transmission costs and developer administrative fees, electric
distribution company administration and system fees and taxes.
"Subscriber." A retail customer of an electric distribution
company that elects to purchase electricity produced by a local
solar facility through a local solar program.
Section 4. Local solar programs.
(a) Establishment.--An electric distribution company under
the jurisdiction of the commission may establish a local solar
program. If an electric distribution company elects to establish
a local solar program under this section, the following shall
apply:
(1) A local solar facility shall be constructed, owned,
operated and maintained by a developer under contract with
the electric distribution company. The developer may not be
owned or operated by the electric distribution company.
(2) A developer shall be selected by a request for
proposals open to interested entities. The request for
proposals shall clearly define the division of
responsibilities and compensation concerning program
marketing, customer service, metering, operation, market
settlement, excess generation, low-income segmentation and
customer pricing.
(3) Subject to approval by the commission, the electric
distribution company shall enter into a long-term power
purchase agreement with the developer to purchase all power
produced by a project, with a minimum term of 15 years and a
maximum term of 25 years.
(4) A developer shall be responsible for all RTO
interconnection and electric distribution interconnection
costs, the settlement of subscriber load through the RTO
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