Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) EDCs are required to
submit monthly electronic reports to the Board on community solar pilot project
interconnections and energy production, within 30 days of the end of the calendar
month being reported upon. The content of the reports shall include, but not be
limited to:
1. A list of community solar projects
that submitted an interconnection application, including name, location, and
proposed capacity;
2. A list of
community solar facilities interconnected over the previous month, including name,
location, and capacity;
3. The estimated
kilowatt hours supplied to the distribution system by community solar facilities
over the previous month, and a description of the estimation methodology
used;
4. The total number of community
solar subscribers, and estimated total community solar bill credits distributed to
community solar subscribers, over the previous month;
5. The estimated "excess" kilowatt hours, that is,
estimated kilowatt hours produced by a community solar facility that were not
allocated to a community solar subscriber; and
6. The cumulative totals since the beginning of
the Pilot Program. This shall include the total number of community solar
interconnection applications received, total number of community solar facilities
interconnected, total capacity of community solar facilities interconnected,
estimated total kilowatt hours supplied to the distribution system by community
solar facilities, estimated total community solar bill credits distributed to
community solar subscribers, and estimated total number of community solar
subscribers.
(b) The Board
must be notified, in writing, of any change to the project developer, owner, or
operator in case of sale, transfer, contract modification, or other material change
to the parties initially listed in the community solar application. Specifically:
1. Within 30 days of a material change in control
of the owner, such new "beneficial owners" are required to notify the Board of their
individual and/or corporate names, tax ID, address, contact phone, and percent of
ownership of the project.
2. Within 30
days of a material change in the community solar project operator, such new project
operator is required to notify the Board of their individual and/or corporate names,
tax ID, address, and contact phone.
3.
The Board shall be kept apprised of all major project developments and milestones
via written notification (e- mail or letter).
(c) Each EDC shall retain a record of the
community solar project generation that was applied to each subscriber's bills for a
period of six years.
(d) Each community
solar subscriber organization, and any successor, shall retain a record of all
subscriber contracts, disclosure forms, LMI proof of eligibility, and generation
allocation lists for a period of at least six years from the date of their
expiration. Each of these documents must be made available without delay upon
request from the Board or Board staff.
(e) The EDCs shall submit to the Board updated
calculations of the bill credit ^ either on June 1 and October 1 each year or
coincident with basic generation service rate changes.
