18 CFR § 292.301 - Scope.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s292.301"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "18 CFR § 292.301 - Scope."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "292.301"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "K"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT OF 1978"
part_number: "292"
part_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 201 AND 210 OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT OF 1978 WITH REGARD TO SMALL POWER PRODUCTION AND COGENERATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 791a-825r, 2601-2645; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352."
cfr_part: "292"
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# 292.301 Scope.
(a) *Applicability.* This subpart applies to the regulation of sales and purchases between qualifying facilities and electric utilities.
(b) *Negotiated rates or terms.* Nothing in this subpart:
(1) Limits the authority of any electric utility or any qualifying facility to agree to a rate for any purchase, or terms or conditions relating to any purchase, which differ from the rate or terms or conditions which would otherwise be required by this subpart; or
(2) Affects the validity of any contract entered into between a qualifying facility and an electric utility for any purchase.