Section 758.990
[Renumbered 757.992]
Section 758.475 – Fees.
Except in cases under ORS 758.430 and 758.460 where no hearing is required, to cover the costs of administering ORS 758.015 and 758.400 to 758.475 the Public Utility Commission is required to receive fees before filing any contract, application, petition, complaint, protest, appearance, motion, answer or other pleading and for holding any hearing. All fees […]
Section 758.480 – Assumption of obligations arising out of Trojan Nuclear Plant.
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Agreement” means the agreement dated October 5, 1970, and titled “Agreement for Construction, Ownership and Operation of the Trojan Nuclear Plant,” as amended. (b) “Allocated territory” has the meaning given that term in ORS 758.400. (c) “Person” means: (A) A person as defined in ORS 174.100; (B) A […]
Section 758.505 – Definitions for ORS 758.505 to 758.555.
As used in ORS 758.505 to 758.555: (1) “Avoided cost” means the incremental cost to an electric utility of electric energy or energy and capacity that the utility would generate itself or purchase from another source but for the purchase from a qualifying facility. (2) “Cogeneration facility” means a facility that: (a) Produces, through the […]
Section 758.515 – Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The State of Oregon has abundant renewable resources. (2) It is the goal of Oregon to: (a) Promote the development of a diverse array of permanently sustainable energy resources using the public and private sectors to the highest degree possible; and (b) Insure that rates for purchases […]
Section 758.525 – Avoided cost schedules; filing; requirement to purchase energy from qualifying facilities.
(1) At least once every two years each electric utility shall prepare, publish and file with the Public Utility Commission a schedule of avoided costs equaling the utility’s forecasted incremental cost of electric resources over at least the next 20 years. Prices contained in the schedules filed by public utilities shall be reviewed and approved […]
Section 758.420 – Filing of contract; hearing on contract; notice.
(1) A contract entered into pursuant to ORS 758.410 shall be promptly filed with the Public Utility Commission, and the commission shall, within 30 days after such filing, give notice of such filing. If the commission chooses or if any customer or customers request a hearing on the matter within 30 days of the notice, […]
Section 758.535 – Criteria for qualifying facility; terms and conditions of energy sale.
(1) The Public Utility Commission shall establish minimum criteria that a cogeneration facility or small power production facility must meet to qualify as a qualifying facility under ORS 543.610, 757.005 and 758.505 to 758.555. (2) The terms and conditions for the purchase of energy or energy and capacity from a qualifying facility shall: (a) Be […]
Section 758.425 – Order of commission on contract.
(1) On the basis of the applicant’s filing or, if there is a hearing, on the record made at the hearing held pursuant to ORS 758.420, the Public Utility Commission shall enter an order either approving or disapproving the contract as filed, together with any appropriate findings of the facts supporting such order. (2) An […]
Section 758.545 – Electric utility required to make good faith effort to transmit energy; remedy.
(1) If an electric utility fails to make a good faith effort to comply with a request from a qualifying facility to transmit energy or energy and capacity produced by the qualifying facility to another electric utility or to the Bonneville Power Administration, the electric utility shall purchase the qualifying facility’s energy or energy and […]