[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: 18CFR292.307]

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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. 292.307  System emergencies.

    (a) Qualifying facility obligation to provide power during system 
emergencies. A qualifying facility shall be required to provide energy 
or capacity to an electric utility during a system emergency only to the 
extent:
    (1) Provided by agreement between such qualifying facility and 
electric utility; or
    (2) Ordered under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act.
    (b) Discontinuance of purchases and sales during system emergencies. 
During any system emergency, an electric utility may discontinue:
    (1) Purchases from a qualifying facility if such purchases would 
contribute to such emergency; and
    (2) Sales to a qualifying facility, provided that such 
discontinuance is on a nondiscriminatory basis.