OAR 860-038-0600
Joint Marketing and Referral Arrangements


(1)

For joint marketing, advertising, and promotional activities an electric company shall not:

(a)

Provide or acquire leads on behalf of its Oregon affiliates;

(b)

Solicit business or acquire information on behalf of its Oregon affiliates;

(c)

Give the appearance of speaking or acting on behalf of its Oregon affiliates except that an electric company, pursuant to a customer request, may provide information about electricity services or directly related products offered by the electric company’s Oregon affiliates. Prior to providing the information, the electric company must inform the customer that:

(A)

Other providers may exist; and

(B)

The customer does not have to purchase these electricity services or directly related products from the electric company’s Oregon affiliate in order for the customer to continue to receive the customer’s current electricity service from the electric company;

(d)

Represent to consumers or potential consumers that it can offer electricity services or directly related products from the electric company’s Oregon affiliates bundled or packaged with its tariffed services; or

(e)

Request authorization from its consumers to pass on proprietary consumer information exclusively to its Oregon affiliates.

(2)

An electric company shall not engage in joint marketing, advertising, or promotion of its electricity services or directly related products with those of its Oregon affiliates in a manner that favors the electricity services or directly related products of the Oregon affiliate. Such joint marketing, advertising, or promotion includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a)

Acting or appearing to act on behalf of its Oregon affiliates in any communications and contacts with any existing or potential consumers, subject to the exception in (1)(c) above;

(b)

Joint sales calls;

(c)

Joint proposals, either as requests for proposals or responses to requests for proposals;

(d)

Joint promotional communications or correspondence, except that an electric company may allow its Oregon affiliates access to consumer bill advertising inserts according to the terms of a Commission approved tariff, so long as access to such inserts is made available on the same terms and conditions to unaffiliated entities offering similar services as the Oregon affiliates that use bill inserts; or

(e)

Joint presentations at trade shows, conferences, or other marketing events within the state of Oregon.

(3)

An electric company may participate in meetings with its Oregon affiliates to discuss technical or operational subjects regarding the electric company’s provision of transmission or distribution services to the consumer; but only in the same manner and to the same extent the electric company participates in such meetings with unaffiliated entities and their consumers.

Source: Rule 860-038-0600 — Joint Marketing and Referral Arrangements, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=860-038-0600.

860‑038‑0001
Scope and Applicability of Rules
860‑038‑0005
Definitions for Direct Access Regulation
860‑038‑0080
Resource Policies and Plans
860‑038‑0100
Auction Process
860‑038‑0140
Ongoing Valuation
860‑038‑0160
Transition Costs and Credits
860‑038‑0200
Unbundling
860‑038‑0220
Portfolio Options
860‑038‑0240
Cost-of-Service Rate
860‑038‑0250
Nonresidential Standard Offer
860‑038‑0260
Direct Access
860‑038‑0275
Direct Access Annual Announcement and Election Period
860‑038‑0280
Default Supply
860‑038‑0300
Electric Company and Electricity Service Suppliers Labeling Requirements
860‑038‑0340
Electric Company Ancillary Services
860‑038‑0360
Electric Company Customer Metering Requirements
860‑038‑0380
Aggregation
860‑038‑0400
Electricity Service Supplier Certification Requirements
860‑038‑0410
Scheduling
860‑038‑0420
Electricity Service Supplier Consumer Protection
860‑038‑0445
Coordination of Supplier Changes and Billing
860‑038‑0450
Location of Underground Facilities
860‑038‑0460
Construction, Safety, and Reporting Standards for Electricity Service Suppliers
860‑038‑0470
Attachments to Poles and Conduits Owned by Public, Telecommunications, and Consumer-Owned Utilities
860‑038‑0480
Public Purposes
860‑038‑0500
Code of Conduct Purpose
860‑038‑0520
Electric Company Name and Logo
860‑038‑0560
Treatment of Competitors
860‑038‑0580
Prevention of Cross-subsidization Between Competitive Operations and Regulated Operations
860‑038‑0590
Transmission and Distribution Access
860‑038‑0600
Joint Marketing and Referral Arrangements
860‑038‑0620
Access to Books and Records
860‑038‑0640
Compliance Filings
860‑038‑0700
Definitions for New Large Load Direct Access Program
860‑038‑0710
Requirement to Enable a New Large Load Direct Access Program
860‑038‑0720
Nonresidential Standard Offer, Default Supply, and Return to Cost of Service
860‑038‑0730
New Large Load Eligibility Requirements
860‑038‑0740
New Large Load Program Enrollment and Rates
860‑038‑0750
De-Enrollment Due to Failure to Meet Load Standard
860‑038‑0760
Reporting
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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