The following definitions apply for purposes of this part:

1. (1) “Avoided costs” means the incremental costs to an electric utility of electric energy or capacity or both that, but for the purchase from the qualifying facility or qualifying facilities, such utility would generate itself or purchase from another source;
2. (2) “Backup power” means electric energy or capacity supplied by an electric utility during an unscheduled outage of a qualifying facility to replace energy ordinarily generated by the facility's own generation equipment;
3. (3) “Capacity” means the load for which a generating unit or generating station is rated either by the user or the manufacturer;
4. (4) “Case-by-case negotiation” means the process of sequential negotiation of specific contractual agreements between a qualifying facility and an electric utility;
5. (5) “Commission” means the Arkansas Public Service Commission;

6. (6)

   1. (A) “Dispatch” means under the operating control of an integrated electric system dispatcher.
   2. (B) This includes the scheduling of energy transactions with connecting electric utilities or other connecting electric generating sources;
7. (7) “Firm energy” means electric energy associated with firm power;
8. (8) “Firm power” means power or power-producing capacity intended to be available at all times during the period covered by a commitment, even under severe conditions;
9. (9) “Interconnection costs” means the reasonable costs of connection, switching, metering, transmission, distribution, safety provisions, and administrative costs incurred by the electric utility directly related to the installation and maintenance of the physical facilities necessary to permit interconnected operations;
10. (10) “Interruptible power” means electric energy or capacity supplied by an electric utility that is subject to interruption by the electric utility under specified conditions;
11. (11) “Maintenance power” means electric energy or capacity supplied by an electric utility during scheduled outages of the qualifying facility;
12. (12) “Power” means the time rate of generating, transferring, or using electric energy, usually expressed in kilowatts;
13. (13) “Purchase” means the purchase of electric energy or capacity or both from a qualifying facility by an electric utility;
14. (14) “Qualifying facility” means a cogeneration facility or a small power production facility that is a qualifying facility under Subpart 2 of this part;

15. (15) “Rate” means:

    1. (A) Any:

       1. (i) Price, rate, charge, or classification made, demanded, observed, or received with respect to the sale or purchase of electric energy or capacity; or
       2. (ii) Rule, regulation, or practice respecting any such rate, charge, or classification; and
    2. (B) Any contract pertaining to the sale or purchase of electric energy or capacity;
16. (16) “Sale” means the sale of electric energy or capacity or both by an electric utility to a qualifying facility;
17. (17) “Supplementary power” means electric energy or capacity regularly supplied by an electric utility to a qualifying facility for regular use in addition to the energy that the facility generates itself;

18. (18) “System dispatcher” means the individual who is in charge of the organizational unit whose function it is to match the utility's system generation to the demand or load requirements of the utility's customers and others subject to a number of constraints, including but not limited to the following:

    1. (A) The availability and cost of fuel;
    2. (B) The availability of transmission capability;
    3. (C) The balancing of generation for system reliability;
    4. (D) The economy of purchased power; and
    5. (E) The economy of power sales within and outside of the system;

19. (19) “System emergency” means a condition on a utility's system that is:

    1. (A) Likely to result in imminent significant disruption of service to customers; or
    2. (B) Imminently likely to endanger life or property; and
20. (20) “Telemetering” means the system of metering and communications devices that enables the system dispatcher to instantaneously monitor or, in the case of two-way communications, to control, the output of a remote generating unit.

Codification Notes: This section was promulgated as Section 1.1(B) of the Cogeneration Rules prior to codification in the Code of Arkansas Rules.