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