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(B) shall consider the aggregate
capacity value provided by dispersed quali-
fying facilities with a design of 100 kilowatts
or less [small power production systems].
If an aggregate capacity value can be
reasonably estimated, a capacity payment
[credit] shall be included in the standard
rates provided there is an avoided capacity
cost; and
(C) (No change.)
(2) Terms and conditions unique to
qualifying facilities with a design capacity
of 100 kilowatts or less (small power pro-
duction customers] such as metering ar-
rangements, safety equipment re-
quirements, liability for injury or equipment
damage, [and) access to equipment and ad-
ditional administrative costs, if any, shall
be included in a standard tariff.
(3) The standard tariff shall offer
at least the following options: [The terms
and conditions contained in the standard
tariff for small power production shall be
subject to review and revision by the com-
mission.]
(A) parallel operation with inter-
connection through a single meter that mea-
sures net consumption;
(1) net consumption for a
given b c;,'g period shall be billed in accor-
dance with the standard tariff applicable to
the customer class to which the use of the
qualifying facility's output belongs;
(ii) net production will not be
metered or purchased by the utility and
therefore there will be no interconnection
charge and no additional customer charge
Imposed on the qualifying facility;
(B) parallel operation with inter-
connection through two meters with one
measuring net consumption and the other
measuring net production,
(i) net consumption for a
given billing period shall be billed in accor-
dance with the standard tariff applicable to
the customer class to which the user of the
qualifying facility's output belongs;
(ii) net production for a given
billing period shall be purchased at the stan-
dard rate provided for in paragraph (1)(A)
and (B) of this subsection;
(C) interconnection through two
meters with one measuring -1 consumption
by the customer and the 'raer measuring
all production by the qualifying facility;
(i) all consumption by the
customer for a given billing period shall be
billed in accordance with the standard tariff
applicable to the customer class to which
the customer would belong in the absence
of the qualifying facility;
(i) all production by the
qualifying facility for a given billing period
shall be purchased at the standard rate pro-
vided for in paragraph (1)A) and (B) of this
subsection.
(4) In addition, each electric utili-
ty shall offer qualifying facilities with an ag-
gregate design capacity of 25 kilowatt or less
at least the following option of interconnec-ting through a single meter that runs for-
ward and backward [Until a standard tariff
has been approved by the commission, the
rate for purchases shall be not less than the
current monthly fuel cost factor].
(A) Any consumption for a
given billing period shall be billed in accor-
dance with the standard tariff applicable to
the customer class to which the user of the
qualifying facility's output belongs.
(B) Any production for a given
billing period shall be purchased at the stan-
dard rate provided for in paragraph (1)(A)
:-f this subsection.
(5) Interconnection requirements
necessary to permit interconnected opera-
tions between the qualifying facility and the
utility and the costs associated with such re-
quirements shall be dealt with in a manner
consistent with subsection (k) of this
section.
(6) The rates, terms, and condi-
tions contained in the standard tariff for
qualifying facilities with a design capacity
of 100 kilowatt hours or less shall be sub-
ject to review and revision by the
commission.
(") Requirdments for the provision
of insurance under this subsection shall be
of a type commonly available from insur-
ance carriers in the regior of the state where
the customer is located and for the classifi-
cation to which the customer would belong
in the absence of the qualifying facility.
(g)-(m) (No change )
This agency hereby ceri ifles that the pro-
posal has been reviewed by legal counsel
and found to be within the agency's au-
thority to adopt.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on August 16, 1985.TRD-857532
Rhonda Colbert Ryan
Secretary of the
Commission
Public Utility
Commission of TexasEarliest possible date of adoption:
September 23, 1985
For further Information, please call
(512) 458-0100.S16 TAC 23.68
The Public Utility Commission of Texas
proposes new 23.68, concerning embed-
ded customer premises equipment. The
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) has directed the state utility regu-
latory commission to adopt rules con-
cerning Imbedded customer premises
equipment by September 1, 1985, or ac-
cept rules promulgated by the FCC.
Rhonda Colbert Ryan, secretary of the
commission, has determined that for the
first five-year period the section will be
in effect there will be no fiscal Implica-
tions for state or local government orsmall businesses as a result of enforc-
ing or administering the section.
Ms. Ryan also has determined that for
each year of the first five years the sec-
tion Is in effect the public benefit antlol-
pated as a result of enforcing the section
is the direction of local exchange carriers
to either transfer or sell equipment al-
ready in place at a customer's premises
within prescribed periods of time, there-
by allowing customers the opportunity to
buy such equipment rather than renting.
The rule is federally mandated. There is
no anticipated economic cost to indivi-
duals who are required to comply with
the section as proposed.
Comments on the proposal may be sub-
mitted to Rhonda Colbert Ryan, Secreta-
ry of the Commission, 7800 Shoal Creek
Boulevard, Suite 450N, Austin, Texas
78757.
The new section is proposed under Texas
Civil Statutes, Article 1446c, 16, which
provide the Public Utility Commission of
Texas with the authority to make and en-
force rules reasonably required in the ex-
ercise of its powers and jurisdiction and
in administering the provisions of this
Act.
23.68. Embedded Customer Premises
Equipment.
(a) Definitions. The following words'
and terms, when used in this section, shall
have the following meanings, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Customer premises equipment
(CPE)-Telephone terminal equipment lo-
cated at a customer's premises. This does
not include overvoltage protection equip-
ment, inside wiring, coin-operated or pay
telephones, "company-official" equipment,
mobile telephone equipment, "911" equip-
ment, equipment necessary for provision of
communications for national defense, or
multiplexing equipment used to deliver mul-
tiple channels to the customer.
(2) Embedded customer premises
equipment-All CPE owned by a telecom-
munications utility, including inventory,
which was tariffed or subject to the separa-
tions process as of January 1, 1983.
(b) Scope. The provisions of this sec-
tion apply to the detariffing, transfer, and
valuation of embedded CPE of all local ex-
change carriers which own embedded CPE
as of the effective date of this rule.
(c) Detariffing plan. No local ex-
change carrier shall continue to provide
CPE on a tariffed basis after December 31,
1987, except as provided under subsection
(j) of this section. Necessary tariff revisions
shall be filed by the carrier to accomplish
such purpose, pursuant to the Public Utili-
ty Regulatory Act and the Public Utility
Commission of Texas rules governing tar-
iffs.
(d) Transfer or sale of embedded
CPE. Each local exchange carrier must im-
plement a plan for the sale of in-place em-
bedded CPE to current customers for a pe-4 Proposed Rules August 23, 1985 10 TexReg 3211
AV Proposed Rules
August 23, 1985 10 TexReg 3211
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