Title 4 — Economic Resources
115 chapters · 1,861 sections in this title.
4 CMC § 8521 Definitions
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8521. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) “Cost-effective” shall mean the ability to pro…
4 CMC § 8522 Renewable Portfolio Standard
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8522. Renewable Portfolio Standard. Each electric utility shall establish a renewable portfolio standard of twenty percent of its net electricity sales on or before December 31, 2016. Source: PL 15-23, § 2(8622); amended by PL 1…
4 CMC § 8523 Achieving Portfolio Standard
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8523. Achieving Portfolio Standard. The electric utilities may aggregate their renewable portfolios in order to achieve the renewable portfolio standard. If requested, the regulator shall determine on an evidentiary record if an…
4 CMC § 8524 Waivers, Extensions and Incentives
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8524. Waivers, Extensions and Incentives. (a) An electric utility company not meeting the renewable portfolio standard shall report to the regulator in writing within 30 days following the goal date established in 4 CMC § 8522 a…
4 CMC § 8525 Renewable Portfolio Standards Study
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8525. Renewable Portfolio Standards Study. The regulator shall: (a) By December 31, 2008, develop and implement a utility rate structure and independent power producer contract standards, which may include but is not limited to,…
4 CMC § 8531 Definitions
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8531. Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) “Available capacity” shall mean the capacity a…
4 CMC § 8532 Net Energy Metering to be Provided to Eligible Customer
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8532. Net Energy Metering to Be Provided to Eligible Customer. (a) An eligible customer-generator shall be entitled to receive net energy metering service in accordance with this article. (b) Notwithstanding any law, CUC regulat…
4 CMC § 8533 Maximum Capacity of Eligible Customer-Generator
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8533. Maximum Capacity of Eligible Customer-Generator. A customer shall be eligible for net energy metering for not more than ten megawatts of available capacity of a renewable energy system; provided that the regulator shall in…
4 CMC § 8534 Standard Contract or Tariff; Rate Structure
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8534. Standard Contract or Tariff; Rate Structure. (a) The electric utility shall develop a standard contract or tariff providing for net energy metering and shall make this contract or tariff available to eligible customer-gene…
4 CMC § 8535 Limits on Additional Customer Generators
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8535. Limits on Additional Customer Generators. Notwithstanding the requirements of this chapter, an electric utility shall not be obligated to provide net energy metering to additional customer-generators in a control area when…
4 CMC § 8536 Calculation of Net Charges/Benefits
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8536. Calculation of Net Charges/Benefits. The net energy metering calculation shall be made by measuring the difference between the electricity which the electric utility delivered to the eligible customer-generator and the sum…
4 CMC § 8537 Billing Periods; 12-Month Reconciliation
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8537. Billing Periods; 12-month Reconciliation. (a) Billing of net energy metering customers shall be on a monthly basis; provided that the last monthly bill for each 12-month period shall reconcile for that 12-month period the …
4 CMC § 8538 Net Electricity Consumers
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8538. Net Electricity Consumers. The net electricity consumer shall owe the electric utility for the customer’s consumption in excess of the customer’s production and credits. The eligible customer shall owe the electric utility…
4 CMC § 8539 Net Electricity Producers; Excess Electricity Credits and Credit Carry-Over
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8539. Net Electricity Producers; Excess Electricity Credits and Credit Carry Over. (a) The intent of this article is that, for the 12-month billing period, the eligible customer-generator shall be fully compensated for his/her c…
4 CMC § 8540 Net Electricity Consumption or Production Information
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8540. Net Electricity Consumption or Production Information. The electric utility shall provide every eligible customer-generator and independent power producer with net electricity consumption or production information with eac…
4 CMC § 8541 Termination of Eligible Customer-Generators
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8541. Termination of Eligible Customer-Generators. If an eligible customer-generator relationship with the electric utility terminates, the electric utility shall reconcile for the 12-month period the eligible customer-generator…
4 CMC § 8542 Safety and Performance Standards
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8542. Safety and Performance Standards. (a) A renewable energy system used by an eligible customer-generator shall meet all applicable safety and performance standards established by the National Electrical Code, the Institute o…
4 CMC § 8543 Business and Tax Effects
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8543. Business and Tax Effects. (a) Business effects. (1) No business license shall be required solely by reason of the treatment of customer-generated electricity under this chapter except as provided in paragraph (2) of this s…
4 CMC § 8551 Energy Efficient Products and Services
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8551. Energy Efficient Products and Services. (a) The Department of Finance’s Division of Procurement and Supply shall require all government agencies to select, where life-cycle cost-effective, products given the ENERGY STAR ra…
4 CMC § 8552 Energy Efficient Purchases
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8552. Energy Efficient Purchases. (a) If an agency determines that initial costs render an otherwise cost-effective energy efficient purchase unaffordable, it shall request that the Department of Finance, Division of Procurement…
4 CMC § 8553 Environment Management System Purchasing
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8553. Environmental Management System Purchasing. The Department of Finance, Division of Procurement and Supply, shall deliver to the Governor by December 31, 2006, a recommended Environmental Management Purchasing System (“EMS”…
4 CMC § 8561 Policy to Encourage Energy Efficiency
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8561. Policy to Encourage Energy Efficiency. It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth to use energy as efficiently and cost-effectively, taking into account short-run and the long-term costs and benefits which can be quantifie…
4 CMC § 8562 Government Agencies to Employ Energy Efficiency
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8562. Government Agencies to Employ Energy Efficiency. All Commonwealth agencies shall use energy cost-effectively. All Commonwealth contracts must explicitly require the installation of and the use of lifecycle, cost-effective …
4 CMC § 8563 CUC to Promote Energy Efficiency
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8563. CUC to Promote Energy Efficiency. The CUC, or its successor in interest, shall assist and promote its customers’ use of energy efficiency, energy efficient building techniques and energy saving devices. CUC shall report to…
4 CMC § 8564 CUC Energy Service Company
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8564. CUC Energy Service Company. CUC shall encourage the activities of private sector energy service companies and independent power producers. CUC shall have the power and authority to provide energy service company services t…
4 CMC § 8565 Governmental Support of Private Sector Efforts
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8565. Governmental Support of Private Sector Efforts. The regulator and the government-owned utility shall facilitate the private sector's development of renewable energy projects by supporting the private sector's attainment of…
4 CMC § 8566 Annual Report
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8566. Annual Report. The regulator, with the assistance of each relevant agency and the CUC, or its successor in interest, shall publish in hard copy or electronically a public report annually, beginning in January 2007, which s…
4 CMC § 8571 Policy to Encourage Clean Energy Transportation and Reduce Diesel and Gasoline Engine Emissions
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8571. Policy to Encourage Clean Energy Transportation and Reduce Diesel and Gasoline Engine Emissions. It is the policy of the CNMI to encourage the use of clean-running commercial sector buses, including mini-buses. It is the p…
4 CMC § 8572 CUC to Offer Electric Charging Stations
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8572. CUC to Offer Electric Charging Stations. The CUC, or by contract with an independent power producer, shall offer sufficient electric vehicle charging stations, in at least two locations easily available to users, to power …
4 CMC § 8573 Commercial Buses to Meet Clean Energy Standards. [Reserved.]
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES § 8573. Commercial Buses to Meet Clean Energy Standards. Reserved. Source: PL 15-23, § 2(8673); reenacted without change by PL 15-87 § 2(8673).
4 CMC § 9501 Title
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9501. Title. This chapter shall be known as the Resident Workers Fair Compensation Act of 1995. Source: PL 9-71, § 1. Commission Comment: PL 9-71 took effect November 16, 1995. According to PL 9-71, § 2: Section 2. Findings. It is t…
4 CMC § 9502 Definitions
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9502. Definitions. Where they appear in this chapter the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Nonresident workers” is used in accordance with the meaning established in 3 CMC § 4412. (b) “Resident workers” is used in ac…
4 CMC § 9503 Compensatory Payment
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9503. Compensatory Payment. All benefits mandated by law to be given to foreign national workers, including, but not limited to subsidized food, housing, local transportation, health insurance, or medical expenses must also be given…
4 CMC § 9504 Regulation
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 9: LABOR § 9504. Regulation. The Secretary of Labor shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter within 30 days of November 16, 1995. Source: PL 9-71, § 5, modified; PL 17-1 § 6(B) (March 22, 2010).* Commission Comm…
4 CMC § D8C5A1 Article 1. High Performance Building Standards. [Reserved.]
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES Article 1. High Performance Building Standards. (Reserved)
4 CMC § D8C5A4 Article 4. [Reserved.]
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES Article 4. Reserved.
4 CMC § D8C5A8 Article 8. Renewable Energy Technologies; Tax Treatment; Tax Credits. [Reserved.]
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TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 8: UTILITIES Article 8. Renewable Energy Technologies; Tax Treatment; Tax Credits. (Reserved)