69-3-603. Required sale of electricity under rates and conditions prescribed by commission. - Montana Statutes

     69-3-603. (Temporary) Required sale of electricity under rates and conditions prescribed by commission. (1) If a qualifying small power production facility and a utility are unable to mutually agree to a contract for the sale of electricity or a price for the electricity to be purchased by the utility, the commission shall require the utility to purchase the electricity under rates and conditions established under the provisions of subsection (2).
     (2) The commission shall determine the rates and conditions of the contract upon petition of a qualifying small power production facility or a utility or during a rate proceeding involving the review of rates paid by a utility for electricity purchased from a qualifying small power production facility. The commission shall render a decision within 120 days of receipt of the petition or before the completion of the rate proceeding. The rates and conditions of the determination shall be made according to the standards prescribed in 69-3-604. (Repealed on occurrence of contingency--secs. 1, 3, Ch. 284, L. 2003.)

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 436, L. 1981.