1. (1) Qualifying facility’s obligation to provide power during system emergencies: A qualifying facility is required to provide energy and capacity to a public utility during a system emergency only to the extent:

   1. (a) Provided by agreement between such qualifying facility and public utility; or
   2. (b) Ordered under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act.

2. (2) During any system emergency, a public utility may curtail:

   1. (a) Purchases from a qualifying facility if such purchases would contribute to such emergency (including net output requirement); and
   2. (b) Sales to a qualifying facility, as qualified by section (3) of this rule, provided that such curtailment is on a nondiscriminatory basis.
3. (3) Except in cases of practical impossibility, sales to a qualifying facility that is generating 50 percent or more of its load, may not be curtailed during a system emergency, or under mandatory curtailments established by Order No. 78-823, until all other customers in its class have been fully curtailed.
4. (4) A qualifying facility that is unable to deliver power to a public utility owing to curtailment by the public utility will be relieved of any obligation to sell to the public utility during the curtailment period.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 183, 756, 757, 758

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 756.040, 758.505 - 758.555

History

PUC 8-2018, amend filed 11/02/2018, effective 11/02/2018
PUC 1-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
PUC 21-1984, f. & ef. 9-25-84 (Order No. 84-742)
PUC 7-1982, f. & ef. 7-21-82 (Order No. 82-514)
PUC 9-1981, f. & ef. 10-29-81 (Order No. 81-755)