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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Last updated 12-11-20

Alabama

Statutes and Regulations:

• Code of Alabama: Title 37
• Consideration of Sections 532 and 1307 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (2007)
• Consideration of Sections 1251 and 1254 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (2006)
• Considerations of Section 1251 and 1254 of the Energy Policy Act of 2006- Docket 30066 (2005)

Docket:

• Docket 25980

Additional Info:

• Annual Reports (1997-2016)

Alaska

Statutes and Regulations:

• Alaska Administrative Code: Regulatory Commission, Chapters 47-53
• Article 2 Cogeneration and Small Power Production

Commission Orders/Decisions:

• R-09-001 and 002: Implementation of rules and regulations for Customers with Net Metering
• R-06-005: Developing rules for customers with net metering
• R-06-002: Rules for interconnection
• U-08-138: Standards regarding interconnection and operation of non-utility generating facility

Arkansas

PSC Additional Info:

• Cogeneration Rules(1983-outdated)

FERC Order:

• Entergy Services- Terminate Mandatory Purchase Obligation

California

Statutes and Regulations:

• California Public Utilities Code, 218.5

FERC Order:

• FERC orders 2000-2016
• FERC Orders 2017

Court Cases:

• Southern California Edison Company v. FERC (443 F.3d. 94, 2006)
• California feed-in tariff not compliant with PURPA, federal court rules

CA PUC Additional Info:

• Combined Heat and Power
• Qualifying Facility
• CPUC Fillings 2007-2016

Connecticut

Statutes and Regulations:

• Connecticut Administrative Code: Eligibility of Nonresidential Solar Energy Electricity Generating Systems for the Purpose of Authorized Property Tax Exemption (16a-14-300 to 302)
• Final Decision Database (By Utility and Docket Number)

Florida

Statutes and Regulations:

• Florida Statutes: Commission Jurisdiction, 051
• Florida Administrative Code 25-17.080

Additional:

• Electric Restructuring Details
• Florida PSC Docket Search

Georgia

Statutes and Regulations:

• Rules of Georgia Public Service Commission

Additional:

• Capacity and energy payments to cogenerators under PURPA Docket #4822
• Georgia Power Company: Procedural and Scheduling Order for the Utilities Integrated Resource Plan Compliance Filings, Certification of Green Energy Programs Docket #16573

Hawaii

Statutes and Regulations:

• Hawaii Administrative Rules: Standards for Small Power Production and Cogeneration ( 6-74-1)

Orders:

• Docket No. 2009-0029 

Idaho

Statutes and Regulations:

• Public Utilities Commission Administrative Rules

FERC Docket Number:

• EL13-51-000 (suit filed against Idaho PUC for unlawfully terminating QF power purchase agreement, 2013)

Orders:

• Order Number 33785

Additional:

• Idaho regulators trim renewables integration rates under PURPA for Rocky Mountain Power

Indiana

Statutes and Regulations:

• Indiana Administrative Code: Title 170, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
• Indiana Code: Gas Pipeline Securities (8-1-24)

Illinois

Statutes and Regulations:

• Illinois Compiled Statutes: Public Utilities Act (220 LCS 5/8-403.1)

Iowa

Statutes and Regulations:

• Iowa Administrative Code: Cogeneration and Small Power Production (199.15.1)

Kentucky

Statutes and Regulations:

• Kansas Statutes: Public Utilities (Chapter 66)

Cases:

• Case No. 2017-00212

Louisiana

Statutes and Regulations:

• Louisiana Administrative Code: Utilities Division

Orders:

• Order No. U-32628-A

 

Michigan

Statutes and Regulations:

• Michigan Compiled Law: Clean & Renewable Energy and Energy Waste Reduction Act (460.1035)

Order:

• State Reliability Mechanism
• Case U-18491

Additional:

• Solar Developer Contests Michigan PURPA Freeze

Maine

Statutes and Regulations:

• Code Me. R. 65 407 360 sec 1-8
• 35-A MRSA sec 3301-3309
• Docket No. EL03-133-000

Minnesota

Statutes and Regulations:

• Minnesota Admin Code: Public Utilities Commission (Chapter 7835)
• Cogeneration and Small Power Production (216B.164)

Montana

Statutes and Regulations:

• Montana Code Annotated: Public Utilities and Carriers (Title 69)

Order:

• Order on Northwestern Energy’s Motion for Emergency Suspension of Tariff Schedule QF-1
• Final Order – ORDER NO. 7500c
• the Petition of MTSUN, LLC To Set Terms and Conditions for Qualifying Small Power Production Facility Order No. 7535a
• Petition of NorthWestern Energy for a Declaratory Ruling on the Availability of Schedule QF-1 Rates to 71 Ranch, LP, Oversight Resources, LLC, and DA Wind Investors, LLC

Other:

• “Legislation Addressing LNG Exports and PURPA Modernization”

Nevada

Statutes and Regulations:

• Nevada Revised Statutes: Public Utilities Commission (Chapter 703)
• Nevada Revised Statutes: Regulation of Public Utilities Generally (Chapter 704)

New Hampshire

Statutes and Regulations:

• New Hampshire Statutes: Limited Electrical Energy Procedures (RS 362-A)
• Public Utility Commission: Net Metering (Chapter 900)

Docket

• Docket No. DE 14-238

New Mexico

Statutes and Regulations:

• New Mexico Administrative Code: Public Utilities and Utility Services (Title 17)

Articles:

• New Mexico utility outside RTO or ISO seeks PURPA Section 210(m) exemption

 

North Carolina

Legislation and Rules

 

• North Carolina General Statutes: Public Utilities (Chapter 62)

 

Commission Orders

 

• Duke Energy’s petition E-100 Sub 148

 

North Dakota

Statutes and Regulations:

• North Dakota Administrative Code: Small Power Production and Cogeneration (69-09-07-01)

New York

Statutes and Regulations:

• New York Compilation of the Rules and Regulations: Public Service Commission (Title 16)

FERC Order:

• Comments of Constellation Energy Commodities Group and Constellation Newenergy (Case No. 06-M-1017)

Ohio

Statutes and Regulations:

• Ohio Statutes: Competitive Retail Electric Service (Chapter 4928.01)
• Compliance with PURPA (4901:1-10-34)

Oregon

Statutes and Regulations:

• Oregon Administrative Code: Public Utility Commission (Chapter 860)
• Oregon Revised Statutes: Cogeneration and Small Power Production Facilities (758.505)

Commission Order/Decisions:

• Docket UM 1129 – Information on purchasing from QF
• Docket UM 1610 – General investigation into QF contracting and pricing
• Docket UM 1734- Application to reduce the Qualifying Facility Contract Term and Lower the Qualifying Facility Standard Contract Eligibility Cap.
• Application to Lower the Standard Price and Standard Contract Eligibility Cap for Solar Qualifying Facilities

OR PUC Additional Info.:

• Guidelines for requesting cogeneration exemption

Pennsylvania

Statutes and Regulations:

• Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes: Cogeneration Rules and regulations (Title 66)
• Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes: Cogeneration Rules and regulations (Title 66, Sec. 527)

Docket:

• Docket Nos. QM13-2-000, QM13-2-001
• Docket No. QM13-2-002

Rhode Island

Statutes and Regulations:

• Rhode Island General Laws: Public Utilities and Carriers (Title 39)
• Rhode Island General Laws: Regulatory Powers of Administration (39-3-39)

Docket:

• Docket No. 4268- Washington County Regional Planning Council’s Response to Federal Questions Raised

South Dakota

Statutes and Regulations:

• South Dakota Administrative Rules: Small Generation Facility Interconnection (20:10:36:01)

South Carolina

Legislation and Rules

 

• South Carolina Code of Laws: Public Utilities, Services, and Carriers (Title 58)

 

Texas

Statutes and Regulations:

• Texas Utilities Code: Alternative Energy Provides (Chapter 35)
• Public Utility Commission of Texas: Arrangements between facilities (25.242)

Utah

Statutes and Regulations:

• Utah Code: Small Power Production and Cogeneration (Title 54, Chapter 12)

Docket:

• All Dockets

Vermont

Statutes and Regulations:

• Vermont Public Service Board Rule: Small Power Production and Cogeneration (4.100)
• Public Utility Commission: Rules and General Orders

Washington

Statutes and Regulation:

• Washington Administrative Code: Utilities and Transportation Commission (Title 480-107/108)
• Revised Code of Washington: Energy Conservation Projects

Commission Order/Decisions:

• Docket Number UE-060649-Interconnection rules for customer owned generation facilities
• Docket Number UE-030423 – adopting “bidding” rules for elec utilities purchases from QF and independent power producers
• Docket U-161024- Integrated Resource Planning

 

NARUC

• NARUC Pushes for PURPA Reform in Letter to FERC
• NARUC Calls for PURPA Reforms, Outlines Proposed Changes
• NARUC Pushes for PURPA Reform in Letter to FERC (12-18-17)

General Articles

• Is PURPA done? New bill takes aim at law’s mandatory purchase obligation (2-12-18)

Federal:

• R.4476 – PURPA Modernization Act of 2017

 

LIST OF RECENT** FERC ORDERS REGARDING QUALIFYING FACILITY (QF):

Major Qualifying Facility (QF) Orders **After 2005

FERC Order No. 732 (March 19, 2010)

 

FERC Order:
-140 FERC 61,191(Docket No. QM12-4-000); Issued September 13, 2012 –CA PUC Info

FERC Order:

• 162 FERC 61,224; Issued March 15, 2018.
• 162 FERC 61,225; Issued March 15, 2018.

Articles
-FERC set amended requirements and regulations for cogeneration facilities (which are revisions on 18 CFR 131 and 292).
-FERC Order No. 671-A (May 22, 2006) reaffirmed Order No. 671 as relating to QF Status.
-Consumers Energy QM12-3-000 (139 FERC 61,069) – April, 2012
-ALLETE QM12-1-000 (138 FERC 61,108) – February, 2012
-Northern States Power Company QM11-3-000 (136 FERC 61,093) – August, 2011
-Commonwealth Edison Company QM10-6-000 (135 FERC 61,005) – April, 2011
-Detroit Edison QM10-2-000 (131 FERC 61,039) – April, 2010
-Montana-Dakota Utilities Company QM09-2-000 (126 FERC 61,121) – February 2009
-Allegheny Power QM08-6-000 (124 FERC 61,236) – September, 2008
-Xcel Energy Services QM07-5-002 (124 FERC 61,073) – July, 2008
-Virginia Electric Power Company QM08-000 (124 FERC 61,045) – July, 2008
-PECO Energy QM08-2-000 (122 FERC 61,022) – January, 2008
-American Electric Power Service Corporation QM07-4-000 (120 FERC 61,052) – July, 2007
–Duke Energy QM07-2-000 (119 FERC 61,146) – May, 2007

Legislation and Rules

Commission Orders

Reports and Other Resources