[§269-171]  Green infrastructure loan program order; issuance.  (a)  The public utilities commission may issue a program order authorizing the allocation, use, expenditure, or other disposition of any amounts deposited or held in the green infrastructure special fund upon the submission by the authority to the commission of a completed application, as described in this section.  A green infrastructure loan program order issued by the public utilities commission shall include the following, where determined necessary and applicable by the commission:

     (1)  An identification and description of each project, program, financing agreement, or other arrangement approved by the public utilities commission for which amounts deposited or held in the green infrastructure special fund may be allocated, used, expended, or otherwise disposed of;

     (2)  Minimum criteria for the lending, crediting, or investing of amounts deposited or held in the green infrastructure special fund;

     (3)  A description of the repayment processes, mechanisms, and applicable calculations for each project, program, financing agreement, or other arrangement approved by the public utilities commission for which amounts deposited or held in the green infrastructure special fund may be allocated, used, expended, or otherwise disposed of;

     (4)  A review of the anticipated impacts and benefits to electric utility ratepayers of any project, program, financing agreement, or other arrangement approved under a green infrastructure loan program order; and

     (5)  Any other provision or information determined to be necessary by the public utilities commission.

     (b)  The public utilities commission shall issue an order under this section as expeditiously as possible upon the receipt from the authority of a completed application submitted pursuant to section 269-170.

     (c)  The order shall specify the following, including:

     (1)  The procedures to be followed by the electric utilities in the event of nonpayment or partial payment of the green infrastructure charge by the electric utilities' customers, which procedures shall be consistent with the public utilities commission's approved procedures for nonpayment and partial payment of rates, charges, and fees under the electric utilities' tariffs; and

     (2)  The distribution of the total amounts collected by the electric utilities for amounts billed to customers for the electric utilities' rates, fees, and charges, for the green infrastructure charge, for other fees and charges approved by the public utilities commission, and for associated taxes, in the event of partial payments of the billed amounts.

     The electric utilities serving as billing and collecting agents shall be parties to the proceedings in which the order or orders are issued. [L 2013, c 211, pt of §3]