PENNSYLVANIA, October 25 - transmission costs and developer administrative fees, electric

distribution company administration and system fees and taxes.

"Subscriber." A retail customer of an electric distribution

company that elects to purchase electricity produced by a local

solar facility through a local solar program.

Section 4. Local solar programs.

(a) Establishment.--An electric distribution company under

the jurisdiction of the commission may establish a local solar

program. If an electric distribution company elects to establish

a local solar program under this section, the following shall

apply:

(1) A local solar facility shall be constructed, owned,

operated and maintained by a developer under contract with

the electric distribution company. The developer may not be

owned or operated by the electric distribution company.

(2) A developer shall be selected by a request for

proposals open to interested entities. The request for

proposals shall clearly define the division of

responsibilities and compensation concerning program

marketing, customer service, metering, operation, market

settlement, excess generation, low-income segmentation and

customer pricing.

(3) Subject to approval by the commission, the electric

distribution company shall enter into a long-term power

purchase agreement with the developer to purchase all power

produced by a project, with a minimum term of 15 years and a

maximum term of 25 years.

(4) A developer shall be responsible for all RTO

interconnection and electric distribution interconnection

costs, the settlement of subscriber load through the RTO

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