OAR 860-083-0400
Implementation Plans by Electric Companies
(1)
On or before January 1, 2010, and on or before January 1 of even-numbered years thereafter, unless otherwise directed by the Commission, each electric company that is subject to ORS 469A.052 (Large utility renewable portfolio standard) must file an implementation plan under 469A.075 (Implementation plan for electric companies).(2)
The implementation plan for an electric company subject to ORS 469A.052 (Large utility renewable portfolio standard) must include the following information for the next odd-numbered compliance year and each of the four subsequent compliance years:(a)
The annual megawatt-hour target for compliance with the applicable renewable portfolio standard based on the forecast of electricity sales to its Oregon retail electricity consumers.(b)
An accounting of the planned method to comply with the applicable renewable portfolio standard, including the number of banked renewable energy certificates by year of issuance, the numbers of other bundled and unbundled renewable energy certificates, and alternative compliance payments.(c)
Identification of the generating facilities, either owned by the company or under contract, that are expected to provide renewable energy certificates for compliance with renewable portfolio standard. Information on each generating facility must include:(A)
The renewable energy source;(B)
The year the facility or contract became operational or is expected to become operational;(C)
The state where the facility is located or is planned to be located; and(D)
Expected annual megawatt-hour output for compliance from the facility for the compliance years covered by the implementation plan.(d)
A forecast of the expected incremental costs of new qualifying electricity for facilities or contracts planned for first operation in the compliance year, consistent with the methodology in OAR 860-083-0100 (Incremental Costs).(e)
A forecast of the expected incremental cost of compliance, the costs of using unbundled renewable energy certificates and alternative compliance payments for compliance, compared to annual revenue requirements, consistent with the methodologies in OAR 860-083-0100 (Incremental Costs) and 860-083-0200 (Electric Company Revenue Requirements), absent consideration of the cost limit in 860-083-0300 (Compliance Standards).(f)
A forecast of the number and cost of bundled renewable energy certificates issued, consistent with the methodology in OAR 860-083-0100 (Incremental Costs).(3)
If so prescribed by the Commission, an electric company must use established forms to provide the information required under subsections (2)(a) through (f) of this rule.(4)
If there are material differences in the planned actions in section (2) of this rule from the action plan in the most recently filed or updated integrated resource plan by the electric company, or if conditions have materially changed from the conditions assumed in such filing, the company must provide sufficient documentation to demonstrate how the implementation plan appropriately balances risks and expected costs as required by the integrated resource planning guidelines in 1.b and c. of Commission Order No. 07-047 and subsequent guidelines related to implementation plans set forth by the Commission. Unless provided in the most recently filed or updated integrated resource plan, an implementation plan for an electric company subject to ORS 469A.052 (Large utility renewable portfolio standard) must include the following information:(a)
At least two forecasts for subsections (2)(d), (e), and (f) of this rule: one forecast assuming existing government incentives continue beyond their current expiration date and another forecast assuming existing government incentives do not continue beyond their current expiration date.(b)
A reasonable range of estimates for the forecasts in subsections (2)(d), (e), and (f) of this rule, consistent with subsection (4)(a) of this rule and the analyses or methodologies in the company’s most recently filed or updated integrated resource plan.(5)
Under the following circumstances, the electric company must, for the applicable compliance year, provide sufficient documentation or citations to demonstrate how the implementation plan appropriately balances risks and expected costs as required by the integrated resource planning guidelines in 1.b. and c. of Commission Order No. 07-047 and subsequent guidelines related to implementation plans set forth by the Commission:(a)
The sum of costs in subsection (2)(e) of this rule is expected to be four percent or more of the annual revenue requirement in subsection (2)(e) of this rule for any compliance year covered by the implementation plan;(b)
The company plans, for reasons other than to meet unanticipated contingencies that arise during a compliance year, to use any of the following compliance methods:(A)
Unbundled renewable energy certificates;(B)
Bundled renewable energy certificates issued between January 1 through March 31 of the year following the compliance year; or(C)
Alternative compliance payments; or(c)
The company plans to sell any bundled renewable energy certificates included in the rates of Oregon retail electricity consumers.(6)
An implementation plan must provide a detailed explanation of how the implementation plan complies, or does not comply, with any conditions specified in a Commission acknowledgment order on the previous implementation plan and any relevant conditions specified in the most recent acknowledgment order on an integrated resource plan filed or updated by the electric company.(7)
If there are funds in holding accounts under ORS 469A.180 (Electric companies)(4) and if the electric company has not filed a proposal for expending such funds for the purposes allowed under 469A.180 (Electric companies)(5), the implementation plan must include the electric company’s plans for expending or holding such funds. If the plan is to hold such funds, the plan should indicate under what conditions such funds should be expended.(8)
The Commission will acknowledge the implementation plan in the following manner:(a)
Commission staff and interested persons may file written comments on an implementation plan within 45 calendar days of its filing. The electric company may file a written response to any comments within 30 calendar days thereafter. Commission staff should present its recommendation at a Commission public meeting within 120 days of the implementation plan filing date.(b)
The Commission will acknowledge the plan at such public meeting, subject to any conditions specified by the Commission, unless it decides to commence an investigation or take other action as necessary to make its decision regarding acknowledgment of the plan.(c)
The Commission will acknowledge the implementation plan, subject to conditions if necessary, no later than six months after it is filed.(9)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
Each electric company must post on its website the public portion of its most recent implementation plan under this rule within 30 days after a Commission acknowledgement order has been issued, including any conditions specified by the Commission under ORS 469.075(3).(b)
Each electric company must provide a copy of the public portions of the most recently filed implementation plan to any person upon request, until the Commission has issued an acknowledgement order on such plan.(10)
Consistent with Commission orders for disclosure under OAR 860-038-0300 (Electric Company and Electricity Service Suppliers Labeling Requirements), each electric company must provide information about the implementation plan to its customers by bill insert or other Commission-approved method. The information must be provided within 90 days of final action by the Commission on the plan or coordinated with the next available insert required under 860-038-0300 (Electric Company and Electricity Service Suppliers Labeling Requirements). The information must include the URL address for the implementation plan posted under subsection (9)(a) of this rule.
Source:
Rule 860-083-0400 — Implementation Plans by Electric Companies, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=860-083-0400.