South Carolina § 58-27-2630 Registration of facility; registry; public inspection of registry; report.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 58-27-2630 — Registration of facility; registry; public inspection of registry; report.

South Carolina § 58-27-2630

Title 58PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERS

Ch. 27ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-2630 (2026).

Text

(A)Not more than thirty days after installation of a renewable electric generation facility leased to a customer-generator lessee, the lessor shall register the facility with the Office of Regulatory Staff on forms developed and provided by the Office of Regulatory Staff. This registration information must include:

(1)the name, mailing, and electronic mail address and telephone number of the lessor-owner;

(2)the nameplate generating capacity of the facility and its expected annual energy output;

(3)physical location of the facility;

(4)the name, mailing, email address, and telephone number of the customer-generator lessee;

(5)a description of the intended use of the facility and its output;

(6)a list of all federal, state, and local licenses and permits required for the construction

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(A) Not more than thirty days after installation of a renewable electric generation facility leased to a customer-generator lessee, the lessor shall register the facility with the Office of Regulatory Staff on forms developed and provided by the Office of Regulatory Staff. This registration information must include: (1) the name, mailing, and electronic mail address and telephone number of the lessor-owner; (2) the nameplate generating capacity of the facility and its expected annual energy output; (3) physical location of the facility; (4) the name, mailing, email address, and telephone number of the customer-generator lessee; (5) a description of the intended use of the facility and its output; (6) a list of all federal, state, and local licenses and permits required for the construction and operation of the facility, along with a statement regarding whether each has been obtained or applied for; (7) the date the facility began or will begin operating; (8) the name of the retail electric provider to which the facility has been or will be interconnected; (9) an affidavit from the customer-generator lessee that it will not sell, resell, or attempt to sell or resell the electrical output of the facility to any person, corporation, or entity, other than the customer-generator lessee's retail electric provider or its designee, that the primary purpose for the operation of the renewable electric generation facility is to generate electricity for the benefit of the premises where it is located, and that the facility has been or will be operated in substantial compliance with all federal and state laws, rules, and regulations and all local codes and ordinances. (B) Office of Regulatory Staff shall maintain a registry of facilities registered pursuant to subsection (A). This information must be available for inspection by the public and is subject to the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act. The Office of Regulatory Staff may require the updating of information on the registry. (C) The Office of Regulatory Staff shall review the program established pursuant to this article and issue a report to the State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee no later than December 31, 2016, relating to its review, including recommendations regarding the expansion, reduction, or continuance of the program.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 236 (S.1189), SECTION 4, eff June 2, 2014. Editor's Note 2014 Act No. 236, SECTIONS 9, 10, provide as follows: "SECTION 9. If the application of the provisions of this act to any wholesale electrical contract existing on the date of its adoption is determined to impair unlawfully any term of such contract or to add material costs to either party, then that contract will be exempt from the terms of this act to the extent necessary to cure such impairment or to avoid the imposition of additional material costs. "SECTION 10. Article 23, Chapter 27, Title 58 shall be construed as a whole, and all parts of it are to be read and construed together. If any part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remainder of this article shall be invalidated. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect the parties' right to appeal the matter."