Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1)
Large electricity consumers who are eligible for direct access, starting with
the date of direct access, may claim credits against up to 75 percent of
renewable energy resource public purpose charges owed or up to the full amount
charged in rates pursuant to ORS
757.054(4).
(2) Credits claimed may not exceed the amount
of cost documented on certificate(s) of qualifying expenditure for that
self-directing consumer's site. When qualifying expenditures are certified they
may be claimed as follows:
(a) Credits in
excess of 75 percent of the amount owed for a given month's renewable energy
resource public purpose charges shall be available for future credit use
(carried forward) for as long as the obligation to pay those public purpose
charges exists. Should the electric usage at a self-directing consumer's site
fall below one average megawatt for the prior year, the self-directing consumer
may continue to claim credits which have been documented by a certification of
qualified expenditure and that have been carried forward until the remaining
unclaimed balance is zero. A self-directing consumer will not be eligible to
submit new applications for pre-certification of the above-market costs of
expenditures for a new renewable energy resource project, investments in
distribution system connected technologies, Green Tag purchase, or
cost-effective energy efficiency until such a time as the site's electric usage
for the prior year is greater than one average megawatt.
(b) Credits in excess of 75 percent of the
amount owed for renewable energy resource public purpose charges for a specific
site may be applied to public purpose charges at other sites owned by the
electricity consumer, its subsidiaries or affiliate firms in the same
distribution utility service territory provided the site is also eligible as a
self-directing consumer under these rules.
(c) Credits in excess of the amount charged
in rates pursuant to ORS 754.054(4) owed for a given month shall be available
for future credit use (carried forward) for as long as the obligation to pay
those charges exists. Should the electric usage at a self-directing consumer's
site fall below one average megawatt for the prior year, the self-directing
consumer may continue to claim credits which have been documented by a
certification of qualified expenditure and that have been carried forward until
the remaining unclaimed balance is zero. A self-directing consumer will not be
eligible to submit new applications for pre-certification of expenditures for a
new cost-effective energy efficiency project until such a time as the site's
electric usage for the prior year is greater than one average
megawatt.
(d) Large electricity
consumers with an existing balance of credits against energy conservation
public purpose charges owed after credits are applied to the retail energy
consumer's bill for the last monthly billing period beginning before January 1,
2022, may claim the credits against the amount charged in rates pursuant to ORS
757.054(4)
for billing periods beginning on or after January 1, 2022. Credits for new
cost-effective energy efficiency projects certified by the Oregon Department of
Energy on or after January 1, 2022 will be added to and be interchangeable with
any pre-existing credit balance for new energy conservation public purpose
charges.
(3) The maximum
credit against public purpose charges owed by a self-directing consumer shall
not exceed the following:
(a) The maximum
self-direction credit for sites in electric company service territories shall
be 25.5 percent of the public purpose charge owed; or
(b) The maximum credit for sites in consumer
owned electric service territory shall be 25.5 percent of the first 1.5 percent
of public purpose charges owed.
(4) The maximum credit against amount charged
in rates pursuant to ORS
757.054(4)
is subject to the limits in Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 547, Section 2,
subsection (5)(a).
(5) Large
electricity consumers, who have received recognition that their site is
eligible for self-direction with a certificate of qualified expenditure for
credit against public purpose charges issued by the Oregon Department of
Energy, may request that their electric distribution utility or energy service
supplier apply their credit against public purpose charges owed.
(6) Large electricity consumers, who have
received recognition that their site is eligible for self-direction with a
certificate of qualified expenditure issued by the Oregon Department of Energy
for credit against amounts charged in rates pursuant to ORS
757.054(4),
may request that their electric distribution utility or energy service supplier
apply their credit against charges in rates owed.
(7) To remain eligible to self-direct public
purpose charges, large electricity consumers shall pay on a monthly basis any
balance of public purpose charges and amounts charged in rates pursuant to ORS
757.054(4)
owed to their electric distribution utility or energy service
supplier.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
469.040,
ORS
756.040, ORS
757.600 - 757.687, ORS
757.054 & Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 547 (House Bill 3141)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
756.040, ORS
757.600 - 757.687, ORS
757.054 & Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 547 (House Bill
3141)
