OAR 330-140-0080
Claiming a Public Purpose Charge Credit

(1)

Large electricity consumers who are eligible for direct access, starting with the date of direct access, may claim credits against public purposes charges owed.
(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 the amount owed for a given month’s conservation or 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 precertification of expenditures for a new energy conservation project, renewable energy resource project, or Green Tag purchase 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 the amount owed 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.
(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 73.8 percent of the public purpose charge owed. Self-direction credit for the new energy conservation portion shall not exceed 56.7 percent of the public purpose charge owed and 17.1 percent for the new renewable energy resource purchase portion; or
(b) The maximum credit for sites in consumer owned electric service territory shall be 68 percent of the first three percent public purpose charges for new energy conservation. Any remaining amount, up to the maximum of the first three percent public purpose charge, is limited to the portion of the public purpose charge billed for new market transformation or above market costs of purchasing renewable energy resources.
(c) The maximum credit for an aluminum plant site that uses more than 100 average megawatts of electricity per year shall be 68 percent of one percent of the total revenue from the sale of electricity to the aluminum plant for new energy conservation projects and 17.1 percent of one percent of the total revenue from the sale of electricity to the aluminum plant for new renewable energy resource purchases.
(4) 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.
(5) To remain eligible to self-direct public purpose charges, large electricity consumers shall pay on a monthly basis any balance of public purpose charges owed to their electric distribution utility or energy service supplier.

Source: Rule 330-140-0080 — Claiming a Public Purpose Charge Credit, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=330-140-0080.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 330-140-0080’s source at or​.us