Electric utility to file rates for purchases of electricity produced by small renewable power facilities

Each electric utility shall file with the commission the electric utility's minimum rates for purchases of electricity generated from renewable resources, as defined by § 49-34A-94 , and produced by a small renewable power facility that has a capacity of one hundred kilowatts or less. Except for a public utility's standard avoided cost rates set pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended to January 1, 2010, a rate filed under this section is not subject to commission approval. Source: SL 2010, ch 224, § 1.