1. (1) A public utility may not require an applicant or an interconnection customer with a small generator facility with a nameplate rating of 200 kilowatts or less to obtain liability insurance in order to interconnect with the public utility’s transmission or distribution system.
2. (2) A public utility may require an applicant or an interconnection customer with a small generator facility with a nameplate rating greater than 200 kilowatts to obtain prudent amounts of general liability insurance in order to interconnect to the public utility’s transmission or distribution system.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 183, ORS 756 & ORS 757

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 756.040 & ORS 756.060

History

PUC 4-2024, amend filed 04/09/2024, effective 04/09/2024
PUC 10-2009, f. & cert. ef. 8-26-09