{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-758.535","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 758.535","heading":"Criteria for qualifying facility; terms and conditions of energy sale.","body":"(1) The Public Utility Commission shall establish minimum criteria that a cogeneration facility or small power production facility must meet to qualify as a qualifying facility under ORS 543.610, 757.005 and 758.505 to 758.555.\n      (2) The terms and conditions for the purchase of energy or energy and capacity from a qualifying facility shall:\n      (a) Be established by rule by the commission if the purchase is by a public utility;\n      (b) Be adopted by an electric cooperative or people’s utility district according to the applicable provision of ORS chapter 62 or 261; and\n      (c) Be established by a municipal utility according to the requirements of the municipality’s charter and ordinance.\n      (3) The rules or policies adopted under subsection (2) of this section also shall:\n      (a) Establish safety and operating requirements necessary to adequately protect all systems, facilities and equipment of the electric utility and qualifying facility;\n      (b) Establish the eligibility cap for standard avoided costs rates and contracts for the purchase of energy or energy and capacity from qualifying facilities at no less than 10 megawatts;\n      (c) Be consistent with applicable standards required by the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-617); and\n      (d) Be made available to the public at the commission’s office.","path":["19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation","57. Utility Regulation","Chapter 758 — Utility Rights of Way and Territory Allocation; Cogeneration"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors758.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:17Z","sha256":"a073719f75a74cb93f331b08f40958bea1b470f09fe67cc1ad0450f26c704149","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-758.530","next":"us-or/ors-758.540"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}