Overview | PURPA Comments and Timeline | LCEC Public Determination (pdf) NOTICE OF PURPA CONSIDERATION AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS

Lee County Electric Cooperative, Inc., (LCEC) hereby gives its customers notice regarding the process to be followed by it in implementing the statutory directives in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), which amended the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). EPAct 2005 established new Federal standards under Section 111(d) of PURPA, which each non-regulated electric utility (such as LCEC) is required to consider and to "make a determination whether or not it is appropriate to implement such standard[s]" within certain defined time lines based on evidence collected from interested persons after public notice and hearing. A complete public notice issued October 16, 2006 providing a description of the PURPA amendments and of the procedures to be followed by LCEC in carrying out the mandate of EPAct 2005 is available on LCEC’s web site at www.lcec.net or can be obtained by calling LCEC at (239) 425-7175.
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For more information, see the links below.

• Department of Energy site.
• Excerpts of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (pdf)
• Excerpts of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (pdf)

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