2011 Vermont Code
Title 30 Public Service
Chapter 89 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMS
§ 8007 Small renewable energy plants; simplified procedures
§ 8007. Small renewable energy plants; simplified procedures
(a) The same application form, rules, and procedures that the board applies to net metering systems of 150 kilowatts (kW) or less under sections 219a and 248 of this title shall apply to the review under section 248 of this title of any renewable energy plant with a plant capacity of 150 kW or less and to the interconnection of such a plant with the system of a Vermont retail electricity provider. This requirement includes any waivers of criteria under section 248 of this title made pursuant to section 219a of this title.
(b) With respect to renewable energy plants that have a plant capacity that is greater than 150 kW and is 2.2 MW or less, the board shall establish by rule or order standards and procedures governing application for, and issuance or revocation of, a certificate of public good for such a plant under the provisions of section 248 of this title, and the interconnection of such a plant with the system of a Vermont retail electricity provider.
(1) In developing such rules or orders, the board:
(A) Shall waive the requirements of section 248 of this title that are not applicable to such a plant, including, for a plant that is not owned by a Vermont retail electricity provider, criteria that are generally applicable to such a provider.
(B) May modify notice and hearing requirements of this title as it deems appropriate.
(C) Shall simplify the petition and review process as appropriate.
(2) Notwithstanding 1 V.S.A. §§ 213 and 214, a petitioner whose petition under section 248 of this title is pending as of the effective date of a board rule or order under subsection (b) of this section may elect to apply the standards and procedures of such a rule or order to the pending petition if the petition pertains to a renewable energy plant with a plant capacity that is greater than 150 kW and is 2.2 MW or less. (Added 2009, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), { 6, eff. June 4, 2010..)
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