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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-3-53. Jurisdiction of commission over cogeneration facilities.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-3-53. Jurisdiction of commission over cogeneration facilities.

(a) Any person may operate a cogeneration facility without being subject to the jurisdiction or regulation of the commission if such person uses all of the electric energy, steam, or other form of useful energy produced at such cogeneration facility. The electric energy shall not be sold to any other person except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section.

(b) Any person may operate a cogeneration facility and sell any excess electric energy to an electric supplier without being subject to the jurisdiction or regulation of the commission; provided, however, that nothing in this article shall except a person from compliance with federal law.

## History

Ga. L. 1979, p. 389, § 4; Code 1981, § 46-3-52; Ga. L. 1981, p. 808, § 1; Code 1981, § 46-3-53, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2001, p. 1149, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 46.