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Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 83 - RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS › Section 860-083-0350 - Compliance Reports by Electric Companies and Electricity Service Suppliers

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
(a) On or before June 1, 2012, and annually
			 on or before June 1 thereafter, each electric company that is subject to a
			 renewable portfolio standard set forth in ORS
			 469A.052 or
			 469A.055 for the previous
			 calendar year must file a report with the Commission demonstrating compliance,
			 or explaining in detail its failure to comply, with the applicable renewable
			 portfolio standard.
(b) On or
			 before June 1, 2012, and annually on or before June 1 thereafter, each
			 electricity service supplier that is subject to a renewable portfolio standard
			 contained in ORS 469A.065 and sells electricity
			 to retail electricity consumers in the service territories of electric
			 companies subject to 469A.052 must file a report with
			 the Commission demonstrating compliance, or explaining in detail its failure to
			 comply, with OAR 860-083-0300(1)  for the preceding compliance year.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 83 - RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS › Section 860-083-0400

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  756.040,
				  757.659 &
				  469A.065
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  469A.055 &
				  469A.075
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 83 - RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS › Section 860-083-0500 - Alternative Compliance Payments

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 No later than October 1, 2010, and no later than October 1 of each succeeding
			 even-numbered calendar year, the Commission will set an alternative compliance
			 rate for the next even-numbered compliance year and the year immediately
			 following that even-numbered compliance year for each electric company subject
			 to renewable portfolio standards contained in ORS
			 469A.052.
(2) The Commission will consider the
			 following factors, and any other factors it determines are appropriate for the
			 circumstances, when setting an alternative compliance rate for an electric
			 company to provide an adequate incentive for the electric company to purchase
			 or generate qualifying electricity in lieu of using alternative compliance
			 payments to meet the applicable renewable portfolio standard set forth in ORS
			 469A.052:
(a) Forecasts of the likely costs of new
			 qualifying electricity compared to the cost of non-qualifying
			 electricity.
(b) Likely future
			 deliveries of qualifying electricity from contracts and generating facilities
			 owned by the electric company, both planned and existing.
(c) The number of unbundled renewable energy
			 certificates the electric company anticipates using to meet the applicable
			 renewable portfolio standard.
(d)
			 Commission determinations made under ORS
			 469A.170 in reviewing compliance
			 reports by the electric company and information from a review of the company's
			 compliance report for the previous compliance year, including but not limited
			 to:
(A) Past methods of compliance with the
			 renewable portfolio standard including the use of:
(i) Bundled and unbundled renewable energy
			 certificates that were not banked;
(ii) Banked renewable energy certificates;
			 and
(iii) Alternative compliance
			 payments;
(B) The timing
			 of electricity purchases;
(C) The
			 relevant market prices for electricity purchases and unbundled renewable energy
			 certificates;
(D) Whether the
			 actions taken by the electric company are contributing to long-term development
			 of generating capacity using renewable energy sources;
(E) The effect of the actions taken by the
			 electric company on the rates payable by retail electricity
			 consumers;
(F) Good faith
			 forecasting differences associated with the projected number of retail
			 electricity consumers served and the availability of qualifying electricity;
			 and
(G) Consistency of the
			 compliance reports for the two previous compliance years with the applicable
			 implementation plans filed under ORS
			 469A.075, as acknowledged by the
			 Commission, including conditions specified by the Commission under
			 469A.075(3).
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0000 - Scope and Applicability of Solar Photovoltaic Programs

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) OAR 860-084-0020  through 860-084-0080  ("the Solar Photovoltaic Capacity Standard") govern implementation of programs
			 requiring electric company installation of solar photovoltaic
			 capacity.
(2) OAR 860-084-0100  through 860-084-0450  (the "Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Programs") govern
			 implementation of pilot programs to demonstrate the use and effectiveness of
			 volumetric incentive rates and payments for electricity delivered from solar
			 photovoltaic energy systems.
(3)
			 Upon request or its own motion, the Commission may waive any of the Division
			 084 rules for good cause shown. A request for waiver must be made in writing,
			 unless otherwise allowed by the Commission.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0020 - Solar Photovoltaic Capacity Standard

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
By January 1, 2020, each electric company must own or contract
				to purchase the capacity and output of qualifying solar photovoltaic systems to
				meet and maintain the following minimum solar photovoltaic capacity
				standards:
(1) Portland General
			 Electric: 10.9 megawatts
(2)
			 Pacific Power: 8.7 megawatts
(3)
			 Idaho Power Company: 0.5 megawatts.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0030 - Qualifying Systems under the Solar Photovoltaic Capacity Standard

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Individual solar photovoltaic systems used to comply with the
				solar photovoltaic capacity standards in OAR 860-084-0020  must have a nameplate
				generating capacity greater than or equal to 500 kilowatts and less than or
				equal to 5 megawatts.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0040 - Measurement of Capacity under the Solar Photovoltaic Capacity Standard

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The capacity of
			 solar photovoltaic systems used to satisfy the requirements of OAR 860-084-0020  must be measured on the alternating current side of the system's
			 inverter.
(2) Each electric company
			 must convert nameplate capacity ratings reported by manufacturers in terms of
			 direct current watts under standard test conditions to an alternating current
			 rating in watts to account for inverter and other system component losses and
			 to account for the effect of normal operating temperature on solar module
			 output. This conversion will be calculated as 85 percent of the manufacturer's
			 nameplate rating.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0050 - Compliance Report

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) By February
			 1, 2020, each electric company must file a report with the Commission
			 demonstrating compliance, or explaining in detail any failure to comply, with
			 the solar photovoltaic capacity standards in OAR 860-084-0020.
(2) The report required in section (1) of
			 this rule must include the following information associated with each solar
			 photovoltaic system:
(a) The name of the
			 facility;
(b) The location of the
			 facility;
(c) The in-service date
			 of the facility;
(d) The
			 manufacturer's nameplate capacity rating;
(e) The electric company's capacity rating on
			 the alternating current side of the system's inverter;
(f) The execution date of any associated
			 power purchase agreement; and
(g)
			 The contracted capacity and output delivery period of any associated power
			 purchase agreement.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0060 - Cost Recovery

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
An electric company may request recovery of its prudently
				incurred costs to comply with the solar photovoltaic capacity standard
				specified in OAR 860-084-0020  in an automatic adjustment clause proceeding
				filed at the Commission pursuant to ORS
				469A.120.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0070 - Renewable Energy Certificates and Compliance with the Renewable Portfolio Standards

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each
			 renewable energy certificate associated with the electricity produced by solar
			 photovoltaic systems used to meet the minimum solar photovoltaic capacity
			 standards in OAR 860-084-0020  may be used to comply with the renewable
			 portfolio standards established under ORS
			 469A.005 through
			 469A.120.
(2) Each renewable energy certificate
			 associated with the electricity produced by solar photovoltaic systems may be
			 counted twice to comply with the renewable portfolio standards established
			 under ORS 469A.005 through
			 469A.120, if the solar
			 photovoltaic systems:
(a) First become
			 operational before January 1, 2016;
(b) Are installed in Oregon; and
(c) Meet the solar photovoltaic capacity
			 standards in OAR 860-084-0020.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0080 - Implementation Plans

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Each electric company must incorporate its plan to achieve, or
				exceed, and maintain the minimum solar photovoltaic capacity standards
				specified in OAR 860-084-0020  into its renewable portfolio standard
				implementation plans filed pursuant to OAR 860-083-0400.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0100 - Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Programs

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each electric company must establish
			 pilot programs to demonstrate the use and effectiveness of volumetric incentive
			 rates and payments for electricity delivered from qualifying solar photovoltaic
			 systems.
(2) Each electric company
			 must offer a net metering option under the pilot program. This option has the
			 following characteristics:
(a) Eligible
			 systems installed on the customer side of the service meter;
(b) Volumetric incentive rates established by
			 Commission order;
(c) Volumetric
			 incentive rate payments for payable generation;
(d) Excess generation donated to the electric
			 company's low income bill assistance program;
(e) Capacity of eligible systems sized to
			 generate energy up to 90 percent of the actual usage in the 12 most recent
			 billing periods at the premises where the eligible system will be
			 installed;
(f) Capacity of eligible
			 systems with less than 12 billing periods of actual usage for existing premises
			 or new construction sized to generate energy up to 90 percent of the annual
			 usage by a similarly-situated customer or by a utility-provided load estimation
			 document as determined by the utility;
(g) Capacity of eligible systems for
			 irrigation or agriculture customers sized up to 90 percent of average usage
			 during a normal 12-month billing period as determined by the utility;
			 and
(h) The methodologies used to
			 estimate the usage if there is no sufficient actual usage to size the system
			 must be consistent with the methodologies used by the Energy Trust of Oregon,
			 the Oregon Department of Energy, or other methodologies acceptable to the
			 Commission.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0120 - Systems Eligible for Enrollment in Pilot Programs

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Individual solar photovoltaic systems
			 eligible for the Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Programs must have a nameplate
			 generating capacity less than or equal to 500 kilowatts and must be:
(a) In compliance with the siting, design,
			 interconnection, installation, and electric output standards and codes required
			 by the laws of Oregon;
(b)
			 Installed with meters or other devices to monitor and measure the quantity of
			 energy generated;
(c) Permanently
			 installed in the State of Oregon by a retail electricity consumer of the
			 electric company;
(d) Installed in
			 the service territory of the electric company;
(e) First operational and on-line after the
			 launch of the pilot programs;
(f)
			 Financed without expenditures under ORS
			 757.612(3)(b)(B)
			 or tax credits under 469.160 or
			 469.185 through
			 469.225;
(g) Certified by the residential electric
			 consumer as constructed from new components (modules, inverter, batteries,
			 mounting hardware, etc.); and
(h)
			 Compliant with Commission quality and reliability requirements for solar
			 photovoltaic systems and system installation.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0130 - Ownership and Installation

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 An electric company must contract to provide an incentive for solar
			 photovoltaic energy generated from an eligible system owned by a retail
			 electricity consumer who has been granted a capacity reservation in the solar
			 photovoltaic pilot program and has executed all agreements with the electric
			 company.
(2) Eligible systems must
			 be installed on the same property where the retail electricity consumer buys
			 electricity from the electric company.
(a)
			 Eligible systems with capacity reserved under the net metering option must be
			 connected to the customer side of the meter.
(b) Eligible systems with capacity reserved
			 under the competitive bidding option must connect to the distribution feeder
			 that services the customer's property. The point of common coupling may be
			 located on the load side of the retail customer's existing electric service
			 subject to utility approval and to the extent authorized by law.
(c) If cost effective, eligible systems may
			 be connected at other distribution feeders on the utility grid subject to
			 utility approval and to the extent authorized by law.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0140 - Assignment of Payments

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) An
			 electric company must allow a retail electricity consumer to assign payments to
			 a single qualifying assignee under standard contracts approved by the
			 Commission and must allow changes to assignment over the contract
			 term.
(2) An electric company may
			 charge a reasonable fee for the assignment of payments for account setup at the
			 time that the standard contract is assigned. An electric company may charge a
			 reasonable fee for changes to assignment of payments over the contract
			 term.
(3) An electric company must
			 make volumetric incentive payments to the qualifying assignee within 45 days of
			 the retail electricity consumer's prior billing period.
(4) Upon request by the retail electricity
			 consumer, the electric company may make the volumetric incentive payments in
			 one of the following methods:
(a) Full payment
			 for payable generation directly to the retail electricity consumer; the retail
			 electricity consumer is billed the standard monthly bill for electricity
			 purchased under the tariff; or
(b)
			 Full payment for payable generation net of the retail electricity consumer's
			 standard monthly bill; the retail electricity consumer receives or pays the net
			 amount; or
(c) Full payment for
			 payable generation to the qualified assignee identified on the standard
			 contract; the retail electricity consumer is billed separately for electricity
			 purchased under the tariff.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0150 - Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Capacity Limit

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
New capacity reservations will not be accepted after March 31,
				2016, or after the cumulative capacity of contracted systems in pilot programs
				reaches 27.5 megawatts of nameplate capacity, whichever is earlier.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0160 - Measurement of Capacity under the Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Program

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) For purposes of
			 the Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Program, the capacity of solar photovoltaic energy
			 is measured on the alternating current side of the system's inverter.
(2) Each electric company must convert
			 nameplate capacity ratings reported by manufacturers in terms of direct current
			 watts under standard test conditions to an alternating current rating in watts
			 to account for inverter and other system component losses and to account for
			 the effect of normal operating temperature on solar module output. This
			 conversion will be calculated as 85 percent of the manufacturer's nameplate
			 rating.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0170 - Distributing Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Capacity by Electric Company

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each electric
			 company will receive a share of the total solar photovoltaic pilot program
			 capacity as established by Commission order.
(2) An electric company may not solicit or
			 accept additional capacity reservations for a solar photovoltaic pilot program
			 once the company reaches 100 percent of its allocated solar photovoltaic pilot
			 capacity limit.
(3) The Commission
			 may consider requests to adjust each electric company's solar photovoltaic
			 pilot capacity limit by changing the allocation of the total solar photovoltaic
			 pilot program capacity from those established at pilot program
			 initiation.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0180 - Distributing Electric Company Capacity Limit by Allocation Period

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each electric
			 company must distribute its allocated capacity among the enrollment periods as
			 established by Commission order.
(2) The Commission may consider requests to
			 adjust the allocation percentage for any electric company.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0190 - Distributing Capacity by System Size

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Three size classes of qualifying systems
			 are established and defined by a range of nameplate capacity. The Commission
			 may modify these capacity ranges.
(a) A
			 small-scale system has a nameplate capacity of less than or equal to 10
			 kilowatts;
(b) A medium-scale
			 system has a nameplate capacity greater than 10 kilowatts and less than or
			 equal to 100 kilowatts; and
(c) A
			 large-scale system has a nameplate capacity greater than 100 kilowatts and less
			 than or equal to 500 kilowatts.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0195 - Mechanisms for Reserving Capacity

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Annual capacity reservations must be made
			 as follows:
(a) For small-scale systems: 100
			 percent of the allocated capacity will be awarded to the net metering option by
			 lottery or as otherwise directed by Commission order.
(b) For medium-scale systems: The allocated
			 capacity will be divided between the net metering and the competitive bidding
			 options as directed by Commission order.
(c) For large-scale systems: 100 percent of
			 the allocated capacity will be awarded by competitive bidding.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0200 - Capacity Reservation, Timing, and Volumetric Incentive Rates

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
A retail electricity consumer who has made a capacity
				reservation and who has executed all required agreements with the electric
				company must be paid the effective volumetric incentive rate at the time of
				enrollment for 100 percent of payable generation. Capacity reservation
				applications and standard contracts must provide the volumetric incentive rate
				in effect on the capacity reservation date.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0210 - Capacity Reservation, Timing, and Duration

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A capacity reservation expires if a
			 completed interconnection application is not filed within two months of the
			 reservation start date or if the system has not been installed within twelve
			 months of the reservation start date, unless a waiver is granted under OAR
			 860-084-0000. Any delay resulting from the utility not completing required work
			 to connect the eligible system to the grid will be excluded from this 12-month
			 installation requirement.
(2) Once
			 the capacity reservation expires, the retail electricity consumer must newly
			 apply for a capacity reservation and will not be given preferential
			 treatment.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0220 - Capacity Availability

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each
			 electric company must announce the total capacity available for reservation
			 before each enrollment period.
(2)
			 Each electric company must announce when the capacity allocation is fully
			 reserved.
(3) Unreserved capacity
			 in any enrollment period must be added to the available capacity for the
			 respective size systems in the next capacity reservation period.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0230 - Application for Capacity Reservation

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The electric company must establish, in
			 compliance with Commission order, a capacity application process for both the
			 net metering and competitive bidding options. The electric company must provide
			 the necessary instructions to complete a satisfactory capacity application.
			 Fees collected during the capacity application process must be refunded to the
			 retail electricity consumer if a capacity reservation is not secured.
(2) For the purposes of these rules, an
			 application package must include a capacity reservation application, payment of
			 fees required under OAR 860-084-0280, and an interconnection application that
			 complies with 860-084-0270(4)(a), (c), (d), (f), and (g). Electric companies
			 may not require a retail electricity consumer to provide the information
			 required by 860-084-0270(4)(b) and (4)(e)  as part of this initial application
			 package.
(3) The capacity
			 reservation application must certify that the retail electricity consumer has
			 read and understands the standard contract established under the pilot program.
			 Standard contract forms must be provided to retail electricity consumers as
			 part of the application process.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0240 - Standard Contracts

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each
			 electric company must file, for Commission approval, a separate standard
			 contract for the net metering and competitive bidding volumetric incentive rate
			 programs as part of its volumetric incentive rate tariff filing.
(a) The standard contract will establish an
			 agreement between the electric company and a retail electricity consumer under
			 which the electric company will make volumetric incentive rate payments to
			 participants for energy generated by solar photovoltaic systems installed in
			 the service territory of the electric company for a 15-year period. After the
			 initial 15-year period, the electric company may pay its prevailing avoided
			 cost for energy generated by the solar photovoltaic systems.
(b) Contracts under the solar photovoltaic
			 pilot programs may only be issued to retail electricity consumers of the
			 electric company; these consumers must be eligible to participate in the
			 pilots.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0250 - Billing and Payment Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Volumetric incentive payments for payable
			 energy must be paid no later than 45 days from the last day of the retail
			 electricity consumer's billing period. Retail electricity consumers may request
			 that:
(a) Payments be paid directly to the
			 consumer; the consumer will continue to receive a standard monthly bill for
			 electricity purchased under the tariff; or
(b) Payments for energy generated be netted
			 against the retail electricity consumer's standard monthly bill and the retail
			 electricity consumer receive or pay the resulting amount; or
(c) The qualified assignee identified on the
			 standard contract be paid 100 percent of the volumetric incentive rate payment
			 and the retail electricity consumer be billed separately for the retail
			 electricity consumer's monthly bill.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0260 - Interconnection Requirements for Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Program

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) To be qualified
			 for interconnected operation, a qualifying system must be certified as
			 complying with the following standards as applicable:
(a) IEEE standards; and
(b) UL 1741 Inverters, Converters, and
			 Controllers for Use in Independent Power Systems (January 2001).
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0270 - Authorization to Interconnect

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) An
			 eligible system may not be interconnected to an electric company's distribution
			 system before obtaining authorization from the electric company.
(2) Changes affecting the nameplate capacity
			 or the output capacity of the system authorized in the agreement governing the
			 contract require prior authorization from the electric company.
(4) Interconnection applications must be
			 provided by the electric company and posted on the electric company's website.
			 The submission of a completed interconnection application initiates
			 interconnection review. The application must include the following:
(a) The name of the applicant and the
			 electric company;
(b) The type and
			 specifications of each component of the qualified solar photovoltaic
			 system;
(c) The level of
			 interconnection review (Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3);
(d) The name of the installer of the
			 qualified solar photovoltaic system;
(e) Equipment certifications;
(f) The anticipated operation date of the
			 solar photovoltaic system; and
(g)
			 Other information the utility deems necessary to comply with the solar
			 photovoltaic pilot program interconnection rules.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0300 - Insurance

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
A contracted system must obtain liability insurance in order to
				interconnect with the electric company's distribution system.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0310 - Level 1 System Interconnection Review

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) An eligible system is eligible for Level
			 1 interconnection review if:
(a) The facility
			 is inverter-based; and
(b) The
			 facility has a capacity of 25 kilowatts or less.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0320 - Level 2 System Interconnection Review

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(1) An electric company must apply the
			 following Level 2 interconnection review procedure for an application to
			 interconnect an eligible system that meets the following criteria:
(a) The facility has a capacity of 500
			 kilowatts or less; and
(b) The
			 facility does not qualify for or failed to meet applicable Level 1
			 interconnection review procedures.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0330 - Level 3 System Interconnection Review

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(1) The electric company must apply the Level
			 3 review procedure for an application to interconnect an eligible system that
			 meets the following criteria:
(a) The
			 facility has a capacity of 500 kilowatts or less; and
(b) The facility does not qualify or failed
			 to meet Level 2 interconnection review procedures.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0340 - Installation, Operation, Maintenance, and Testing of Contracted Systems

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
A contracted system must include and maintain a manual
				disconnect switch that will disconnect the solar photovoltaic system from the
				electric company's system.
(1) The
			 disconnect switch must be a lockable, load-break switch that plainly indicates
			 whether it is in the open or closed position.
(2) The disconnect switch must be readily
			 accessible to the electric company at all times and be located within 10 feet
			 of the electric company meter. The disconnect switch may be located more than
			 10 feet from the electric company meter if permanent instructions are posted at
			 the meter indicating the precise location of the disconnect switch. The
			 electric company must approve the location of the disconnect switch prior to
			 the installation of the facility.
(3) The retail electricity consumer must
			 install and maintain the required disconnect switch at the retail electricity
			 consumer's expense.
(4) For
			 customer services of 600 volts or less, an electric company may not require a
			 disconnect switch for an eligible system that is inverter-based with a maximum
			 rating as shown below.
(a) Service type: 240
			 Volts, Single-phase, 3 Wire - Maximum size 7.2 kilowatts.
(b) Service type: 120/208 Volts, 3-Phase, 4
			 Wire - Maximum size 10.5 kilowatts.
(c) Service type: 120/240 Volts, 3-Phase 4
			 Wire - Maximum size 12.5 kilowatts.
(d) Service type: 277/480, 3-Phase, 4 Wire -
			 Maximum size 25.0 kilowatts.
(e)
			 For other service types, the eligible system must not affect the retail
			 electric consumers' service conductors by more than 30 amperes.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0350 - Requirements after Approval of a Solar Photovoltaic Interconnection

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Once a
			 contracted system has been approved under these solar photovoltaic
			 interconnection rules, the electric company may not require a retail
			 electricity consumer to test or perform maintenance on its facility except for:
(a) An annual test in which the contracted
			 system is disconnected from the electric company's equipment to ensure that the
			 inverter stops delivering power to the grid;
(b) Any manufacturer-recommended testing or
			 maintenance;
(c) Any
			 post-installation testing necessary to ensure compliance with IEEE standards or
			 to ensure safety; and
(d) Testing
			 required if the retail electricity customer replaces a major equipment
			 component that is different from the originally installed model.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0360 - Volumetric Incentive Rates and Payments - Net Metering Option

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(1) Each electric
			 company must pay the retail electricity consumer on a monthly basis for payable
			 generation up to the consumer's actual usage in the month. Any excess
			 generation in the month transfers to the next month's eligible generation. At
			 the end of a generation year, any remaining excess generation is donated to the
			 low income bill assistance.
(2) The
			 default generation year is April 1to March 31. For irrigation and agriculture
			 customers, the default generation year is November 1 to October 31.
(3) The monthly incentive payment equals the
			 product of the volumetric incentive rate specified in the standard contract
			 minus the retail rate in effect at the time of payment for eligible generation
			 for the month.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0365 - Volumetric Incentive Rate Bidding Option

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A retail electricity consumer
			 participating under the volumetric incentive rate bidding option of the pilot
			 program receives a payment that equals the product of the payable generation
			 delivered to the electric company and the volumetric incentive rate per
			 kilowatt-hour established through the consumer's successful bid in the pilot
			 program.
(2) Each company will
			 conduct a volumetric incentive rate bidding process with capacity awarded in
			 the second month of each pilot year, or as otherwise directed by the
			 Commission, through a request for proposal process approved by the
			 Commission.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0370 - Resource Value

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) On November
			 1 of 2010, 2012, and 2014, each electric company must file, for review in a
			 Commission proceeding, its estimate of the 15-year levelized resource value for
			 the company, along with supporting work papers.
(2) For the purpose of determining payments
			 to retail electricity consumers at the end of the 15-year contract term, each
			 electric utility must file, beginning January 1, 2025, and every January 1
			 thereafter, its estimates of the annual resource value for the company for each
			 of the next five years.
(3) A
			 resource value may be established for small-scale, medium-scale, and
			 large-scale systems and may be differentiated by remote location or location
			 central to the system load, as directed by the Commission.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0380 - Cost Recovery and Rate Impacts

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(1) An electric company may recover in rates
			 all costs prudently incurred to offer the pilot program established under these
			 rules, including, but not limited to, costs not otherwise reflected in rates
			 for electricity usage related to:
(a)
			 Payments for the output of contracted systems, and
(b) Data collection and analysis for
			 assessment of the company's pilot program.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0390 - Cost Recovery Mechanism

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
An electric company may request recovery of prudently incurred
				costs associated with compliance with the solar photovoltaic pilot program
				requirements. Mechanisms for recovery of cost associated with compliance will
				be established by Commission order.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0400 - Data Collection

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Except as provided in OAR 860-084-0440, each electric company
				must collect from the retail electricity consumer participating in the pilot
				program data on the installed solar photovoltaic system. The collected data
				elements must include, but are not limited to:
(1) Nameplate Capacity;
(2) Total Installed Cost;
(3) Photovoltaic module cost;
(4) Non-photovoltaic module cost (including
			 inverters, other hardware, labor, overhead, and regulatory compliance
			 costs);
(5) Total financing
			 cost;
(6) Financing terms
			 (including fees paid, loan term, and interest rate secured);
(7) System location, including street address
			 and GPS location;
(8) Technology
			 type (building-integrated versus rack-mounted, crystalline silicon versus
			 thin-film, solar tracking versus rack-mounted, etc.);
(9) Federal tax credit;
(10) In-service date;
(11) Expected annual energy output;
(12) Date of certification of compliance;
			 and
(13) Class of service of retail
			 electricity consumer.
(14) Electric
			 companies must collect data on the time to interconnection agreement and
			 conduct pilot program satisfaction surveys in order to improve capacity
			 reservation and interconnection processes over the pilot program. Data
			 collection and surveys must include:
(a)
			 Interconnection agreements that have not been negotiated between the
			 electricity company and the retail electricity consumer within six months after
			 an application for interconnection has been filed; or
(b) Retail electricity consumers that have
			 reserved capacity under the pilot programs and whose capacity reservations
			 expire before solar photovoltaic energy systems are
			 installed.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0420 - Compliance with Pilot Program Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The participant agrees to the
			 confidential release of information from participant surveys and pilot program
			 applications to the organizations listed in section (2) of this rule.
(2) Each electric company must send a list of
			 all reserved and contracted systems that have completed the release of
			 confidential information to the Energy Trust of Oregon, the Oregon Department
			 of Revenue, or the Oregon Department of Energy, upon request by each
			 organization. Data in this list must include the following minimum information:
(a) Installation location of
			 system;
(b) Nameplate capacity of
			 installed system;
(c) Name,
			 business name, and business address of contractor installing system;
(d) Financer of system;
(e) In-service date;
(f) Date of certification of compliance;
			 and
(g) Customer account
			 number.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0430 - Data Availability

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Each
			 electric company must verify that the data collected pursuant to OAR
			 860-084-0400  and 860-084-0420  has been recorded in an appropriate electronic
			 database prior to making volumetric incentive rate payments to participating
			 retail electricity consumers.
(2)
			 Upon request, each electric company must provide the data collected under OAR
			 860-084-0400  and 860-084-0420, in a format established by the Commission.
			 Reports that include this raw data and a summary of this data for the pilot
			 program to date, must be provided to the Oregon Department of Energy, the
			 Energy Trust of Oregon, the Oregon Department of Revenue, and the Commission,
			 bi-annually, on the 15th day in February and August.
(3) Each electric company must provide the
			 Commission or the Oregon Department of Energy location information that will
			 enable one of these state agencies to make graphically visible, on a publically
			 accessible website, the general locations and sizes of reserved and contracted
			 systems of all electric companies within the state of Oregon. This information
			 must not include consumer names or installation addresses or total capacity
			 deployed to date.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0440 - Pilot Program Overhead

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Electric companies must submit for Commission approval evaluations of solar
			 photovoltaic pilot programs including:
(a)
			 Proposals for the design and execution of surveys to measure participant
			 satisfaction with and recommendations for improving the pilot program
			 processes;
(b) Proposals for the
			 design and execution of surveys to understand participant decision processes in
			 choosing between the volumetric incentive rate program and the existing net
			 metering program;
(c) Comments on
			 Commission recommendations for regulatory policy changes that may increase the
			 use of solar photovoltaic systems, make solar photovoltaic systems more
			 affordable, reduce the cost of incentives to utility customers, or promote the
			 development of the solar industry in Oregon; and
(d) Additions to the list of required data to
			 be collected under OAR 860-084-0400.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 84 - SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS › Section 860-084-0450 - Reports to the Legislature

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The Commission must open a docket on or before November 1 of
				2010, 2012, and 2014 to receive public comment and recommendations on the draft
				reports prepared by Commission staff regarding the pilot
				programs.
Stat Auth: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.360 -
				  757.380
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 85 - GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS › Section 860-085-0005 - Scope and Applicability of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) OAR
			 860-085-0005  through 860-085-0050  (the "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Requirements")
			 govern implementation of the greenhouse gas emissions standard for electric
			 companies and electricity service suppliers, under ORS
			 757.522 through
			 757.538, and natural gas
			 companies.
(2) Upon request or its
			 own motion, the Commission may waive any of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions
			 Requirements if good cause is shown.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  756.040 &
				  757.538
Stats. Implemented:
				  757.538
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 85 - GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS › Section 860-085-0010 - Definitions

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(1) As used in OAR
			 860-085-0010  through 860-085-0050:
(a)
			 "Baseload electricity" has the meaning given that term in ORS
			 757.522.
(b) "Carbon dioxide equivalent" means a unit
			 of measurement that allows the effect of different greenhouse gases and other
			 factors to be compared using carbon dioxide as a standard unit for
			 reference.
(c) "Cogeneration
			 facility" means a facility that produces electric energy and steam or other
			 forms of useful thermal energy (such as heat) by cogeneration that is used for
			 industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes.
(d) "Commission" has the meaning given that
			 term in ORS 756.010.
(e) "Electric company" has the meaning given
			 that term in ORS 757.600.
(f) "Electricity service supplier" has the
			 meaning given that term in ORS
			 757.600.
(g) "Generating facility" has the meaning
			 given that term in ORS
			 757.522.
(h) "Greenhouse gas" has the meaning given
			 that term in ORS 468A.210.
(i) "Greenhouse gas emissions" means gaseous
			 emissions expressed as a carbon dioxide equivalent.
(j) "Greenhouse gas emission factors" means
			 the factors, and procedure for use of these factors, as published in United
			 States Environmental Protection Agency publication AP-42 Compilation of Air
			 Pollutant Emission Factors, 2009 Update.
(k) "Long-term financial commitment" has the
			 meaning given that term in ORS
			 757.522.
(l) "Low-carbon emissions resource" means a
			 generating facility with a greenhouse gas emission rate that is no more than
			 the greenhouse gas emissions standard.
(m) "Natural gas company" has the meaning
			 given that term in ORS
			 772.610.
(n) Useful thermal energy" means kilowatt
			 hours (kWh) of energy actually sent to be used in a process (whether it be in
			 the form of steam, water, air, products of combustion, or product) net of the
			 kWh of energy discharged from the process as waste (whether it be in the form
			 of steam, water, air, or products of combustion).