided to complete the application.
(4) A subscriber organization receiving notice of an incomplete application as described in §A(3) of this regulation shall revise and submit the required information within 10 business days after receipt of the list of incomplete information.
(5) The electric company shall notify a subscriber organization within 5 business days of receipt of a revised application whether the application is complete or incomplete.
(6) An electric company shall grant an extension of time to provide such information upon reasonable request from the subscriber organization.
(7) The electric company shall reject an application that is not submitted in accordance with this section.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.03 - Pilot Program Administration › Section 20.62.03.05 - Data Communication

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A. All subscriber organizations and utilities shall use the uniform electronic transaction processes approved by the Commission.
B. Community Solar Pilot Program Data Collection.
(1) Subscriber organizations shall provide the Maryland Public Service Commission with the following data by the 10th day of January, April, July, and October, and the data will be provided to the Maryland Energy Administration and may be made publicly available:
(a) The name and address of the subscriber organization responsible for the community solar project;
(b) The name(s) and contact information (phone number, email address, and website) of the organization(s) authorized to find and sign-up subscribers;
(c) The name and description of the community solar array to include its project ID, physical location, and electrical service territory;
(d) The status of the community solar array development to identify the project phase to include at least one of the following options:
(i) Design and development phase;
(ii) Under construction;
(iii) In-service;
(iv) Canceled/withdrawn; or
(v) On-hold/waitlist;
(e) The status of subscription acquisition to include at least one of the following options:
(i) Not soliciting subscriptions at this time;
(ii) Subscriptions are available;
(iii) Fully subscribed, not accepting new subscriptions; or
(iv) Fully subscribed, but wait-listing new requests;
(f) The types of subscriptions being sought to include at least one of the following options:
(i) Private placement only, not available to the public;
(ii) Available to residential subscribers only;
(iii) Available to commercial subscribers only; or
(iv) Available to both residential and commercial subscribers;
(g) The status of special discounts available to Low and Moderate income subscribers;
(h) The project size (kW-ac);
(i) The expected in-service date;
(j) Pilot program capacity category to include at least one of the following options: Very Small; Open; Low and Moderate Income; or Small/Brownfields/Other; and
(k) Date of last data update.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.03 - Pilot Program Administration › Section 20.62.03.06 - Renewable Energy Credit Ownership

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A. Subscribers are not customer-generators under Public Utilities Article, §7-306(g) (5), Annotated Code of Maryland.
B. Subscriber organizations shall own and have title to all renewable energy attributes or renewable credits associated with community energy generating facilities for which they have applied.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.03 - Pilot Program Administration › Section 20.62.03.07 - Conversion of Existing Solar Facilities

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A. Eligibility.
(1) For purposes of this regulation, "existing" means a solar generating system that commenced operation prior to May 15, 2016.
(2) Any project that commences operation on or after May 15, 2016, is not considered to be a conversion for purposes of this program.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.03 - Pilot Program Administration › Section 20.62.03.08 - Project Location

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A. Colocation.
(1) An electric company may not accept a CSEGS project of 500 kW or greater that is proposed to be located on the same or an adjacent parcel as an existing or proposed CSEGS project of 500 kW or greater which is located in its service territory and is owned by any subscriber organization or affiliate thereof.
(2) Parcels that are subdivided after May 12, 2015, shall be considered as a single parcel for the purposes of these regulations unless a subscriber organization demonstrates to the Commission that the subdivision was not for the purposes of program queue eligibility.
(3) An electric company shall notify the Commission of a CSEGS application that is proposed to be constructed within 1 mile of an existing solar facility in its service territory.
(4) One or more subscriber organizations may not construct multiple facilities on a single parcel of property.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.03 - Pilot Program Administration › Section 20.62.03.09 - Subscription Coordinator Requirements

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A. A subscription coordinator shall apply with the Commission and obtain a Commission approval number before performing the functions of a subscription coordinator.
B. A subscription coordinator shall notify the Commission of any CSEGS projects for which the coordinator is or plans on performing any functions of a subscription coordinator.
C. The Commission shall make the list of subscription coordinators for which application has been made under §A of this regulation publicly available on the Commission's website or other website approved by the Commission.
D. A subscription coordinator operating on the effective date of this regulation shall apply with the Commission within 180 days of the effective date.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.04 - Pilot Program Study › Section 20.62.04.01 - CSEGS Study

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An electric company shall provide the Commission with data necessary to monitor the program status, impact on operations, and other information upon request.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.04 - Pilot Program Study › Section 20.62.04.02 - Utility Data

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A. An electric company shall make reasonable attempts to assist pilot program applicants with identifying means to locate and operate community energy generation facilities in a manner that minimizes adverse effects or maximizes distribution system benefits at locations identified by applicants.
B. Project Information.
(1) A utility shall designate a contact person, and provide contact information on its website and for the Commission's website for submission of all project application requests, and from whom information on the project application request process and the utility's electric distribution system can be obtained.
(2) The information provided by the utility on its website shall include studies and other materials useful to an understanding of the feasibility of interconnecting a CSEGS on the utility electric distribution system, except to the extent providing the materials would violate security requirements or confidentiality agreements or be contrary to law.
(3) In appropriate circumstances, the utility may require an applicant to execute an appropriate confidentiality agreement prior to release or access to confidential or restricted information.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.04 - Pilot Program Study › Section 20.62.04.03 - Subscriber Organization Data

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A. A subscriber organization shall maintain for the duration of the pilot program, the following information for each project operating during the pilot program:
(1) Ownership information;
(2) Technical and managerial expertise;
(3) Business address;
(4) Project design details, including:
(a) Project location/service territory;
(b) A/C output capacity;
(c) Equipment list; and
(d) Interconnection requirements;
(5) Subscriber data as directed by the Commission, including:
(a) Household income;
(b) Credit rating; and
(c) Other data; and
(6) Subscription information, including:
(a) Rates;
(b) Fees; and
(c) Terms and conditions.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.05 - Consumer Protection › Section 20.62.05.01 - Scope

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A. This chapter applies to transactions between CSEGS subscriber organizations, subscription coordinators, or their respective agents and customers that are subscribing to a community solar energy generation system under a pilot program approved by the Commission.
B. A customer may grant authority to a subscription coordinator to act on the customer's behalf in any process required by this chapter.
C. A subscription coordinator shall disclose to a subscriber its relationship with any person with whom the subscription coordinator executes a contract on behalf of a customer.
D. A contract between a subscription coordinator and a customer is subject to the Commission's regulatory jurisdiction under this subtitle and COMAR 20.32.
E. Regulations .08, .09, .14, .16, .17, .18, and .20 of this chapter do not apply to nonresidential customers.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.05 - Consumer Protection › Section 20.62.05.02 - Unauthorized Subscriptions

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A. No person shall subscribe a customer to a community solar energy generation system without the customer's consent.
B. A subscriber organization may not add a new charge for a new service, existing service, or service option without first obtaining consent from the customer, verifiable to the same extent and using the same methods specified under Regulation .08 of this chapter.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.05 - Consumer Protection › Section 20.62.05.03 - Advertising and Solicitations

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A. Advertising Permitted.
(1) A subscriber organization or subscription coordinator may advertise its services.
(2) A subscriber organization, a subscription coordinator, or their agent may not engage in a marketing or trade practice that is unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.05 - Consumer Protection › Section 20.62.05.04 - Creditworthiness

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A subscriber organization or subscription coordinator shall apply uniform income, security deposit, and credit standards for the purpose of making a decision as to whether to offer a subscription to customers within a given class, provided that the subscriber organization may apply separate sets of uniform standards for the purpose of promoting participation by low-income and moderate-income retail electric customers.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.05 - Consumer Protection › Section 20.62.05.05 - Geographic Marketing

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A. A subscriber organization or subscription coordinator may market services on a geographic basis.
B. A subscriber organization or subscription coordinator is not required to offer services throughout an electric company's entire service territory.
C. A subscriber organization or subscription coordinator may not refuse to provide service to a customer based on the economic character of a geographic area or the collective credit reputation of the area.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 20 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subtitle 62 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMS › Chapter 20.62.05 - Consumer Protection › Section 20.62.05.06 - Discrimination Prohibited

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A. A subscriber organization or subscription coordinator may not discriminate against any customer, based wholly or partly, on race, color, creed, national origin, or gender of an applicant for service or for any arbitrary, capricious, or unfairly discriminatory reason.
B. A subscriber organization or subscription coordinator may not refuse to provide service to a customer except by the application of standards that are reasonably related to the subscriber organization's economic and business purposes.