Program Development
The Oregon Solar Community Program Manual and its rules, requirements, and procedures were developed through an extensive stakeholder engagement process. Stakeholders who indicated that they wanted to provide input on program requirements were notified at several points during the development cycle of the manual’s chapters:
- When inital input was sought, as needed
- When a draft of each section was ready for written comment, and
- When the section was finalized.
Stakeholder Events
Below you can view previously held stakeholder webinars, the most recent stakeholder engagement timeline, and program rules and docket information.
Program Kickoff Webinar – Presented May 10, 2019
Pre-certification Stakeholder Engagement Webinar – Presented July 11, 2019
Program Update Webinar – Presented November 21, 2019
Stakeholder Engagement Timeline
Topic: Community Solar Program Implementation Policy
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September 13, 2019 |
Oregon Public Utility Commission staff previews the Program Administrator’s Team proposal for bill credit, transition between start-up and ongoing, and low-income program policy issues, to provide Stakeholders sufficient time to develop comments on the October 1, 2019 memo. Posted on UM 1930. |
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October 4, 2019 |
Oregon Public Utility Commission Staff Memo with final recommendations for interconnection, bill credit, transition between start-up and ongoing, and low-income program policy issues. Posted on UM 1930. |
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October 15, 2019 |
Deadline for Stakeholder written comments on Oregon Public Utility Commission Staff memo. Please note: Stakeholders can submit initial comments in advance of the October 4th proposal and final comments following it. Comments on UM 1930.
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October 22, 2019 |
Regular Public Meeting: Oregon Public Utility Commission staff presents final policy recommendations and Stakeholders have the opportunity to comment.
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October 29, 2019 |
Special Public Meeting: Commission deliberates and decides policy issues. |
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Topic: Program Manual
| Date | Activity | Opportunity for Stakeholder Action? |
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Week of September 30, 2019 |
Balance of Program Manual chapters released on stakeholder website. |
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October 4-18, 2019 |
Balance of Program Manual: Stakeholder written comments collected on www.orcsplaunch.wordpress.com.
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November 21, 2019 |
Webinar to discuss final Program Manual and program launch.
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Early December |
Program Manual posted: Final draft of Program Manual in its entirety will be posted to both UM 1930 and www.orcsplaunch.wordpress.com. Stakeholders may submit comments on UM 1930 in advance of December 3 public meeting.
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December 17, 2019 |
Regular Public Meeting: Oregon Public Utility Commission staff presents compiled Program Manual and Stakeholders have the opportunity to comment.
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Topic: Program Launch
| Date | Activity | Opportunity for Stakeholder Action? |
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September 30, 2019 |
Program Administrator launches program website and Project Manager registration opens. The website may have limited functionality beyond Project Manager registration, and the Program Administrator will continue to add consumer and Project Manager resources prior to pre-certification launch.
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January 2, 2020 |
Program Administrator opens pre-certification application website so that Project Managers can begin assembling pre-certification applications. This is a tentative date and may change based on Commission adoption of the Program Manual and any other required decisions.
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January 21, 2020 |
Program Administrator opens pre-certification. Project Managers can officially submit pre-certification applications for Commission approval at 12 AM PST. If demand exceeds available capacity in the first 24 hours following the launch of the Program, a lottery may be used to determine the order in which projects are received and reviewed. The use and format of the lottery is dependent upon Commission adoption of a Program Manual. Participants will be able to sign up for an interest list, but project managers cannot sign contracts with participants unti their project is pre-certified.
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