North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 8 › Article 11 - RESOURCE PLANNING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 11 R08-65 - REPORT BY PERSONS CONSTRUCTING ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITIES EXEMPT FROM

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) All persons exempt from certification
				  under G.S. 62-110.1(g)
				  shall file with the Commission a report of the proposed construction of an
				  electric generating facility before beginning construction of the facility. The
				  report shall be in the form adopted by the Commission, shall include the
				  information prescribed in subsection (g) below, and shall be signed and
				  verified by the owner of the electric generating facility or by an individual
				  duly authorized to act on behalf of the owner for the purpose of the filing.
				  The facility owner shall also be required to report to the Commission the
				  completion of each such facility by giving notice of the completion of
				  construction to the Commission in accordance with section (i) of this Rule.
				  Reports of proposed construction and notices of completion of construction
				  shall be for informational purposes only, and shall not require action by the
				  Commission or the Public Staff.
(b)
				  Reports filed on behalf of a corporation are not subject to the provision of
				  Rule R1-5(d) that requires corporate pleadings to be filed by a member of the
				  Bar of the State of North Carolina. Should a public hearing be required, the
				  requirements of
				  G.S.
				  84-4 and
				  G.S.
				  84-4.1 shall be applicable.
(c) The owner of the electric generating
				  facility shall provide a copy of the report to the electric public utility,
				  electric membership corporation, or municipality to which the generating
				  facility is or will be interconnected. This requirement shall not apply to an
				  offering utility, as defined in
				  G.S.
				  62-126.3(10), with regard to
				  an electric generating facility that is intended to be a community solar energy
				  facility, as defined in
				  G.S.
				  62-126.3(3).
(d) The owner of the electric generating
				  facility shall file the report electronically or file an original of the report
				  of proposed construction with the Chief Clerk of the Utilities Commission. The
				  report shall be accompanied by the fee required by
				  G.S.
				  62-300.
(e) Upon the filing of a report of proposed
				  construction, the Chief Clerk will assign a new docket or sub-docket number to
				  the filing.
(f) The Commission may
				  order a hearing on the report of proposed construction upon its own motion or
				  upon receipt of a complaint specifying the basis thereof. Otherwise, no
				  acknowledgment of receipt of the report of proposed construction will be issued
				  nor will any other further action be taken by the Commission.
(g) The Report.
(1) The report shall be comprised of the
				  following four exhibits:
(i) Exhibit 1 shall
				  contain:
a. The full and correct name,
				  business address, business telephone number, and electronic mailing address of
				  the facility owner;
b. A statement
				  of whether the facility owner is an individual, a partnership, or a corporation
				  and, if a partnership, the name and business address of each general partner
				  and, if a corporation, the state and date of incorporation and the name,
				  business address, business telephone number, and electronic mailing address of
				  an individual duly authorized to act as corporate agent for the purpose of the
				  report and, if a foreign corporation, whether domesticated in North Carolina;
				  and
c. The full and correct name of
				  the site owner and, if the owner is other than the facility owner, the facility
				  owner's interest in the site.