Or. Admin. Code § 330-140-0010

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 330-140-0010 - Scope and Applicability of These Rules

(1) The rules contained in this division include the criteria and procedures by which a large retail electricity consumer with a site located within the State of Oregon, using more than one average megawatt the prior year (8,760,000 kilowatt hours/year), may become a self-directing consumer of:

(a) up to 75 percent of the renewable energy resources portion of its public purpose charges as allocated under ORS 757.612(3)(b)(B), or

(b) up to 100 percent of the amount charged in rates to plan for and pursue cost-effective energy efficiency resources pursuant to ORS 757.054(4), subject to the limits under Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 547, section 2, subsection (5)(a).

(2) The rules contained in this division apply to large retail electricity consumers of electric companies and electricity service suppliers, except that these rules do not apply to retail electricity consumers of an electric company serving less than 25,000 consumers in this state unless the electric company offers direct access to any of its large retail electricity consumers in this state or offers to sell electricity services available under direct access to more than one large retail electricity consumer of another electric utility.

(3) The rules contained in this division relating to the self-direction of public purpose charges apply to large retail electricity consumers of consumer-owned utilities and electricity service suppliers, once the consumer-owned utility governing board has elected to allow open access to a class of customers for which that electricity consumer is a member. These rules only apply to the first 1.5 percent of public purpose charges imposed upon retail electricity consumers by a consumer-owned utility.

(4) Large retail electricity consumers eligible to become self-directing consumers shall not claim a credit against public purpose charges owed for new renewable energy resource or distribution system-connected technology purchases, nor shall those customers claim a credit for purchases of cost-effective energy efficiency resources against the amount charged in rates pursuant to ORS 757.054(4), until they are issued certificates for qualifying expenditures under these rules.

(5) All information submitted to or collected by the Oregon Department of Energy or its agent under these rules shall be protected as business trade secrets to the extent permitted under the Public Records Act.

Or. Admin. Code § 330-140-0010

DOE 3-2001, f. 10-25-01, cert. ef. 10-29-01; DOE 6-2004, f. 10-14-04, cert. ef. 12-1-04; DOE 1-2019, amend filed 01/11/2019, effective 7/1/2019; DOE 3-2021, amend filed 12/13/2021, effective 1/1/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 469.040, ORS 756.040, ORS 757.600 - 757.687, Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 547 (House Bill 3141) & ORS 757.054

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 756.040, ORS 757.600 - 757.687, Oregon Laws 2021, chapter 547 (House Bill 3141) & ORS 757.054