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Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 85 - GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS › Section 860-085-0020 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard Applicable to Electric Companies and Electricity Service Suppliers

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Electric companies and electricity service suppliers will be
				given an opportunity to comment regarding a proposed modification of the
				greenhouse gas emissions standard. Electric companies and electricity service
				suppliers must consider in their comments the effects of modifying the
				greenhouse gas emissions standard on their system reliability and overall costs
				to their electricity consumers in this state.
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 860-085-0030 - Emissions Standard-Based Restrictions on Long-Term Financial Commitments by Electric Companies or Electricity Service Suppliers

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Unless the Commission has already made a
			 determination under ORS
			 757.536(b)(3),
			 an electric company or electricity service supplier must demonstrate to the
			 Commission that the baseload electricity acquired under a long-term financial
			 commitment is produced by a generating facility that complies with the
			 greenhouse gas emissions standard:
(a) For
			 electric companies, the demonstration required in this section must be made
			 when the electric company first seeks recovery of costs of a long-term
			 financial commitment.
(b) For
			 electricity service suppliers, the demonstration required in this section must
			 be made when the electricity service supplier first seeks certification renewal
			 after making a long-term financial commitment.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 85 - GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS › Section 860-085-0040 - Commission Review of Plans and Rates to Ensure Compliance with Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard Rules

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
ORS 757.536(1) does
				not apply to a facility that meets one or more of the requirements for
				exemption set forth by ORS
				757.531(2).
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 860-085-0050 - Rate Impact Estimating and Reports

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Electric companies and natural gas
			 companies must submit a report to the Commission by July 1 of even numbered
			 years, beginning in 2012, presenting estimates of, and analysis methods used
			 and assumptions made in estimating the impacts to customer rates for meeting
			 the following Oregon energy consumption based greenhouse gas emission reduction
			 goals by January 1, 2020:
(a) Ten percent
			 below 1990 levels, under ORS
			 468A.205; and
(b) Fifteen percent below 2005 levels. The
			 rate impacts must be presented as the percent of change compared to a base case
			 with no greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 85 - GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS › Section 860-085-0500 - Voluntary Emission Reduction Projects

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
OAR 860-085-0500  through 860-085-0750  are established under ORS
				757.539 and are to be read in
				conjunction with that statute. For purposes of these rules, "Emission Reduction
				Project" or "Project" means a single or set of voluntary measures, including
				all labor, equipment, materials, items, or actions, designed to reduce
				anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions within a defined boundary that would not
				otherwise occur.
Stat. Auth.: ORS Ch. 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.539
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 85 - GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS › Section 860-085-0550 - Project Eligibility Criteria

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
To be eligible for Commission approval, the Project must
				satisfy the minimum criteria set forth in ORS
				757.539(3).
Stat. Auth.: ORS Ch. 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.539
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 85 - GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS › Section 860-085-0600 - Project Application Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
In addition to the information required by ORS
				757.539(4)(a)-(k),
				a Project application must include:
(1)
				General information:
(a) A description of how
				the Project satisfies the minimum eligibility criteria described in ORS
				757.539(3)(a)-(f);
(b) A discussion of all Project
				measures being employed to reduce emissions;
(c) The estimated Project measure life;
(d) A description of the Project
				boundary and scope;
(e) A
				discussion of the emission reduction strategy used, and why the approach is
				appropriate, timely, and merits approval; and
(f) Whether the Project is able to generate
				environmental credits or certificates and any potential revenues associated
				with their sale or use. The utility must explain the rationale for the proposed
				treatment of any credits and refer to any appropriate protocols, certification
				systems, regulatory regimes, or other rules for generating, trading, and
				retirement of such credits or certificates;
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 85 - GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS › Section 860-085-0650 - Project Threshold

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
For the purpose of determining whether an application will be
				subjected to the procedural process described in either ORS
				757.539(6) or
				(7), Tier-1 and Tier-2 Projects are defined
				as follows:
(1) A Tier-1 Project is
			 one that has projected costs that would be borne by the ratepayers of the
			 utility proposing the Project that are equal to or less than $1 million and has
			 an overall project cost of less than $85 per metric ton of reduced emissions.
(2) A Tier-2 Project is one that
			 has projected costs that would be borne by the ratepayers of the utility
			 proposing the Project that are greater than $1 million or has an overall
			 project cost of equal to or greater than $85 per metric ton of reduced
			 emissions.
Stat. Auth.: ORS Ch. 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.539
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 85 - GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS › Section 860-085-0700 - Project Cap

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Projected costs to ratepayers of all Emission Reduction
				Projects must not exceed 4 percent of the utility's last approved retail
				revenue requirement, inclusive of all revenue collected under adjustment
				schedules. The costs of incentives the utility proposes to recover under this
				rule will be included in the determination of the costs to ratepayers under
				this cap.
Stat. Auth.: ORS Ch. 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  757.539
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 85 - GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS › Section 860-085-0750 - Utility Incentives for Applicable Projects

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The Commission may grant incentive
			 payments for an Emission Reduction Project.
(2) The total costs to ratepayers of all
			 incentives received by the utility may not exceed 25 percent of the project cap
			 specified in 860-085-0700;
(3) The
			 Commission may structure incentives such that the amounts allowed:
(a) Are linked to the amount of emissions
			 reduced; or
(b) Vary depending on
			 whether a Project is recovered as an expense or an investment placed in rate
			 base.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 86 - CUSTOMER INFORMATION › Section 860-086-0000 - Scope and Applicability of Customer Information Rules

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) OAR 860-086-0020  through 860-086-0040  govern the transfer and use of utility customer information between
			 investor-owned electric or natural gas companies that pay public purposes
			 charges and a nongovernmental entity, referred to in these rules as the
			 "Administrator," designated by the Commission under ORS
			 757.612(3)(d).
(2) Upon request or its own motion, the
			 Commission may waive any of the Division 086 rules for good cause shown. A
			 request for waiver must be made in writing, unless otherwise allowed by the
			 Commission.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 &
				  757.600 -
				  757.667
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 86 - CUSTOMER INFORMATION › Section 860-086-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
For the purposes of OAR 860-086-0000  through
				860-086-0040,
(1) "Administrator"
			 means the nongovernmental entity the Commission has designated under ORS
			 757.612(3)(d).
(2) "Affiliate" means a corporation or person
			 who has an affiliated interest, as defined in ORS
			 757.015, with a public
			 utility.
(3) "Aggregator" means an
			 entity that combines retail electricity customers into a buying group for the
			 purchase of electricity and related services.
(4) "Electric company" means an entity that
			 is subject to ORS 757.612 and is engaged in the
			 business of distributing electricity to retail electricity consumers in this
			 state. Electric company does not include a consumer-owned utility.
(5) "Electricity service supplier" or "ESS"
			 means a person or entity that offers to sell electricity services available
			 pursuant to direct access to more than one retail electricity consumer.
			 "Electricity service supplier" does not include an electric utility selling
			 electricity to retail electricity consumers in its own service territory. An
			 ESS can also be an aggregator.
(6)
			 "Proprietary customer information" means any information acquired, compiled, or
			 created by an electric or natural gas utility regarding a customer in the
			 normal course of providing electric or natural gas services that makes possible
			 the identification of any individual customer by matching the information with
			 the customer's name, address, account number, type or classification of
			 service, current or historical electricity or natural gas usage, expected
			 patterns of use, types of facilities used in providing service, individual
			 contract terms and conditions, price, current charges, billing records,
			 installed appliances or equipment if any, or any other information that the
			 customer has expressly requested not be disclosed. Information that is redacted
			 or organized in such a way as to make it impossible to identify the customer to
			 whom the information relates does not constitute proprietary customer
			 information.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 &
				  757.600 -
				  757.667
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 86 - CUSTOMER INFORMATION › Section 860-086-0020 - Electric Company Customer Information

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
An electric company must file and maintain a tariff with the
				Commission that specifies the types of proprietary customer information, along
				with the prices, terms, conditions, and consent procedures associated with the
				transfer of such information to its competitive operations, electricity service
				suppliers, affiliates and aggregators. The provisions of this rule do not apply
				to information transferred under OAR 860-086-0030  or OAR
				860-086-0040.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  756.040 &
				  757.600 -
				  757.667
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 86 - CUSTOMER INFORMATION › Section 860-086-0030 - Electric Company Transfer of Data

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) This rule applies only to customers with
			 usage less than one average megawatt (aMW) and those customers who elect to
			 opt-in as described in Section (11).
(2) An electric company must transfer to the
			 Administrator the following proprietary customer information for electric
			 company customers, if available.
(a) Customer
			 name;
(b) Service address
			 (including apartment/unit/suite number);
(c) Mailing address;
(d) In-service or activation date;
(e) Building type (for example,
			 multifamily);
(f) Business type
			 (identified using a Standard Industrial Classification (SIC code) or U.S.
			 Census Bureau NAICS code);
(g)
			 Initially, 18 months of the most recent historical usage data on a per-billing
			 month basis (total billed kilowatt hours and kW);
(h) Meter number and other point-of-delivery
			 identification numbers;
(i) Rate
			 schedule identifier for each customer account;
(j) Whether the customer is applying
			 self-direct credits against its energy efficiency and renewable public purpose
			 charge during each billing period;
(k) Information about any energy efficiency
			 program participation and type of space heat used by the customer;
(l) Updates for all of the usage data and
			 revisions to the underlying database information on a periodic basis under
			 subsection (6)(d) of this rule.
(m)
			 For unmetered accounts (for example, street lights, cellular towers, telephone
			 booths, and electric utility service buildings), electric companies must
			 transfer contracted kilowatt-hour consumption rather than actual billed
			 consumption.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 86 - CUSTOMER INFORMATION › Section 860-086-0040 - Gas Utility Customer Information and Transfer of Data

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A gas utility
			 that offers energy conservation programs through the Administrator must
			 transfer to the Administrator proprietary customer information for gas utility
			 company customers as follows:
(a) If such
			 information is available for its residential and commercial customers in the
			 gas utility's records:
(A) Customer
			 name;
(B) Service address
			 (including apartment, unit, or suite number);
(C) Mailing address;
(D) Building type (for example,
			 multifamily);
(E) Business type
			 (identified using a Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code or a U.S.
			 Census Bureau NAICS code);
(F)
			 Initially, 18 months of the most recent historical usage data;
(G) Meter and other point-of-delivery
			 identification number;
(H) Rate
			 schedules for each customer;
(I)
			 Information about energy efficiency program participation,
(J) Type of space heat used by the customer;
			 and
(K) Updates for all of the
			 usage data and revisions to the underlying database information on a periodic
			 basis under subsection (4)(d) of this rule; and
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 87 - TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION PLANS › Section 860-087-0001 - Scope and Applicability of Rules

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The rules in this division prescribe the
			 application and reporting requirements for electric company activities that
			 support transportation electrification (TE) as required by ORS
			 757.357.
(2) Upon request or its own motion, the
			 Commission may waive any of the rules in this division for good cause shown. A
			 request for waiver must be made in writing, unless otherwise allowed by the
			 Commission.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  756.040, ORS
				  756.060  & ORS
				  757.357
Statutes/Other Implemented: OL 2016, ch. 028, sect. 20 &
				  29 (SB 1547) & OL 2021, ch. 095, sect. 4 (HB
				  2165)
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 87 - TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION PLANS › Section 860-087-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
For the purpose of this division:
(1) "Electric company" means an electric
			 company as defined in ORS
			 757.600.
(2) "Transportation Electrification Program"
			 means a program proposed as defined in Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 95 Section
			 4.
(3) "Infrastructure measures"
			 means infrastructure measures as defined in Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 95
			 Section 4.
(4) "Monthly Meter
			 Charge" means the funds collected by an electric company to support and
			 integrate transportation electrification under Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 95
			 Section 2.
(5) "Underserved
			 communities" means underserved communities as defined in Oregon Laws 2021,
			 chapter 95 Section 2.
(6)
			 "Transportation Electrification Budget" means all the planned expenditures on
			 and sources of projected revenue that support transportation electrification in
			 the first three years of the TE Plan.
(7) "Public charging infrastructure" means
			 charging infrastructure intended for public use.
(8) "Private charging infrastructure" means
			 charging infrastructure not intended for public use.
(9) "Transportation Electrification Plan"
			 means the description and analysis of all activities an electric company takes
			 to support transportation electrification and the funding of the TE
			 Budget.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  756.040, ORS
				  756.060,
				  OL 2016 ch. 028 sect. 20 (SB 1547), OL 2021, ch. 095, sect. 2 (HB 2165) &
				  ORS
				  757.357
Statutes/Other Implemented: OL 2016 ch. 028 sect. 20 (SB
				  1547) & OL 2021, ch. 095, sect. 2 (HB
				  2165)
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 87 - TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION PLANS › Section 860-087-0020 - Transportation Electrification Plan

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 This rule prescribes the required elements of an electric company's
			 Transportation Electrification Plan (TE Plan). The objective of the TE Plan is
			 to:
(a) Integrate the electric company's
			 transportation electrification actions into one document. The Plan shall
			 include, but is not limited to, the electric company's portfolio of near-term
			 and long-term transportation electrification actions, including applications
			 for program(s), and infrastructure measure(s), planning and expenditure of the
			 Monthly Meter Charge, and other transportation electrification actions such as
			 Clean Fuels programs.
(b) Act as a
			 summary of the electric company's investments and activities, which may include
			 investments and infrastructure for electric vehicles of various sizes, rate
			 design, programs, and services, reasonably expected to achieve the objectives
			 of Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 95. The TE Plan shall seek to address areas most
			 affected by market barriers in the electric company's service territory,
			 prioritize load management, and to provide benefits for underserved
			 communities..
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 87 - TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION PLANS › Section 860-087-0030 - Transportation Electrification Plan Report

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
An electric company must file an application with the
				Commission for each program to accelerate transportation
				electrification.
(1) Electric companies
			 must file a TE Plan Report (Report) on or before May 1 of each year. The
			 Commission reserves discretion to take any action on the Report, but Commission
			 action is not required. The Report must include:
(a) All spending in the three-year period of
			 the applicable TE Plan in the format of the approved TE Budget;
(b) All sources of funding for the TE Plan in
			 the three-year period of the applicable TE Plan;
(c) An evaluation of each program or
			 infrastructure measure in the company's portfolio of existing programs,
			 conducted in accordance with third-party evaluation timelines as
			 necessary;
(d) A discussion of how
			 the TE Plan met the performance area categories described in OAR
			 860-087-0020(3)(c)(A)-(H)  and key lessons learned. This discussion shall
			 include, as appropriate, performance metrics consistent with performance areas
			 that are developed with stakeholder and electric company input;
(e) A benefit-cost analysis of the TE Plan
			 over the three-year period of the applicable TE Plan in the form of "cost
			 tests;"
(f) Analysis of the
			 estimated ratepayer impact of the TE Plan over the three-year period of the
			 applicable TE Plan; and
(g) Analysis
			 of how TE Plan has impacted innovation, competition and customer choice in
			 Oregon.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 87 - TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION PLANS › Section 860-087-0040

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Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  756.040,
				  756.060, Oregon Laws 2016, ch.
				  028, sect. 20 (SB 1547)
Stats. Implemented: Oregon Laws 2016, ch. 028, sect. 20 (SB
				  1547)
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0005 - Scope and Applicability of Community Solar Program Rules

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) OAR 860-088-0005  through 860-088-0190  establish rules governing implementation of a community solar program under
			 Oregon Laws 2016, chapter 28, section 22.
(2) Upon request or its own motion, the
			 Commission may waive any of the Division 088 rules for good cause shown. A
			 request for waiver must be made in writing, unless otherwise allowed by the
			 Commission.
Stat. Auth.: OL 2016, ch. 28, sec. 22
Stats. Implemented: OL 2016, ch. 28, sec.
				  22
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
For purposes of this Division:
(1) "Community Solar Program" is the program
			 for the procurement of electricity by electric companies from community solar
			 projects.
(2) "Low-Income
			 Facilitator" is the entity responsible for the duties set forth in OAR
			 860-088-0030.
(3) "Electric
			 company" has the meaning given that term in ORS
			 757.600.
(4) "Low-income residential customer" means a
			 retail residential customer of an electric company whose annual income is at or
			 below the threshold set by Commission order for the Community Solar Program.
(5) "Nameplate capacity" means the
			 maximum rated output of a solar photovoltaic energy system, measured by the
			 rated output of system inverter(s) at 50 degrees Celsius and adjusted for any
			 transformer step-up losses.
(6)
			 "Owner" means a retail customer of an electric company who has an ownership
			 interest in a project, such as direct ownership of one or more solar panels or
			 shared ownership of the infrastructure of the project. Owner is defined at the
			 site address level.
(7)
			 "Participant" means either a subscriber or owner.
(8) "Program Administrator" means a
			 third-party directed by the Commission to administer the Community Solar
			 Program.
(9) "Program
			 Implementation Manual" means the set of guidelines and requirements for
			 implementing the Community Solar Program adopted by the Commission.
(10) "Project" means a community solar
			 project as defined in Oregon Laws 2016, chapter 28, section 22(1)(a).
(11) "Project Manager" has the
			 meaning given that term in Oregon Laws 2016, chapter 28, section 22(1)(d).
(12) "Retail customer" means a
			 customer who is a direct customer of the electric company and is the end user
			 of electricity for specific purposes, such as heating, lighting, or operating
			 equipment.
(13) "Service
			 territory" means the geographic area within which an electric company provides
			 electricity to retail customers.
(14) "Solar photovoltaic energy system" has
			 the meaning given that term in Oregon Laws 2016, chapter 28, section 22(1)(e).
(15) "Subscriber" means a retail
			 customer of an electric company who enters into a contractual agreement of 10
			 or more years for part of a project that results in bill credits being applied
			 to that customer's electricity bill. Subscriber is defined at the site address
			 level.
Stat. Auth.: OL 2016, ch. 28, sec. 22
Stats. Implemented: OL 2016, ch. 28, sec.
				  22
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0020 - Program Administrator

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The
			 Commission will use a competitive bidding process to select a Program
			 Administrator to administer the Community Solar Program.
(2) The duties of the Program Administrator
			 include:
(a) Developing jointly with
			 Commission Staff a Program Implementation Manual;
(b) Developing a budget and reporting actual
			 expenditures and carryover to the Commission;
(c) Managing the performance of the
			 Low-Income Facilitator and coordinating with the Low-Income Facilitator to meet
			 any low-income capacity requirements;
(d) Registering Project Managers;
(e) Reviewing applications for project
			 pre-certification and certification;
(f) Confirming participant eligibility in the
			 Community Solar Program;
(g)
			 Facilitating the exchange of customer electricity account information between
			 electric companies and Project Managers;
(h) Establishing and maintaining a
			 publicly-available queue of pre-certified projects in a manner that protects
			 commercially sensitive or competitive information;
(i) Coordinating participants' monthly bill
			 crediting and conveying bill credit information to electric companies and
			 Project Managers;
(j) Providing to
			 electric companies participant ownership or subscription payment information
			 obtained from Project Managers;
(k) Receiving from electric companies monies
			 collected from participants, allocating monies, and maintaining monthly reports
			 of receipts and allocations to submit to the Commission upon request;
(l) Monitoring Project Managers'
			 compliance with the standard of conduct set forth in the Program Implementation
			 Manual and notifying the Commission of any compliance deficiency;
(m) Facilitating data exchange among electric
			 companies, Project Managers, and the Commission;
(n) Managing data related to the Community
			 Solar Program as set forth in the Program Implementation Manual, including
			 implementing best practices for data security and privacy; and
(o) Performing other duties assigned by the
			 Commission or set forth in the Program Implementation Manual.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0030 - Low-Income Facilitator

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The
			 Commission will use a competitive bidding process to select a Low-Income
			 Facilitator. The Commission may allow the Program Administrator to fulfill the
			 duties of this position or subcontract for this position.
(2) The Low-Income Facilitator reports to the
			 Program Administrator. The duties of the Low-Income Facilitator include:
(a) Serving as a liaison among low-income
			 residential customers and affiliated organizations and Project Managers to help
			 meet any low-income capacity requirements;
(b) Developing guidelines, protocols, and
			 materials for engaging low-income residential customers and affiliated
			 organizations;
(c) Upon request,
			 providing information to assist the Commission's policy development related to
			 low-income capacity requirements;
(d) Implementing best practices for data
			 security and privacy; and
(e)
			 Other duties assigned by the Program Administrator, the Commission, or set
			 forth in the Program Implementation Manual.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0040 - Project Pre-Certification

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 The Project Manager must submit an application for project pre-certification to
			 the Program Administrator.
(2) An
			 application for pre-certification must include:
(a) Documentation of Project Manager
			 registration;
(b) A detailed
			 description of the project including location, nameplate capacity, performance
			 characteristics, and plan for project end of useful life;
(c) Permitting requirements and status of
			 compliance;
(d) All documentation
			 relevant to the interconnection process as provided in OAR chapter 860,
			 division 82;
(e) Participant
			 acquisition approach;
(f) Proposed
			 marketing materials;
(g) Proposed
			 forms and standard contracts for ownership interests and subscriptions;
(h) Plan for meeting applicable
			 low-income capacity requirements;
(i) Payment of any applicable application
			 fees; and
(j) Other information or
			 documentation as set forth in the Program Implementation Manual.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0050 - Project Certification

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The
			 Project Manager of a pre-certified project must submit an application for
			 project certification to the Program Administrator.
(2) The Commission will certify a project
			 that demonstrates:
(a) Ownership of, or
			 subscription to, at least 50 percent of the project nameplate capacity;
(b) Ownership or subscription by
			 at least five different participants;
(c) Compliance with applicable low-income
			 capacity requirements;
(d)
			 Commission approval of modification to pre-certified project as required in OAR
			 860 088-0040(6), if applicable; and
(e) Satisfaction of any other condition
			 identified by the Commission at the time of pre certification.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0060 - Program Capacity Restrictions

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(1) "Program capacity tier" means the amount
			 of total program capacity eligible for projects participating in an electric
			 company's service territory.
(2)
			 The initial program capacity tier for each electric company is equal to 2.5
			 percent of the electric company's 2016 system peak.
(3) The Commission may establish successive
			 program capacity tiers.
(a) In determining
			 whether to set a successive tier, the Commission may consider all aspects of
			 the Community Solar Program.
(b) A
			 successive program capacity tier may not be established until any low-income
			 capacity requirements are successfully energized and the corresponding projects
			 are serving qualifying participants.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0070 - Project Siting and Requirements

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(1) To participate in the Community Solar
			 Program, a project must:
(a) Be located
			 within the Oregon service territory of an electric company; and
(b) Have a nameplate capacity of three
			 megawatts or less.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0080 - Customer and Low-Income Capacity Requirements

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(1) At least 50 percent of the nameplate
			 capacity of each project must be allocated exclusively for ownership or
			 subscription by residential and small commercial customers. This is inclusive
			 of the low-income capacity requirement in section (2) of this rule.
(2) At least 10 percent of the total
			 generating capacity of the Community Solar Program must be allocated
			 exclusively for use by low-income residential customers. The respective bill
			 credits associated with this allocation must be linked to discrete low-income
			 residential customers.
(3) A
			 Project Manager must submit a plan with the application for project
			 pre-certification describing how the project will satisfy applicable low-income
			 capacity requirements and outline how the Project Manager will work with the
			 Low-Income Facilitator on outreach efforts.
(4) The Commission may establish by order a
			 funding mechanism to facilitate participation of low-income residential
			 customers.
Stat. Auth.: OL 2016, ch. 28, sec. 22
Stats. Implemented: OL 2016, ch. 28, sec.
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Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0090 - Participant Eligibility and Limitations

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(1) Subject to the conditions in this rule, a
			 retail electricity customer of an electric company may acquire an ownership
			 interest in, or subscribe to, one or more projects that are located in the
			 service territory of the electric company serving the retail electricity
			 customer.
(2) A participant's
			 ownership interest in, or subscription to, a project may not exceed the retail
			 electricity customer's average annual consumption of electricity in the service
			 territory in which the project is located.
(3) A single participant's ownership interest
			 in, or subscription to, a project may not exceed a 40 percent interest in the
			 project.
(4) With respect to
			 projects certified during the initial program capacity tiers:
(a) A participant, and its affiliates as
			 defined in the Program Implementation Manual, may own or subscribe up to a
			 total of four megawatts across multiple projects; and
(b) A participant may own or subscribe up to
			 a total of two megawatts across multiple projects.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0100 - Consumer Protection Provisions

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(1) All contracts between Project Managers
			 and participants must contain provisions to protect customers, including terms
			 and conditions regarding:
(a) Contract
			 portability and transferability;
(b) Transparency of costs, risks, and
			 benefits;
(c) Cancellation
			 penalties;
(d) Explanation of
			 one-time and on-going fees;
(e)
			 Early termination;
(f) Explanation
			 of concept of renewable energy credits;
(g) Data privacy and security;
(h) Responsibilities of the Program
			 Administrator, electric company, and Commission;
(i) Notifications regarding project status
			 and performance; and
(j) Other
			 requirements set forth in the Program Implementation Manual.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0110 - Dispute Resolution

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(1) Any
			 participant complaints related to the Community Solar Program received by an
			 electric company, the Low-Income Facilitator, the Program Administrator, or the
			 Commission are to be referred initially to the applicable Project Manager for
			 resolution.
(a) The Project Manager must
			 investigate each complaint and provide a written response to the
			 complainant.
(b) If the Project
			 Manager is unable to resolve the complaint, the complainant may request that
			 the complaint be escalated to the Program Administrator. If the Program
			 Administrator is unable to resolve the complaint, the Program Administrator
			 must notify the complainant of the right to contact the Commission's Consumer
			 Services Section to request assistance in resolving the dispute or to obtain
			 information about filing a formal complaint under ORS
			 756.500.
(c) The Project Manager must compile and
			 submit to the Program Administrator an annual report of complaints received
			 over the past 12-month period. This report must include a description of each
			 complaint, the parties to the complaint, and the resolution of the
			 complaint.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0120 - Obligations of Electric Companies

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(1) Upon request from the Program
			 Administrator, an electric company must provide customer electricity account
			 information to the Program Administrator for the purpose of appropriately
			 sizing an ownership interest or subscription in a project. Customer information
			 may not be disclosed to the Program Administrator without consent from the
			 customer.
(2) An electric company
			 must credit participants of a certified project with bill credits as provided
			 in OAR 860-088-0170. The application of the credit may appear on the
			 participants' account in a subsequent billing period due to the time required
			 to calculate the credit and transfer information between entities. The electric
			 company will apply the credit to the participant's account within 30 days of
			 receiving the bill credit information from the Program Administrator.
(3) Each electric company, in
			 conjunction with the Program Administrator, must develop and obtain Commission
			 approval of an on-bill payment model that allows for multiple ownership and
			 subscription configurations to assess and remit on a participant's electricity
			 bill:
(a) Ownership or subscription fees owed
			 by the participant to the Project Manager. An electric company may only remit
			 fees to a Project Manager once a project has been certified;
(b) Fees owed by the participant to fund the
			 Program Administrator and Low-Income Facilitator; and
(c) Additional fees collectible from
			 participants imposed by Commission order.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0130 - Obligations of Project Managers

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(1)
			 The Project Manager must register with the Program Administrator.
(2) The Project Manager must comply with the
			 standard of conduct established by Commission order. Upon notice of a potential
			 compliance deficiency, the Project Manager will be afforded the opportunity to
			 meet with Commission Staff and the Program Administrator to work toward a
			 resolution. If the compliance deficiency is not resolved, the Commission may
			 direct the Program Administrator to withhold payments to the Project Manager
			 and take other action as permitted by rule, statute, or contract.
(3) The Project Manager must provide any
			 information the Program Administrator or Staff reasonably determines is
			 necessary to investigate issues and make decisions regarding Project Manager
			 participation and status in the program---e.g., to ascertain compliance with
			 the requirements for pre-certification and certification in OAR 860-088-0040  and 860-088-0050  and the standard of conduct set forth in the Program
			 Implementation Manual. Such request for information shall not be unduly
			 burdensome.
(4) For the collection
			 of ownership or subscription fees owed to the Project Manager, the Project
			 Manager must use the Commission-approved on-bill payment method described in
			 OAR 860-088-0120(3).
(a) The Project Manager
			 may use a modified on-bill payment method if agreed to by the Program
			 Administrator and the electric company.
(b) The Project Manager may request approval
			 of an alternative fee collection method for ownership or subscription
			 configurations incompatible with the available on-bill payment
			 methods.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0140 - Sale and Purchase of Unsold and Unsubscribed Generation

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(1) Upon project certification, the project's
			 remaining unsold and unsubscribed generation is eligible for sale subject to
			 the following requirements:
(a) Upon request,
			 an electric company must enter into a 20-year power purchase agreement with a
			 pre-certified project to purchase the project's unsold and unsubscribed
			 generation on an "as available" basis subject to the requirements of the Public
			 Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA) and ORS
			 758.505, et. seq.;
(b) If the electric company is the Project
			 Manager, the electric company may seek Commission approval to recover from all
			 ratepayers the "as available" rate for the project's unsold and unsubscribed
			 generation; and
(c) Renewable
			 energy certificates associated with generation sold under section (1)(a) of
			 this rule at the "as available" rate will not transfer to the electric company
			 unless otherwise agreed by the Project Manager and electric company.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0150 - Renewable Portfolio Standards and Renewable Energy Certificates

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(1) Megawatt hours
			 of electricity associated with participant ownership interests or subscriptions
			 will be deducted from the amount of electricity sold by the electric company to
			 retail electricity consumers for purposes of calculating the electric company's
			 renewable portfolio standard under ORS
			 469A.052.
(2) All claims to environmental, economic,
			 and social benefits associated with megawatt hours of electricity associated
			 with participant ownership interests or subscriptions, including any renewable
			 energy certificates, must remain with the participants.
(3) Registration with the Western Renewable
			 Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS) is required. For any project that
			 is 360 kilowatts in aggregate size or less, the Project Manager may request
			 with its application for project pre-certification a waiver from the
			 requirement to register with WREGIS.
(4) If a project is registered with WREGIS,
			 the Project Manager must:
(a) Maintain
			 sub-accounts associated with the renewable energy certificates owned by
			 participants and retire those renewable energy certificates annually on behalf
			 of participants;
(b) Report
			 annually to the Commission the retirement of renewable energy certificates on
			 behalf of participants; and
(c)
			 Report annually to the Commission the sale of any renewable energy certificates
			 generated by the project sold as of a result of a contract for the unsold or
			 unsubscribed portion of project generation. The report must include adequate
			 information for the Commission to verify that any renewable energy certificates
			 owned by participants were not sold.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0160 - Community Solar Program Funding

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(1) Start-up costs incurred during the
			 development or modification of the Community Solar Program are recoverable in
			 electric company rates. These costs, which must be reviewed and approved by
			 Commission order, include:
(a) Costs
			 associated with the Program Administrator and Low-Income Facilitator; and
(b) Each electric company's
			 prudently-incurred start-up costs associated with implementing the Community
			 Solar Program. These costs include, but are not limited to, costs associated
			 with customer account information transfer and on-bill crediting and payment,
			 but exclude any costs associated with the electric company developing a
			 project.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0170 - Bill Crediting

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(1) For
			 purposes of this rule:
(a) "Bill credit rate"
			 is an amount used to calculate a participant's monthly bill credit. Unless
			 otherwise determined by Commission order, the bill credit rate for a project
			 will be based on the resource value of solar applicable to that project at the
			 time of pre-certification and will apply for a term no less than the term of
			 any power purchase agreement entered into pursuant to OAR 860-088-0140(1)(a).
(b) "Carry-over generation" means
			 the kilowatt-hours of a participant's proportional share of project generation
			 in a monthly billing period that exceeds the participant's energy usage during
			 that monthly billing period.
(c)
			 "Differential credit" means the difference between the retail rate multiplied
			 by the participant's eligible generation, and the bill credit rate multiplied
			 by the payable generation. (Retail rate x participant's eligible generation) -
			 (bill credit rate x participant's eligible generation).
(d) "Eligible generation" means the
			 kilowatt-hours of project generation for which a participant may receive a
			 monthly bill credit. In a monthly billing period, this eligible generation is
			 the portion of the participant's proportional share of project generation that
			 is equal to or less than the participant's energy usage during the period in
			 which the generation occurred.
(e)
			 "Energy usage" means a participant's volumetric energy consumption as reflected
			 on the participant's electricity bill.
(f) "Excess generation" means the portion of
			 a participant's proportional share of project generation that exceeds the
			 participant's energy usage in a monthly billing period.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0180 - Community Solar Program Evaluation

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(1) Commission Staff will periodically
			 conduct a public workshop with the Program Administrator and Low-Income
			 Facilitator to solicit comment from interested persons on the status of the
			 Community Solar Program.
(2)
			 Commission Staff will periodically present a report to the Commission based on
			 input from these public workshops and other relevant information, that:
(a) Describes the status of implementation of
			 the Community Solar Program;
(b)
			 Evaluates use of additional mechanisms to incent participation and project
			 development; and
(c) Considers, at
			 a minimum, adjustments or modifications to:
(A) Program capacity restrictions,
(B) Project siting and size requirements,
(C) Low-income capacity
			 requirements,
(D) Participation
			 restrictions,
(E) Data reporting
			 and management practices,
(F)
			 Consumer protection provisions, and
(G) The responsibilities of the Program
			 Administrator and Low-Income Facilitator.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 88 - COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM RULES › Section 860-088-0190 - Program Implementation Manual

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(1) A Program Implementation Manual will be
			 developed jointly by the Program Administrator and Commission Staff through a
			 public process and adopted by Commission order.
(2) The Program Implementation Manual will
			 describe and inform the roles of the Program Administrator, the Low-Income
			 Facilitator, and Commission Staff in implementing the Community Solar Program.
(3) The Commission may, upon
			 request or on its own motion and after notice and opportunity for public
			 comment, amend the Program Implementation Manual upon a finding of good cause.
Stat. Auth.: OL 2016, ch. 28, sec. 22
Stats. Implemented: OL 2016, ch. 28, sec.
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