OAR 860-027-0400
Integrated Resource Plan Filing, Review, and Update


(1)

Scope and Applicability: This rule applies to investor-owned energy utilities. Upon application by an entity subject to this rule and for good cause shown, the Commission may relieve it of any obligation under this rule.

(2)

As used in this rule, “Integrated Resource Plan” or “IRP” means the energy utility’s written plan satisfying the requirements of Commission Order Nos. 07-002, 07-047 and 08-339, detailing its determination of future long-term resource needs, its analysis of the expected costs and associated risks of the alternatives to meet those needs, and its action plan to select the best portfolio of resources to meet those needs.

(3)

An energy utility must file an IRP within two years of its previous IRP acknowledgment order or as otherwise directed by the Commission. If the energy utility does not intend to take any significant resource action for at least two years after its next IRP is due, the energy utility may request an extension of its filing date from the Commission.

(4)

The energy utility must present the results of its filed IRP to the Commission at a public meeting prior to the deadline for written public comment.

(5)

Commission staff and parties must file their comments and recommendations within six months of IRP filing.

(6)

The Commission must consider comments and recommendations on an energy utility’s IRP at a public meeting before issuing an order on acknowledgment. The Commission may provide the energy utility an opportunity to revise the IRP before issuing an acknowledgment order.

(7)

The Commission may provide direction to an energy utility regarding any additional analyses or actions that the energy utility should undertake in its next IRP.

(8)

Each energy utility must submit an annual update on its most recently acknowledged IRP. The update is due on or before the acknowledgment order anniversary date. The energy utility must summarize the annual update at a Commission public meeting. The energy utility may request acknowledgment of changes, identified in its update, to the IRP action plan. The annual update is an informational filing that:

(a)

Describes what actions the energy utility has taken to implement the action plan to select best portfolio of resources contained in its acknowledged IRP;

(b)

Provides an assessment of what has changed since the acknowledgment order that affects the action plan to select best portfolio of resources, including changes in such factors as load, expiration of resource contracts, supply-side and demand-side resource acquisitions, resource costs, and transmission availability; and

(c)

Justifies any deviations from the action plan contained in its acknowledged IRP.

(9)

As soon as an energy utility anticipates a significant deviation from its acknowledged IRP, it must file an update with the Commission, unless the energy utility is within six months of filing its next IRP. This update must meet the requirements set forth in section (8) of this rule.

(10)

If the energy utility requests Commission acknowledgement of its proposed changes to the action plan contained in its acknowledged IRP:

(a)

The energy utility must file its proposed changes with the Commission and present the results of its proposed changes to the Commission at a public meeting prior to the deadline for written public comment;

(b)

Commission staff and parties must file any comments and recommendations with the Commission and present such comments and recommendations to the Commission at a public meeting within six months of the energy utility’s filing of its request for acknowledgement of proposed changes;

(c)

The Commission may provide direction to an energy utility regarding any additional analyses or actions that the utility should undertake in its next IRP.

Source: Rule 860-027-0400 — Integrated Resource Plan Filing, Review, and Update, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=860-027-0400.

860–027–0000
Applicability of Division 27
860–027–0001
Definitions for Utility Budgets, Finance, Accounting, and Annual Reports
860–027–0005
Utilities Required to File Reports
860–027–0015
New Construction Budget
860–027–0016
Accounting for Director’s Fees
860–027–0020
Form and Filing of Applications
860–027–0025
Applications for Authority to Sell, Lease, Assign, Mortgage, Merge, Consolidate or Otherwise Dispose of or Encumber its Property, or to Acquire Stock, Bonds, or Property of Another Utility
860–027–0030
Application by an Energy or Large Telecommunications Utility for Authority to Issue Stocks, Bonds, Notes, or Other Securities
860–027–0031
When the Commission May Reregulate Financings of Exempt Telecommunications Utilities
860–027–0032
Information Required Concerning Financings of Exempt Large Telecommunications Utilities
860–027–0035
Applications by a Utility for Authority to Guarantee Indebtedness
860–027–0040
Applications for Approval of Transactions Between Affiliated Interests
860–027–0041
Information Required for Utility Goods or Services Provided to Affiliated Interests
860–027–0042
Timeliness of Application Made Under OAR 860-027-0040 and Filings Made Under OAR 860-027-0041
860–027–0043
Application for Waiver of Requirements Under OARs 860-027-0040 and 860-027-0041
860–027–0044
Application for Waiver Requirements by Large Telecommunications Utilities Under OARs 860-027-0040 and 860-027-0041
860–027–0045
Uniform System of Accounts for Electric Utilities — Major and Nonmajor
860–027–0048
Allocation of Costs by an Energy Utility
860–027–0050
Uniform System of Accounts for Large Telecommunications Utilities
860–027–0052
Allocation of Costs by a Large Telecommunications Utility
860–027–0055
Uniform System of Accounts for Gas Utilities — Major and Nonmajor
860–027–0065
Uniform System of Accounts for Steam Heat Utilities — Class A, B, and C
860–027–0070
Annual Report Requirements for Electric, Gas, Steam Heat, and Large Telecommunications Utilities
860–027–0100
Reporting of Affiliated Transactions
860–027–0120
Preservation and Destruction of Records
860–027–0175
Energy Utility Reporting Requirements Relating to Major Shareholders
860–027–0200
Energy Utility Acquisition
860–027–0300
Use of Deferred Accounting by Energy and Large Telecommunications Utilities
860–027–0310
Cost-Effective Conservation Resources
860–027–0350
Depreciation Study Requirements for Energy Utilities
860–027–0400
Integrated Resource Plan Filing, Review, and Update
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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