OAR 860-088-0060
Program Capacity Restrictions
(1)
“Program capacity tier” means the amount of total program capacity eligible for projects participating in an electric company’s service territory.(2)
The initial program capacity tier for each electric company is equal to 2.5 percent of the electric company’s 2016 system peak.(3)
The Commission may establish successive program capacity tiers.(a)
In determining whether to set a successive tier, the Commission may consider all aspects of the Community Solar Program.(b)
A successive program capacity tier may not be established until any low-income capacity requirements are successfully energized and the corresponding projects are serving qualifying participants.(4)
Once a project is pre-certified, the nameplate capacity of the project is counted towards the program capacity tier of the electric company in whose service territory the project is located. The nameplate capacity of the project will be removed from the electric company’s program capacity tier in the event that the Project Manager notifies the Program Administrator that the project will be removed from the Community Solar Program or the project is otherwise not certified within the time period allowed in OAR 860-088-0040 (Project Pre-Certification)(5).(5)
A project may not be pre-certified if the addition of the project will exceed the electric company’s current program capacity tier. The Program Administrator will create a queue of applications for pre-certification received after the program capacity tier has been met. If a successive program capacity tier is established, applications in the queue will be processed in the order received.
Source:
Rule 860-088-0060 — Program Capacity Restrictions, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=860-088-0060.