10 C.F.R. § 490.307 Option for Electric Utilities.
Title 10 - Energy
(a) A covered person or its affiliate, division, or business unit, whose principal business is generating, transmitting, importing, or selling, at wholesale or retail, electricity has the option of delaying the vehicle acquisition mandate schedule in section 490.302 until January 1, 1998, if the covered person intends to comply with this regulation by acquiring electric motor vehicles. (b) If a covered person or its affiliate, division, or business unit, whose principal business is generating, transmitting, importing, or selling at wholesale or retail electricity has notified the Department as required by the Act, of its intent to acquire electric motor vehicles, the following percentages of new light duty motor vehicles acquired shall be alternative fueled vehicles for the following time periods: (1) 30 percent from January 1, 1998 to August 31, 1998. (2) 50 percent for model year 1999. (3) 70 percent for model year 2000. (4) 90 percent for model year 2001 and thereafter. (c) Any covered person or its affiliate, division, or business unit, that chooses the option provided by this section may apply for an exemption from the vehicle acquisition mandate in accordance with section 490.308 of this regulation. (d) Any covered person or its affiliate, division, or business unit, that chooses to rescind its election of the option provided in this section shall be required, unless otherwise exempt, to acquire alternative fueled vehicles in accordance with the vehicle acquisition schedule in section 490.302.
Title 10: Energy
PART 490—ALTERNATIVE FUEL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
Subpart D—Alternative Fuel Provider Vehicle Acquisition Mandate
§ 490.307 Option for Electric Utilities.
