1. (1) The Commission will use a competitive bidding process to select a Program Administrator to administer the Community Solar Program.

2. (2) The duties of the Program Administrator include:

   1. (a) Developing jointly with Commission Staff a Program Implementation Manual;
   2. (b) Developing a budget and reporting actual expenditures and carryover to the Commission;
   3. (c) Managing the performance of the Low-Income Facilitator and coordinating with the Low-Income Facilitator to meet any low-income capacity requirements;
   4. (d) Registering Project Managers;
   5. (e) Reviewing applications for project pre-certification and certification;
   6. (f) Confirming participant eligibility in the Community Solar Program;
   7. (g) Facilitating the exchange of customer electricity account information between electric companies and Project Managers;
   8. (h) Establishing and maintaining a publicly-available queue of pre-certified projects in a manner that protects commercially sensitive or competitive information;
   9. (i) Coordinating participants’ monthly bill crediting and conveying bill credit information to electric companies and Project Managers;
   10. (j) Providing to electric companies participant ownership or subscription payment information obtained from Project Managers;
   11. (k) Receiving from electric companies monies collected from participants, allocating monies, and maintaining monthly reports of receipts and allocations to submit to the Commission upon request;
   12. (l) Monitoring Project Managers’ compliance with the standard of conduct set forth in the Program Implementation Manual and notifying the Commission of any compliance deficiency;
   13. (m) Facilitating data exchange among electric companies, Project Managers, and the Commission;
   14. (n) Managing data related to the Community Solar Program as set forth in the Program Implementation Manual, including implementing best practices for data security and privacy; and
   15. (o) Performing other duties assigned by the Commission or set forth in the Program Implementation Manual.

Statutory/Other Authority

OL 2016, ch. 28 & sec. 22

Statutes/Other Implemented

OL 2016, ch. 28 & sec. 22

History

PUC 6-2017, f & cert. ef. 6-30-17