PURPA Overview
Notice Regarding Consideration of New PURPA Standards
Central Electric Cooperative, Inc., (CEC) hereby gives its members notice regarding the process to be followed by it in implementing the statutory directives in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), which amended the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). EPAct 2005 established new Federal standards under Section 111(d) of PURPA, which each non-regulated electric utility (such as CEC) is required to consider and to "make a determination whether or not it is appropriate to implement such standard[s]" within certain defined time lines based on evidence collected from interested persons after public notice and hearing. A complete public notice issued May 8, 2007 providing a description of the PURPA amendments and of the procedures to be followed by CEC in carrying out the mandate of EPAct 2005 is available on CEC’s website at www.cec.coop. Eligible Participants not able to access the CEC website who desire a copy of the complete public notice and the legislative language should contact CEC by one of the following methods:
- Phone at (541) 548-2144;
- Fax at (541) 548-0366
- U.S. mail to:
CEC
Attn: PURPA Compliance
P.O. Box 846
Redmond, Oregon 97756;
PURPA Comments
NOTE: The PURPA comment submission period ended June 30, 2007. All written comments are posted below for viewing. A determination on each of the five standards will be rendered on or before August 1, 2007, and subsequently posted on CEC's website.
PURPA Documents
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Review of PURPA Comments
The following comments were submitted to CEC (note: these documents are in PDF format. You can download a free PDF reader above).
| Date | From |
| 5/18/2007 | James Meyers |
| 5/26/2007 | |
| 6/2/2007 | Kathleen Reynolds |
| 6/23/2007 | Denis Griffin & Donna Daniels |
CEC Determination