TITLE 39

Public Utilities and Carriers

CHAPTER 39-26.6

The Renewable Energy Growth Program

SECTION 39-26.6-4



   § 39-26.6-4  Continuation of board. –

(a) The distributed generation standard contract board shall remain fully

constituted and authorized as provided in chapter 26.2 of title 39 provided,

however, that the name shall be changed to the "distributed-generation board."

Additional purposes of the board shall be to:



   (1) Evaluate and make recommendations to the commission

regarding ceiling prices and annual targets, the make-up of renewable-energy

classifications eligible under the distributed-generation growth program, the

terms of the tariffs, and other duties as set forth in this chapter;



   (2) Provide consistent, comprehensive, informed, and publicly

accountable involvement by representatives of all interested stakeholders

affected by, involved with, or knowledgeable about the development of

distributed-generation projects that are eligible for performance-based

incentives under the distributed-generation growth program; and



   (3) Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the

distributed-generation growth program.



   (b) The office, in consultation with the board, shall be

authorized to hire, or to request the electric-distribution company to hire,

the services of qualified consultants to perform ceiling price studies subject

to commission approval that shall be granted or denied within sixty (60) days

of receipt of such request from the office. The cost of such studies shall be

recoverable through the rate reconciliation provisions of the

electric-distribution company set forth in § 39-26.6-25, subject to

commission approval. In addition, the office, in consultation with the board,

may request the commission to approve other costs incurred by the board or the

electric-distribution company to perform any other studies and reports, subject

to the review and approval of the commission, that shall be granted or denied

within one hundred twenty (120) days of receipt of such request from the

office, and that shall be recoverable through the same reconciliation

provisions.



History of Section.

(P.L. 2014, ch. 200, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 216, § 1.)