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 any interested entity. The request for
proposal 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, an 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 PJM
Interconnection and electric distribution interconnection
costs, the settlement of subscriber load through the PJM
interconnection market, costs and credits associated with
subscriber settlement through PJM interconnection and any
other costs related to the operation of the facility.
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