ORS 758.545: Electric utility required to make good faith effort to transmit energy; remedy.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) If an electric utility fails to make a good faith effort to comply with a request from a qualifying facility to transmit energy or energy and capacity produced by the qualifying facility to another electric utility or to the Bonneville Power Administration, the electric utility shall purchase the qualifying facility’s energy or energy and capacity at a price which is the higher of: (a) The electric utility’s avoided cost; or (b) The index rate. (2) As used in this section, “good faith effort” shall be demonstrated by the electric utility’s publication of a generally applicable, reasonable policy of the electric utility to allow a qualifying facility to use the electric utility’s transmission facilities on a cost-related basis. [1983 c.799 §5]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 860-029-0005: Applicability of Rules — implements
- OAR 860-029-0010: Definitions for Division 029 Rules — implements
- OAR 860-029-0044: Allocation of Costs to Related Deliveries from Off-system Qualifying Facilities — implements
- OAR 860-029-0045: Eligibility for Standard Avoided Cost Prices and Purchase Agreements — implements
- OAR 860-029-0046: Process for Procuring Standard Power Purchase Agreement — implements
- OAR 860-029-0047: Integration Charges — implements
- OAR 860-029-0120: Standard Power Purchase Agreements — implements
- OAR 860-029-0121: Delivery and Purchase under Standard Power Purchase Agreement — implements
- OAR 860-029-0123: Default, Damages, and Termination — implements
- OAR 860-029-0124: Coordination between Qualifying Facility and Public Utility under Standard Power Purchase Agreements — implements
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