Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 123 - OREGON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT › Division 93 - SOLAR DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM › Section 123-093-0200 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply unless the context requires
				otherwise:
(1) "Affiliated Entity"
			 means all businesses or individuals controlling, controlled by, or under common
			 control with the owner or operator or otherwise affiliated with the owner or
			 operator. In making the determination, the Department will consider, among
			 other factors, ownership and contractual relationships among businesses,
			 including but not limited to ownership interests, financial relationships,
			 purchase options, partnership flips, and expected or scheduled changes in
			 ownership interests or percentages.
(2) "Applicant" means an owner or operator of
			 a solar PV project who submits a solar PV project for SDI enrollment
			 consideration.
(3) "Application
			 Date" means the date and time at which the Applicant submitted an SDI
			 application online.
(4) "Capacity
			 Factor" as defined by the Energy Information Administration, means the ratio of
			 the electrical energy produced by a generating unit for the period of time
			 considered to the electrical energy that could have been produced at continuous
			 full power operation during the same period.
(5) "Commercially Operational" means a solar
			 PV facility that is generating and selling electricity in accordance with a
			 Power Purchase Agreement with the purchasing utility.
(6) "Department" refers to the Oregon
			 Business Development Department.
(7) "Eligible Project" means a Qualified and
			 Ready Project whose owner, operator, or Affiliated Entities, would, after
			 enrollment of the project, own or operate, collectively, no more than 35MWac of
			 Solar PV Energy Systems enrolled in the SDI Program, as determined by the
			 Department.
(8) "Enrollee/Program
			 Enrollee" means the owner or operator of Solar PV Energy System enrolled in the
			 SDI Program. The Enrollee is responsible for managing relationships and
			 reporting requirements associated with the SDI program.
(9) "Enrolled Project" means the SDI Program
			 Enrollee's Qualified, Ready, and Eligible Solar PV Energy System that has been
			 selected to participate in the SDI program, for which the Enrollee has
			 completed required contracting and documentation to participate in the SDI
			 program and as such is eligible to receive the production-based
			 incentive.
(10) "Enrollment Date"
			 is the date assigned by the Department that serves as the earliest date from
			 which production data can be submitted for SDI payment. It also serves as the
			 date from which Enrollees have 12 months to generate electricity before
			 experiencing reductions in their total incentive payments.
(10) "Investor-Owned Utility" means an
			 investor-owned utility, as defined in ORS
			 469.631 that distributes
			 electricity.
(11) "Nameplate
			 Capacity" means the maximum rated output of a generator, inverter, or other
			 electric power production equipment measured in alternating current under
			 specific conditions designated by the manufacturer of the equipment.
(12) "Off-taking Entity" means the buyer of
			 the electricity produced by a generating facility.
(13) "Publicly Owned Utility" has the meaning
			 given that term in ORS
			 469.649.
(14) "SDI Payee" means the Enrolled Project
			 Owner or Operator entity to whom SDI payments will be issued.
(15) "Project Owner or Operator" means the
			 entity that has primary control over a project.
(16) "Solar Photovoltaic Energy System" or
			 "Solar PV Energy System" means equipment and devices that have the primary
			 purpose of collecting solar energy and generating electricity by photovoltaic
			 effect.
(17) "Qualified Project"
			 means a Solar PV Energy System that meets the criteria set forth in OAR
			 123-093-0400 as a stand-alone
			 project.
(18) "Qualified and Ready
			 Project" means a Qualified Project that is more likely to begin generating
			 electricity no later than January 2, 2018.
Stat. Auth.: Ch. 63, OL 2016 (HB 4037)
Stats. Implemented: Ch. 63, OL 2016 (HB
				  4037)