Or. Admin. R. 860-084-0130 - Ownership and Installation
(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.
(3) A retail
electricity consumer may transfer its existing contract to another retail
electricity consumer eligible to contract with the electric company and
residing at the same address where the system is installed.
(4) Eligible systems may be owned, operated,
or owned and operated by qualifying third parties if the eligible system is:
(a) Owned by a qualifying third party as part
of a loan agreement; or
(b) Owned
and operated by a qualifying third party on behalf of the retail electricity
consumer; or
(c) Operated by a
third party on behalf of the retail electricity consumer.
(5) The electric company will own the rights
to 100 percent of the renewable energy certificates associated with the energy
provided by the contracted systems. The electric company may perfect the
renewable energy certificates.
Notes
Stat Auth: ORS 757.360 - 757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS 757.360 - 757.380
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