Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 29 - REGULATIONS RELATED TO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND ELECTRIC COGENERATION AND SMALL POWER PRODUCTION FACILITIES › Section 860-029-0046 - Process for Procuring Standard Power Purchase Agreement

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each public utility must file with the
			 Commission a schedule outlining the process for acquiring a standard power
			 purchase agreement that is consistent with the provisions of OAR 860 division
			 029 and Commission policy and that satisfies the requirements of this
			 section.
(2) Upon request, each
			 public utility must provide a draft standard power purchase agreement to an
			 eligible qualifying facility after the qualifying facility has provided the
			 public utility, in written form:
(a) An
			 executed standard form of interconnection study agreement and evidence that all
			 related interconnection study application fees have been paid, or evidence that
			 no study is required; and
(b)
			 Documentary evidence that the qualifying facility has taken meaningful steps to
			 seek site control of the proposed location of the qualifying facility
			 including, but not limited to, documentation demonstrating:
(A) An ownership of, a leasehold interest in,
			 or a right to develop, a site of sufficient size to construct and operate the
			 qualifying facility;
(B) An option
			 to purchase or acquire a leasehold interest in a site of sufficient size to
			 construct and operate the qualifying facility; or
(C) Another document that clearly
			 demonstrates the commitment of the grantor to convey sufficient rights to the
			 developer to occupy a site of sufficient size to construct and operate the
			 qualifying facility, such as an executed agreement to negotiate an option to
			 lease or purchase the site.
(c) The following information regarding the
			 proposed qualifying facility:
(A)
			 Demonstration of ability to obtain certified qualifying facility status prior
			 to commercial operation; for qualifying facilities larger than 1 MW, a Form 556
			 self-certification of the proposed qualifying facility or a FERC order granting
			 an application for certification of the proposed qualifying facility is
			 required;
(B) Demonstration of
			 eligibility for standard power purchase agreement and pricing under OAR
			 860-029-0045;
(C) Design capacity
			 (MW);
(D) Estimate of station
			 service requirements and net amount of power to be delivered to the purchasing
			 public utility's electric System;
(E) Generation technology and other related
			 technology applicable to the site;
(F) Non-binding estimate of 12 x 24 delivery
			 schedule and 8760 generation profile when practicable; estimates of the net
			 amount of power to be delivered to the public utility's electric system and the
			 12 x 24 delivery schedule are subject to revision until the date the qualifying
			 facility commences commercial operation;
(G) Motive force or fuel plan;
(H) Proposed scheduled commercial operation
			 date;
(I) Proposed contract
			 term;
(J) Proposed pricing
			 provisions;
(K) Point of Delivery
			 as well as Point of Interconnection or multiple Points of Interconnection under
			 consideration;
(L) Latitude and
			 longitude of proposed facility and site layout;
(M) For a qualifying facility with battery
			 storage system, description of the storage design capacity, description of
			 technology used by battery storage system, storage system duration, and net
			 power output;
(N) For a qualifying
			 facility selecting a scheduled commercial operation date between three and five
			 years after the Effective Date of the standard power purchase agreement
			 pursuant to OAR 860-029-0120(5)(b), a copy of the interconnection study
			 supporting the scheduled commercial operation date if one exists; and
(O) Other information specified in the
			 utility's avoided cost rates schedule or standard power purchase agreement
			 approved by the Commission.