NAC704.8789. System emergency.

     1. A qualifying facility is required to provide energy or capacity to an electric utility during a system emergency only to the extent:

     (a) Provided by agreement between the facility and the utility; or

     (b) Ordered by federal authority pursuant to the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. § 824a).

     2. During any system emergency, an electric utility may discontinue:

     (a) Purchasing electric energy from a qualifying facility if the purchases would aggravate the emergency; and

     (b) Selling electric energy to a qualifying facility, if the discontinuance is nondiscriminatory.

     3. An electric utility may make the final determination whether to buy electric energy from or sell electric energy to a qualifying facility during a system emergency.

     [Pub. Service Comm’n, Gen. Order 32 § 7.0, eff. 8-21-81]—(Substituted in revision for NAC 704.730)