170 IAC 4-8-2 Energy efficiency plan filing

Sec. 2. (a) An electricity supplier shall file a request for approval of an energy efficiency plan not less than one (1) time every three (3) years beginning no later than December 31, 2017. (b) A utility applying to the commission for approval of its energy efficiency plan shall include the following information with its petition: (1) A description of each energy efficiency program and demand response program proposed by the utility. (2) A budget for the energy efficiency plan, including budgets for each energy efficiency program and demand response program. (3) A cost-benefit analysis as required by IC 8-1-8.5-10(j)(2), using at a minimum all the following: (A) Participant cost test. (B) Ratepayer impact measure test. (C) Program administrator cost test. (D) Total resource cost test. Additional reasonable cost-benefit tests may be proposed. A utility is not required to express a test result in a specific format, however, results must include the total costs and total benefits used in calculations and the benefit-cost ratio for the specific test. (4) Projected changes in customer consumption of electricity resulting from the implementation of the energy efficiency plan. (5) A statement of whether the energy efficiency plan is consistent with the commission analysis. (6) A description of how the energy efficiency plan is consistent with the utility's most recent IRP, including copies of relevant portions of the utility's most recent IRP. (7) Identification of a preference to a customer class potentially resulting from implementation of an energy efficiency program or demand response program. (8) A description of the lost revenues and financial incentives the utility seeks to recover. (9) The effect, or potential effect, in both the long term and the short term, of the energy efficiency plan on the electric rates and bills of program participants compared to the electric rates and bills of customers that do not participate in the program. (10) An EM&V procedure, complying with section 4 of this rule, to assess implementation and quantify the impact on energy and demand of each energy efficiency program and demand response program included in the energy efficiency plan. (11) A statement of the utility's energy efficiency goals for producing reasonably achievable energy efficiency through implementation of cost effective energy efficiency programs. The energy efficiency goals shall be designed to achieve an optimal balance of energy resources in an electricity supplier's service territory. The energy efficiency goals shall exclude industrial customers that have opted out of the utility's energy efficiency plan. (12) If an electricity supplier is using forecasted costs and energy savings for cost recovery purposes, it shall propose a mechanism to reconcile forecasted costs and energy savings with actual costs and energy savings. (13) The work papers and data used for calculations performed under subdivisions (3), (8), and (9). (c) An electricity supplier may submit a plan required under this section either as an independent proceeding or as part of a general base rate proceeding. (d) At the same time an electricity supplier petitions the commission under IC 8-1-8.5-10(h), the electricity supplier shall: (1) provide a copy of the petition and plan to the Indiana office of utility consumer counselor; and (2) post a copy of the petition and plan on the electricity supplier's website. The electricity supplier may redact confidential or proprietary information.