---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 292.307"
title: "18"
number: "292.307"
heading: "System emergencies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/292.307"
---

# §292.307. System emergencies.

- (a) **Qualifying facility obligation to provide power during system emergencies.** A qualifying facility shall be required to provide energy or capacity to an electric utility during a system emergency only to the extent:
  - (1) Provided by agreement between such qualifying facility and electric utility; or
  - (2) **Ordered under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act.**
- (b) **Discontinuance of purchases and sales during system emergencies.** During any system emergency, an electric utility may discontinue:
  - (1) Purchases from a qualifying facility if such purchases would contribute to such emergency; and
  - (2) **Sales to a qualifying facility, provided that such discontinuance is on a nondiscriminatory basis.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act, 15 U.S.C. 791 et seq. Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 792 et seq., Department of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq., E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267.

### Source

Source: Order 69, 45 FR 12234, Feb. 25, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r, 2601-2645; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352.