Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 69 > Chapter 3 > Part 6 - Small Power Production Facilities

• Commission: means the Montana public service commission. See Montana Code 69-3-601
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Electric cooperative: means a rural electric cooperative organized under the laws of Montana, or a foreign corporation admitted to do business in Montana. See Montana Code 69-3-601
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Qualifying small power production facility: means a facility that:

  (a)produces electricity by the use, as a primary energy source, of biomass, waste, water, wind, or other renewable resource, or any combination of those sources; or

  (b)produces electricity and useful forms of thermal energy, such as heat or steam, used for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential use of energy known as cogeneration; and

  (c)has a power production capacity that together with any other facilities located at the same site is not greater than 80 megawatts; and

  (d)is owned by a person not primarily engaged in the generation or sale of electricity other than electric power from a small power production facility. See Montana Code 69-3-601

• Utility: means any public utility supplying electricity and regulated by the commission. See Montana Code 69-3-601