Section 758.990
[Renumbered 757.992]
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 758.545 – 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 […]
Section 758.552 – Ownership of renewable energy certificates for energy generated by qualifying facility.
(1) For contracts executed pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) and in effect prior to November 30, 2005, renewable energy certificates created pursuant to a system established by the State Department of Energy under ORS 469A.130, for generation during the term of such a contract, are […]
Section 758.555 – Effect of energy sales on qualifying facility.
A qualifying facility shall not become a public utility within the meaning of ORS 757.005 on account of sales made under ORS 543.610, 757.005 and 758.505 to 758.555. [1983 c.799 §6]
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 […]