[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: 18CFR292.601]

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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 F--Exemption of Qualifying Small Power Production Facilities and 
    Cogeneration Facilities from Certain Federal and State Laws and 
                               Regulations
 
Sec. 292.601  Exemption to qualifying facilities from the Federal Power Act.


    (a) Applicability. This section applies to qualifying facilities, 
other than those described in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) Exclusion. This section does not apply to a qualifying small 
power production facility with a power production capacity which exceeds 
30 megawatts, if such facility uses any primary energy source other than 
geothermal resources.
    (c) General rule. Any qualifying facility described in paragraph (a) 
of this section shall be exempt from all sections of the Federal Power 
Act, except:
    (1) Section 1-18, and 21-30;
    (2) Sections 202(c), 210, 211, 212, 213, and 214;
    (3) Sections 305(c); and
    (4) Any necessary enforcement provision of Part III with regard to 
the sections listed in paragraphs (c)(1), (2) and (3) of this section.

(Energy Security Act, Pub. L. 96-294, 94 Stat. 611 (1980) Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. 2601, et seq., Energy Supply 
and Environmental Coordination Act, 15 U.S.C. 791, et seq., Federal 
Power Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 792 et seq., Department of Energy 
Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.; E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267)

[Order 135, 46 FR 19232, Mar. 30, 1981, as amended by Order 569, 59 FR 
40470, Aug. 9, 1994]