Alaska Admin. Code tit. 3, § 50.960 – Community energy facilities | Midpage
§ 3.50.960
Alaska Admin. Code tit. 3, § 50.960
Community energy facilities
(a) To be eligible for interconnection under a community energy program, a community energy facility must
(1) be owned by
(A) a subscriber organization; or
(B) an electric utility;
(2) be located within an electric utility's certificated service area where a subscriber takes service;
(3) be managed and monitored by
(A) a subscriber organization; a subscriber organization may contract with a third party to perform management and monitoring functions, but is ultimately responsible for the management and monitoring of the program; or
(B) an electric utility, if owned by the electric utility;
(4) generate electric energy from a source eligible for interconnection under 3 AAC 50.920(1);
(5) have been constructed by contractors and subcontractors whose employees received the current prevailing rate of wages specified in the applicable determination of prevailing rate of wages for public construction projects issued by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under AS 36.05.010;
(6) include a device, equipment, and required system upgrades to connect the community energy facility to the electric utility's distribution system; and
(7) meet the applicable safety and performance standards established by the National Electrical Code, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and Underwriters Laboratories, or other similar national standards.
(b) A subscriber organization shall interconnect the organization's community energy facilities to an electric utility in accordance with the interconnection standards set out in the electric utility's tariff. The community energy facility must provide a meter base for the electric utility to supply and read a utility-owned meter.
(c) The owner of a community energy facility is responsible for reasonable costs associated with the installation, administration, operation, and maintenance of the community energy facility.
(d) The annual energy production capacity of a community energy facility may not exceed 110 percent of the total modeled annual production output of the fully subscribed capacity of the facility. The electric utility does not owe an obligation to measure, allocate, or credit production to a community energy facility, subscriber organization, or a subscriber for production that exceeds 110 percent.
(e) An electric utility's community energy program must require the owner and operator of a community energy facility to report a list of subscribers as a condition for interconnection, including the share of energy that is attributable to each subscriber in the facility each month.
(f) An electric utility's community energy program must require the subscriber organization to provide information regarding the organization's community energy facility on the organization's Internet website as a condition for interconnection, including procedures, terms and conditions, calculation of credits, contact information, and subscription fees.
(g) The electric utility shall provide information for the utility's community energy program on the utility's Internet website, including the community energy facilities available in the utility's service area.