Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
Division 29 - REGULATIONS RELATED TO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND ELECTRIC COGENERATION AND SMALL POWER PRODUCTION FACILITIES
Section 860-029-0070 - System Emergencies

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 860-029-0070

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

(1) Qualifying facility's obligation to provide power during system emergencies: A qualifying facility is required to provide energy and capacity to a public utility during a system emergency only to the extent:

(a) Provided by agreement between such qualifying facility and public utility; or

(b) Ordered under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act.

(2) During any system emergency, a public utility may curtail:

(a) Purchases from a qualifying facility if such purchases would contribute to such emergency (including net output requirement); and

(b) Sales to a qualifying facility, as qualified by section (3) of this rule, provided that such curtailment is on a nondiscriminatory basis.

(3) Except in cases of practical impossibility, sales to a qualifying facility that is generating 50 percent or more of its load, may not be curtailed during a system emergency, or under mandatory curtailments established by Order No. 78-823, until all other customers in its class have been fully curtailed.

(4) A qualifying facility that is unable to deliver power to a public utility owing to curtailment by the public utility will be relieved of any obligation to sell to the public utility during the curtailment period.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183, 756, 757, 758

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 756.040, 758.505 - 758.555

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