Or. Admin. Code § 860-038-0560

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 860-038-0560 - Treatment of Competitors

(1) An electric company shall treat the competitors of its Oregon affiliates and its competitive operations fairly in all respects and in a manner consistent with the treatment it affords any of its Oregon affiliates or competitive operations in the electric company's:

(a) Provision of supply;

(b) Provision of capacity;

(c) Provision of electricity services;

(d) Provision of information obtained as a result of providing either electric service to its non-direct access customers within its allocated service territory, or transmission and distribution services to direct access customers;

(e) Offering of discounts;

(f) Tariff discretion; and

(g) Processing requests for electricity related services. This section shall not apply to the provision or joint purchasing of corporate services such as accounting, auditing, financial, legal, or information technology services.

(2) An electric company shall not condition or otherwise tie the provision of any regulated services provided by the electric company, nor the availability of discounts of rates or other charges or fees, rebates, or waivers of terms and conditions of any regulated services provided by the electric company, to the taking of any electricity services or directly related products from its Oregon affiliates or competitive operations.

(3) An electric company shall not assign a consumer to whom it currently provides electricity services to any of its Oregon affiliates or competitive operations, whether by default, direct assignment, option, or by any other means, unless that means is equally available to all competitors.

Or. Admin. Code § 860-038-0560

PUC 2-2001, f. & cert. ef. 1-5-01; PUC 6-2006, f. & cert. ef. 5-11-06

Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757

Stats. Implemented: ORS 756.040 & 757.600 - 757.667