Abstract: . . .  obligations in certain circumstances. The Commission proposed a January 19, 2006, rule on this section of EPAct (Docket No. RM06-10). Today’s final rule, Revised Regulations Governing Small Power Production and Cogeneration Facilities, takes effect 30 days after the rule’s publication in the Federal Register (www.gpoaccess.gov). R-06-10 (30)  . . .
. . .  implementation of PURPA; Page 3 • Retains the ownership disclosure required on the FERC Form 556; and • Clarifies that there is a rebuttable presumption that an existing QF does not become a “new” cogeneration facility when it files an application for recertification reflecting a change in ownership or operation. Existing operating and efficiency standards for new oil and gas cogeneration facilities will be retained, . . .
. . .  about past abuse in PURPA with respect to sham transactions and PURPA ‘machines’. Our new rules should limit the potential for abuse under PURPA, curtail sham transactions, and prevent PURPA machines,” Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher said. Cogeneration facilities produce electricity and another form of useful thermal energy, such as heat or steam, for industrial and commercial heating or cooling purposes. When . . .
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