Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 330 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Division 140 - SELF DIRECTION OF PUBLIC PURPOSES CHARGES BY LARGE RETAIL ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS › Section 330-140-0080 - Claiming a Credit Against Public Purpose Charges or Amount Charged in Rates Pursuant to ORS 757.054(4)

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Large electricity consumers who are eligible for direct access, starting with
			 the date of direct access, may claim credits against up to 75 percent of
			 renewable energy resource public purpose charges owed or up to the full amount
			 charged in rates pursuant to ORS
			 757.054(4).
(2) Credits claimed may not exceed the amount
			 of cost documented on certificate(s) of qualifying expenditure for that
			 self-directing consumer's site. When qualifying expenditures are certified they
			 may be claimed as follows:
(a) Credits in
			 excess of 75 percent of the amount owed for a given month's renewable energy
			 resource public purpose charges shall be available for future credit use
			 (carried forward) for as long as the obligation to pay those public purpose
			 charges exists. Should the electric usage at a self-directing consumer's site
			 fall below one average megawatt for the prior year, the self-directing consumer
			 may continue to claim credits which have been documented by a certification of
			 qualified expenditure and that have been carried forward until the remaining
			 unclaimed balance is zero. A self-directing consumer will not be eligible to
			 submit new applications for pre-certification of the above-market costs of
			 expenditures for a new renewable energy resource project, investments in
			 distribution system connected technologies, Green Tag purchase, or
			 cost-effective energy efficiency until such a time as the site's electric usage
			 for the prior year is greater than one average megawatt.
(b) Credits in excess of 75 percent of the
			 amount owed for renewable energy resource public purpose charges for a specific
			 site may be applied to public purpose charges at other sites owned by the
			 electricity consumer, its subsidiaries or affiliate firms in the same
			 distribution utility service territory provided the site is also eligible as a
			 self-directing consumer under these rules.
(c) Credits in excess of the amount charged
			 in rates pursuant to ORS 754.054(4) owed for a given month shall be available
			 for future credit use (carried forward) for as long as the obligation to pay
			 those charges exists. Should the electric usage at a self-directing consumer's
			 site fall below one average megawatt for the prior year, the self-directing
			 consumer may continue to claim credits which have been documented by a
			 certification of qualified expenditure and that have been carried forward until
			 the remaining unclaimed balance is zero. A self-directing consumer will not be
			 eligible to submit new applications for pre-certification of expenditures for a
			 new cost-effective energy efficiency project until such a time as the site's
			 electric usage for the prior year is greater than one average
			 megawatt.
(d) Large electricity
			 consumers with an existing balance of credits against energy conservation
			 public purpose charges owed after credits are applied to the retail energy
			 consumer's bill for the last monthly billing period beginning before January 1,
			 2022, may claim the credits against the amount charged in rates pursuant to ORS
			 757.054(4)
			 for billing periods beginning on or after January 1, 2022. Credits for new
			 cost-effective energy efficiency projects certified by the Oregon Department of
			 Energy on or after January 1, 2022 will be added to and be interchangeable with
			 any pre-existing credit balance for new energy conservation public purpose
			 charges.