§ 8-1-2.4-5 — Utilities excepted; grounds

Indiana § 8-1-2.4-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 1: UTILITIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 2.4: Alternate Energy Production, Cogeneration, and Small

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(a) The commission may not require an electric
utility or steam utility to purchase or wheel electricity or useful thermal
energy from an alternate energy production facility or cogeneration
facility unless the facility:
(1) has an electric generating capacity of not more than eighty
(80) megawatts;
(2) produces electricity, gas, or useful thermal energy for
industrial, commercial, or residential purposes; and
(3) is owned or operated by an individual, firm, copartnership,
corporation, company, association, joint stock association, city,
town, or county that:
(A) is not primarily engaged in the business of producing or
selling electricity, gas, or useful thermal energy other than
electricity, gas, or useful thermal energy sold solely from alternate
energy production facilities, cogeneration facilities, or small
hydro facilities; and
(B) does not sell electricity, gas, or useful thermal energy to
residential users other than the tenants or the owner or operator of
the facility.
(b) The commission may not require an electric utility or steam
utility to purchase or wheel electricity or useful thermal energy from a
small hydro facility unless the facility has an electric generating
capacity of not more than eighty (80) megawatts.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.72, SEC.1.