Or. Admin. Code § 860-088-0020

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024
Section 860-088-0020 - Program Administrator
(1) The Commission will use a competitive bidding process to select a Program Administrator to administer the Community Solar Program.
(2) The duties of the Program Administrator include:
(a) Developing jointly with Commission Staff a Program Implementation Manual;
(b) Developing a budget and reporting actual expenditures and carryover to the Commission;
(c) Managing the performance of the Low-Income Facilitator and coordinating with the Low-Income Facilitator to meet any low-income capacity requirements;
(d) Registering Project Managers;
(e) Reviewing applications for project pre-certification and certification;
(f) Confirming participant eligibility in the Community Solar Program;
(g) Facilitating the exchange of customer electricity account information between electric companies and Project Managers;
(h) Establishing and maintaining a publicly-available queue of pre-certified projects in a manner that protects commercially sensitive or competitive information;
(i) Coordinating participants' monthly bill crediting and conveying bill credit information to electric companies and Project Managers;
(j) Providing to electric companies participant ownership or subscription payment information obtained from Project Managers;
(k) Receiving from electric companies monies collected from participants, allocating monies, and maintaining monthly reports of receipts and allocations to submit to the Commission upon request;
(l) Monitoring Project Managers' compliance with the standard of conduct set forth in the Program Implementation Manual and notifying the Commission of any compliance deficiency;
(m) Facilitating data exchange among electric companies, Project Managers, and the Commission;
(n) Managing data related to the Community Solar Program as set forth in the Program Implementation Manual, including implementing best practices for data security and privacy; and
(o) Performing other duties assigned by the Commission or set forth in the Program Implementation Manual.

Or. Admin. Code § 860-088-0020

PUC 6-2017, f & cert. ef. 6/30/2017

Stat. Auth.: OL 2016, ch. 28, sec. 22

Stats. Implemented: OL 2016, ch. 28, sec. 22