[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR292.303]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 292--REGULATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 201 AND 210 OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT OF 1978 WITH REGARD TO SMALL POWER PRODUCTION AND COGENERATION--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C--Arrangements Between Electric Utilities and Qualifying 
Cogeneration and Small Power Production Facilities Under Section 210 of 
           the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
 
Sec. 292.303  Electric utility obligations under this subpart.

    (a) Obligation to purchase from qualifying facilities. Each electric 
utility shall purchase, in accordance with Sec. 292.304, any energy and 
capacity which is made available from a qualifying facility:
    (1) Directly to the electric utility; or

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    (2) Indirectly to the electric utility in accordance with paragraph 
(d) of this section.
    (b) Obligation to sell to qualifying facilities. Each electric 
utility shall sell to any qualifying facility, in accordance with 
Sec. 292.305, any energy and capacity requested by the qualifying 
facility.
    (c) Obligation to interconnect. (1) Subject to paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section, any electric utility shall make such interconnections with 
any qualifying facility as may be necessary to accomplish purchases or 
sales under this subpart. The obligation to pay for any interconnection 
costs shall be determined in accordance with Sec. 292.306.
    (2) No electric utility is required to interconnect with any 
qualifying facility if, solely by reason of purchases or sales over the 
interconnection, the electric utility would become subject to regulation 
as a public utility under Part II of the Federal Power Act.
    (d) Transmission to other electric utilities. If a qualifying 
facility agrees, an electric utility which would otherwise be obligated 
to purchase energy or capacity from such qualifying facility may 
transmit the energy or capacity to any other electric utility. Any 
electric utility to which such energy or capacity is transmitted shall 
purchase such energy or capacity under this subpart as if the qualifying 
facility were supplying energy or capacity directly to such electric 
utility. The rate for purchase by the electric utility to which such 
energy is transmitted shall be adjusted up or down to reflect line 
losses pursuant to Sec. 292.304(e)(4) and shall not include any charges 
for transmission
    (e) Parallel operation. Each electric utility shall offer to operate 
in parallel with a qualifying facility, provided that the qualifying 
facility complies with any applicable standards established in 
accordance with Sec. 292.308.