18 C.F.R. § 292.306

Interconnection costs

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(a) Obligation to pay. Each qualifying facility shall be obligated to pay any interconnection costs which the State regulatory authority (with respect to any electric utility over which it has ratemaking authority) or nonregulated electric utility may assess against the qualifying facility on a nondiscriminatory basis with respect to other customers with similar load characteristics.

(b) Reimbursement of interconnection costs. Each State regulatory authority (with respect to any electric utility over which it has ratemaking authority) and nonregulated utility shall determine the manner for payments of interconnection costs, which may include reimbursement over a reasonable period of time.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1983–2024 · leading case: Californians For Renewable Energy v. Ca Puco, 922 F.3d 929 (9th Cir. 2019).
Californians For Renewable Energy v. Ca Puco, 922 F.3d 929 (9th Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “" 18 C.F.R. § 292.306 (a). B. The Challenged CPUC Programs In the 1980s, CPUC required utilities to offer one of four standard contracts if a QF requested one.”
Am. Paper Inst., Inc. v. Am. Elec. Power Serv. Corp., 461 U.S. 402 (1983). “” 18 CFR § 292.306 (a) (1982). 3 Section 212 of the FPA, as set forth in 16 U.”
W. Massachusetts Elec. Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, Pittsfield Generating Co., L.P., & Masspower, Intervenors, 165 F.3d 922 (D.C. Cir. 1999). “When there is no obligation to interconnect, the regulation providing for state regulatory authority over interconnections, 18 C.F.R. § 292.306 (a), does not apply. The Commission concluded, therefore, that these agreements were fully within its jurisdiction.”
Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n, 715 P.2d 19 (Kan. 1986). “18 CFR § 292.306 (a)(1982). The KCC argues that the taking comes under the police power of the federal government and that a taking under the police power can be accomplished without compensation.”
NewSun Energy LLC v. Pub. Untility Comm., 337 Or. App. 79 (Or. Ct. App. 2024). “18 CFR § 292.306 (a), (b). Thus, federal law explicitly grants state regulatory authorities the power to make policy choices regarding interconnection costs that diverge from the choices made by FERC.”
NewSun Energy LLC v. Pub. Untility Comm., 337 Or. App. 79 (Or. Ct. App. 2024). “18 CFR § 292.306 (a), (b). Thus, federal law explicitly grants state regulatory authorities the power to make policy choices regarding interconnection costs that diverge from the choices made by FERC.”
Care v. Cpuc (9th Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “” 18 C.F.R. § 292.306 (a). B. The Challenged CPUC Programs In the 1980s, CPUC required utilities to offer one of four standard contracts if a QF requested one.”
CED Wheatland v. MPSC, 2022 MT 87 (Mont. 2022). “18 C.F.R. § 292.306 provides: “[e]ach qualifying facility shall be obligated to pay any interconnection costs which the State regulatory authority .”
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