OAR 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.

Source: Rule 860-088-0020 — Program Administrator, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=860-088-0020.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 860-088-0020’s source at or​.us