Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 38 - PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION
Chapter 38.5 - UTILITY DIVISION
Subchapter 38.5.19 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production
Rule 38.5.1901 - DEFINITIONS
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 38.5.1901
Current through Register Vol. 6, March 22, 2024
(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.
AUTH: 69-3-103, MCA; IMP: 69-3-102, MCA
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