Mont. Admin. R. 38.5.1901 - DEFINITIONS
(1) For purposes of these rules, the
following definitions apply:
(a) "Avoided
costs" is defined as provided in
18
CFR 292.101(b)(6).
(b) "Cogeneration facility" is defined as
provided in
18
CFR 292.202(c).
(c) "Commission" means the Montana Public
Service Commission.
(d) "FERC"
means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
(e) "Interconnection costs" is defined as
provided in
18
CFR 292.101(b)(7).
(f) "Production profile" means the expected
hourly generation output of a qualifying facility for a full year based on an
engineering analysis of the qualifying facility's power production capabilities
and fuel use or availability.
(g)
"Purchase" is defined as provided in
18
CFR 292.101(b)(2).
(h) "Qualifying facility" or "facility" means
a cogeneration facility or small power production facility that meets the
criteria established by FERC regulations in 18 CFR, Part 292, the requirements
of
69-3-601,
MCA, and has self-certified or been certified by FERC.
(i) "Rate" is defined as provided in
18
CFR 292.101(b)(5)
(j) "Resource plan" means the utility's
integrated least cost resource plan, developed through the process described in
Commission rules.
(k) "Sale" is
defined as provided in
18
CFR 292.101(b)(3).
(l) "Small power production facility" is
defined as provided in
18 CFR
292.204.
(m) "Standard rates" means those rates for
qualifying facilities with a nameplate generating capacity of 3 megawatts or
less established in a Commission-approved tariff that:
(i) in the case of purchases, are based on
avoided costs to the utility, and are applicable to all contracts with
qualifying facilities that do not choose to negotiate a different rate;
or
(ii) in the case of sales by a
utility to a qualifying facility, are the utility's tariff schedules in effect
for members of the same class as the qualifying facility.
(n) "System emergency" is defined as provided
in 18 CFR
292.101(b)(4).
(o) "Utility" means any public utility, as
defined in
69-3-101,
MCA, which provides electric service subject to the jurisdiction of the Montana
Public Service Commission.
(2) The federal regulations referred to in
this rule can be reviewed at the Commission's office or online at
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-18/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-292?toc=1.
Notes
AUTH: 69-3-103, MCA; IMP: 69-3-102, MCA
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