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The Maine PUC issued advisory ruling on the definition of colocation advisory ruling finding that “the distributed generation resource must be located on the same parcel of land, or a contiguous parcel of land owned by the same individual or entity, where all of the customers who are subscribed to receive credits resulting from the output of the resource are physically located. This requirement will result in the Project Sponsor having to ensure that the generation resource is appropriately sized to the load of those on-site customers.”

As background, Central Maine Power (CMP) requested an advisory ruling from the Maine Commission to clarify determination of whether tariff rate projects are collocated with the projects’ subscribers as required by LD1986. The statutory definition of “collocation” is “an eligible facility that is located on the same premise, property, or development area of a net energy billing customer facility or facilities that are subscribed to that eligible facility.” 

CMP said that it “has identified potential conflicts determining collocation for facilities serving university campuses or municipalities which may have differing subscriber and project addresses but which a developer could argue falls under the undefined ‘development area’ language in the definition.”

CMP is requesting clarification of whether it should: (1) continue to determine collocation by ensuring addresses on NEB applications match subscriber addresses; (2) “accept the attestation from developers at face value,” with no obligation to “fact check” certifications; or (3) “employ a different review mechanism developed in this docket.”

Advisory Ruling  (10/16/2024)
2024-00075 (Opened 03/28/2024)
Request For Approval Of Advisory Ruling Ch 313 Re Co-Location Determinations Pertaining To Central Maine Power Company.