OAR 860-084-0100
Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Programs

(1)

Each electric company must establish pilot programs to demonstrate the use and effectiveness of volumetric incentive rates and payments for electricity delivered from qualifying solar photovoltaic systems.

(2)

Each electric company must offer a net metering option under the pilot program. This option has the following characteristics:

(a)

Eligible systems installed on the customer side of the service meter;

(b)

Volumetric incentive rates established by Commission order;

(c)

Volumetric incentive rate payments for payable generation;

(d)

Excess generation donated to the electric company’s low income bill assistance program;

(e)

Capacity of eligible systems sized to generate energy up to 90 percent of the actual usage in the 12 most recent billing periods at the premises where the eligible system will be installed;

(f)

Capacity of eligible systems with less than 12 billing periods of actual usage for existing premises or new construction sized to generate energy up to 90 percent of the annual usage by a similarly-situated customer or by a utility-provided load estimation document as determined by the utility;

(g)

Capacity of eligible systems for irrigation or agriculture customers sized up to 90 percent of average usage during a normal 12-month billing period as determined by the utility; and

(h)

The methodologies used to estimate the usage if there is no sufficient actual usage to size the system must be consistent with the methodologies used by the Energy Trust of Oregon, the Oregon Department of Energy, or other methodologies acceptable to the Commission.

(3)

Each electric company must offer a volumetric incentive rate bid option under the pilot program. This option has the following characteristics:

(a)

Volumetric incentive rate paid to each retail electricity consumer is established by a successful bid for capacity in the volumetric incentive rate pilot program; and

(b)

Volumetric incentive rate payments for 100 percent of payable generation net of system requirements.

(4)

Retail electricity consumers eligible for each pilot program option will be defined by Commission order.

Source: Rule 860-084-0100 — Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Programs, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=860-084-0100.

860‑084‑0000
Scope and Applicability of Solar Photovoltaic Programs 860‑084‑0010
Definitions for Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Programs 860‑084‑0070
Renewable Energy Certificates and Compliance with the Renewable Portfolio Standards 860‑084‑0100
Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Programs 860‑084‑0120
Systems Eligible for Enrollment in Pilot Programs 860‑084‑0130
Ownership and Installation 860‑084‑0140
Assignment of Payments 860‑084‑0150
Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Capacity Limit 860‑084‑0160
Measurement of Capacity under the Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Program 860‑084‑0170
Distributing Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Capacity by Electric Company 860‑084‑0180
Distributing Electric Company Capacity Limit by Allocation Period 860‑084‑0190
Distributing Capacity by System Size 860‑084‑0195
Mechanisms for Reserving Capacity 860‑084‑0200
Capacity Reservation, Timing, and Volumetric Incentive Rates 860‑084‑0210
Capacity Reservation, Timing, and Duration 860‑084‑0220
Capacity Availability 860‑084‑0230
Application for Capacity Reservation 860‑084‑0240
Standard Contracts 860‑084‑0250
Billing and Payment Requirements 860‑084‑0260
Interconnection Requirements for Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Program 860‑084‑0270
Authorization to Interconnect 860‑084‑0280
Interconnection Cost Responsibility 860‑084‑0300
Insurance 860‑084‑0310
Level 1 System Interconnection Review 860‑084‑0320
Level 2 System Interconnection Review 860‑084‑0330
Level 3 System Interconnection Review 860‑084‑0340
Installation, Operation, Maintenance, and Testing of Contracted Systems 860‑084‑0350
Requirements after Approval of a Solar Photovoltaic Interconnection 860‑084‑0360
Volumetric Incentive Rates and Payments – Net Metering Option 860‑084‑0365
Volumetric Incentive Rate Bidding Option 860‑084‑0370
Resource Value 860‑084‑0380
Cost Recovery and Rate Impacts 860‑084‑0390
Cost Recovery Mechanism 860‑084‑0400
Data Collection 860‑084‑0420
Compliance with Pilot Program Requirements 860‑084‑0430
Data Availability 860‑084‑0440
Pilot Program Overhead 860‑084‑0450
Reports to the Legislature
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 860-084-0100’s source at or​.us