Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Annual capacity reservations must be made
as follows:
(a) For small-scale systems: 100
percent of the allocated capacity will be awarded to the net metering option by
lottery or as otherwise directed by Commission order.
(b) For medium-scale systems: The allocated
capacity will be divided between the net metering and the competitive bidding
options as directed by Commission order.
(c) For large-scale systems: 100 percent of
the allocated capacity will be awarded by competitive bidding.
(2) Reservations made by either
competitive bidding or lottery must be awarded within each system size
independent of the other classes.
(3) The following governs capacity
distributed through a lottery:
(a) Electric
companies must conduct a lottery-based capacity reservation process on April 1
and October 1 during each of the remaining pilot years unless otherwise
directed by Commission order.
(b)
Electric companies must collect reservation applications for 24 hours before
selecting winning participants unless otherwise directed by Commission
order.
(c) Electric companies must
notify winning lottery participants no later than three business days after the
close of the reservation application window. Deposits are due within three days
of this notification. Electric companies then have 15 days to confirm that
reservation applications conform to all program rules.
(d) In any enrollment period, if the eligible
capacity is not reserved through the lottery, the remaining capacity will be
made available on a first-come, first-served basis. Any remaining capacity
thereafter will roll over to the next capacity reservation period unless
otherwise directed by Commission order.
(4) The following governs capacity
distributed through a competitive bidding option:
(a) Electric companies must issue a Request
for Proposal for:
(A) Large-scale bid option
systems no later than 30 business days prior to April 1 of each pilot year or
as otherwise directed by Commission order; and
(B) Medium-scale bid option systems no later
than 30 business days prior to October 1 of each pilot year or as otherwise
directed by Commission order.
(b) Electric companies must set the bidder
response deadline for
(A) large-scale bid
option systems no later than April 1 of each pilot year and
(B) for medium-scale bid option systems no
later than October 1 of each pilot year or as otherwise directed by Commission
order.
(c) Electric
companies must award capacity to winning bidders no later than fifteen business
days after the bidder response deadline. Selection of winning bids must be
based solely on the bidder's volumetric incentive rate bid.
(d) If capacity remains available after all
bids are awarded, then the remaining capacity will roll over to the next
appropriate bid-option enrollment window as defined by subsection (4)(a) of
this rule.
(e) A medium- and
large-scale bid-option reservation begins when the bidder receives notification
of a winning bid.
(5)
Electric companies must require a capacity reservation deposit of $500 or $20
per kilowatt of the proposed system capacity, whichever is larger.
(6) Capacity reservations are
non-transferable from one customer generator to another.
(7) A capacity reservation starts upon
notification by the electric company to the successful program participant that
capacity has been awarded.
Stat Auth: ORS
757.360 -
757.380
Stats. Implemented: ORS
757.360 -
757.380
