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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 20.62.03.04" title_num="20" subtitle_num="62" chapter_num="03" heading="Program Queue.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Electric Company Application Process.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An electric company shall process applications filed under Regulation .03 of this chapter in the order in which the electric company receives the application.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Within 5 business days of receipt, the electric company shall acknowledge receipt of the application and notify the subscriber organization whether the application is complete.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the application is incomplete, the electric company shall provide a written list detailing all information that must be provided to complete the application.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A subscriber organization receiving notice of an incomplete application as described in §A(3) of this regulation shall revise and submit the required information within 10 business days after receipt of the list of incomplete information.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The electric company shall notify a subscriber organization within 5 business days of receipt of a revised application whether the application is complete or incomplete.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>An electric company shall grant an extension of time to provide such information upon reasonable request from the subscriber organization.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The electric company shall reject an application that is not submitted in accordance with this section.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Queue Order.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An electric company shall maintain a program queue consisting of a list of project applications in order of the date of receipt by the electric company of the application unless otherwise modified by §B(2) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An electric company shall file with the Commission a tariffed procedure to prioritize multiple applications that are received on a single business day.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An electric company shall deem a CSEGS application complete upon provision by the subscriber organization of the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A partially executed interconnection agreement;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Proof of site control; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>One of the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>For a community solar energy generating system with a generating capacity of 2MWac or less, proof of application for a required permit or a preliminary step required prior to applying for a required permit; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>For a community solar energy generating system with a generating capacity larger than 2MWac, a completeness determination issued by the Commission or a Public Utility Law Judge in response to an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity requesting authorization to construct the community solar energy generating system.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An electric company shall accept the following as proof of site control:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Evidence of property ownership;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An executed lease agreement; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A signed option to purchase or lease.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The Commission may establish additional conditions limiting the number of projects for which any single subscriber organization or its affiliates may apply in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The Statewide program; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A single utility service territory.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Operational Deadline.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If a project fails to begin operating within 24 months of the determination by the electric company that the subscriber organization has provided the information required under §B(3) of this regulation, the electric company shall remove the project from the electric company’s program queue unless the subscriber organization of the project provides to the electric company an additional deposit of $50 per kW to maintain its position within the program queue.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If a project fails to begin operating within 36 months of the electric company’s determination that the application is complete under §B(3) of this regulation, the electric company shall remove the project from the electric company’s program queue.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The electric company shall extend the operational deadline on a day-for-day basis for the following reasons:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If the subscriber organization attests and provides evidence to the electric company that a project’s readiness to begin operating depends only upon receipt of permission to operate from the electric company; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If the subscriber organization attests and provides evidence to the electric company that a governmental permit or approval for the project was subject to a legal challenge or moratorium during the reservation period, and the legal challenge remains pending, or the moratorium remains in effect.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An electric company shall return the CSEGS deposit upon commencement of operation unless the electric company has removed the project from the queue.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>If a project has been removed from the queue by the electric company, the queue deposit shall be forfeited.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>An electric company shall forward forfeited queue deposits to the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Project Website Information. An electric company shall provide a list of information on its website about the current status of its  program queue, including the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Name of the subscriber organization;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Service address of the project;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Proposed capacity of the project;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Application date;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Status of application (accepted, withdrawn, or removed) and date such action occurred;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Interconnection application status;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Expected date of first operation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Operation deadline under §C of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Project identification number;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>CSEGS identification number; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Project status (reserved, in-service, or withdrawn).</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Except as provided in §F of this regulation, an electric company shall update the list under §D of this regulation no less than once per week.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>An electric company is not required to update the list under §D of this regulation if there was no change to the information on the list in the immediately preceding week.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>An electric company that operates as a subscriber organization shall apply to the Commission for permission to enter each of its own projects into the electric company’s program queue.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>