Public Utility Commission
Chapter 860
Division 82
SMALL GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION RULES
860-082-0005
Scope and Applicability
(1) OAR 860-082-0005 through 860-082-0085 (the “small generator interconnection rules”) govern the interconnection of a small generator facility with a nameplate capacity of 10 megawatts or less to a public utility’s transmission or distribution system. These rules do not apply if the interconnection between the small generator facility and the public utility is subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
(2) Except as specified in OAR 860-082-0025(1)(b), the small generator interconnection rules do not apply retroactively to a small generator facility that was interconnected to a public utility’s transmission or distribution system prior to the effective date of the small generator interconnection rules (an “existing small generator facility”). These rules become applicable to an existing small generator facility at the expiration of the agreement governing the terms of the interconnection of the existing small generator facility to the interconnected public utility’s transmission or distribution system. If an existing agreement does not have an expiration date, then the small generator interconnection rules become applicable to the existing small generator facility 10 years after the effective date of the rules. An existing small generator facility must submit an application under OAR 860-082-0025(1)(e) to the interconnected public utility no later than 60 business days before the date that the small generator interconnection rules become applicable.
(3) The small generator interconnection rules do not apply to the interconnection of a net metering facility, which is governed by OAR chapter 860, division 039.
(4) A small generator facility that qualifies as a “small power production facility” under OAR 860-029-0010(25) must also comply with the rules in OAR chapter 860, division 029. If there is a conflict between the small generator interconnection rules and the rules in OAR chapter 860, division 029, then the small generator interconnection rules control.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183, 756 & 757
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 756.040 & 756.060
History:
PUC 10-2009, f. & cert. ef. 8-26-09