Your Cooperative - Press Release
NOTICE OF PURPA HEARING
Habersham Electric Membership Corporation, in conjunction with other EMCs, held a public hearing on April 22, 2009, to facilitate consideration of certain new standards pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (hereinafter "PURPA"). The new standards to be considered are as follows:
1. Integrated resource planning (16 U.S.C. § 2621(d)(16)).
2. Rate design modifications (16 U.S.C. § 2621(d)(17)).
3. Smart grid information (16 U.S.C. § 2621(d)(17)).
(Note: The standard on smart grid investments (16 U.S.C. § 2621(d)(16)) applies only to States, not to electric utilities. As such, Habersham EMC does not intend to address this standard at the hearing.)
The joint hearing was held at:
Oglethorpe Power Corporation
2100 East Exchange Place
Tucker, Georgia 30084