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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid
Standards
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Notice of consideration of
energy efficiency and Smart Grid
standards
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: By a Notice in the Federal
Register (73 FR 76736, December 16,
2008), the Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA) initially requested comments on
certain standards that TVA is
considering adopting for itself and the
distributors of TVA power pertaining to
certain energy efficiency and Smart Grid
standards. The standards being
considered are Integrated Resource
Planning, Rate Design Modifications to
Promote Energy Efficiency Investments,
Consideration of Smart Grid
Investments, and Smart Grid
Information listed in section 111(d) of
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–617) as
amended by the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–
140). TVA staff has developed a report
that reviews each standard and makes a
preliminary recommendation with
respect to each standard. TVA has
posted the report on the TVA Web site
(https://www.tva.com/purpa). The
standards will be considered on the
basis of their effect on conservation of
energy, efficient use of facilities and
resources, equity among electric
consumers, and the objectives of the
Tennessee Valley Authority Act. As part
of the process of considering the
standards, comments are requested from
the public on the TVA staff report. TVA
is also extending the comment period
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on the standards themselves, which are
set out below.
DATES: All comments on the TVA staff
report and these standards must be
received by July 27, 2009. Written
comments may be mailed to: Veenita
Bisaria, Tennessee Valley Authority,
400 W. Summit Hill Drive, WT3D–K,
Knoxville, TN 37902, (865) 632–3939.
Comments may also be submitted via
the Web, at https://www.tva.com/purpa.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Veenita Bisaria, Tennessee Valley
Authority (contact information above).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the
standards being considered, the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
(Pub. L. 95–617) as amended by the
Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–140) requires that
TVA consider these standards.
Accordingly, data, views, and comments
are requested from the public on the
four standards set out below, as well as
on the TVA staff report. Comments on
variations in any of the standards, as
well as views for or against their
adoption are welcome. These standards
are being presented in order to obtain
the public’s views on the need and
desirability of such standards.
Determinations on the appropriateness
of the standards will be made by the
TVA Board of Directors for TVA and the
distributors of TVA power.
Standards: The standards upon which
comments are requested about which a
determination will be made are:
(1) Integrated Resource Planning.—
Each electric utility shall—
(A) Integrate energy efficiency
resources into utility, State, and regional
plans; and
(B) Adopt policies establishing costeffective energy efficiency as a priority
resource.
(2) Rate Design Modifications to
Promote Energy Efficiency
Investments.—
(A) In General.—The rates allowed to
be charged by any electric utility shall—
(i) Align utility incentives with the
delivery of cost-effective energy
efficiency; and
(ii) Promote energy efficiency
investments.
(B) Policy Options.—In complying
with subparagraph (A), each State
regulatory authority and each nonregulated utility shall consider—
(i) Removing the throughput incentive
and other regulatory and management
disincentives to energy efficiency;
(ii) Providing utility incentives for the
successful management of energy
efficiency programs;
(iii) Including the impact on adoption
of energy efficiency as one of the goals
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of retail rate design, recognizing that
energy efficiency must be balanced with
other objectives;
(iv) Adopting rate designs that
encourage energy efficiency for each
customer class;
(v) Allowing timely recovery of
energy efficiency-related costs; and
(vi) Offering home energy audits,
offering demand response programs,
publicizing the financial and
environmental benefits associated with
making home energy efficiency
improvements, and educating
homeowners about all existing Federal
and State incentives, including the
availability of low-cost loans, that make
energy efficiency improvements more
affordable.
(3) Consideration of Smart Grid
Investments.—
(A) In General.—Each State shall
consider requiring that, prior to
undertaking investments in
nonadvanced grid technologies, an
electric utility of the State demonstrate
to the State that the electric utility
considered an investment in a qualified
smart grid system based on appropriate
factors, including—
(i) Total costs;
(ii) Cost-effectiveness;
(iii) Improved reliability;
(iv) Security;
(v) System performance; and
(vi) Societal benefit.
(B) Rate Recovery.—Each State shall
consider authorizing each electric utility
of the State to recover from ratepayers
any capital, operating expenditure, or
other costs of the electric utility relating
to the deployment of a qualified smart
grid system, including a reasonable rate
of return on the capital expenditures of
the electric utility for the deployment of
the qualified smart grid system.
(C) Obsolete Equipment.—Each State
shall consider authorizing any electric
utility or other party of the State to
deploy a qualified smart grid system to
recover in a timely manner the
remaining book-value costs of any
equipment rendered obsolete by the
deployment of the qualified smart grid
system, based on the remaining
depreciable life of the obsolete
equipment.
(4) Smart Grid Information.—
(A) Standard.—All electricity
purchasers shall be provided direct
access, in written or electronic machinereadable form as appropriate, to
information from their electricity
provider as provided in subparagraph
(B).
(B) Information.—Information
provided under this section, to the
extent practicable, shall include:
(i) Prices.—Purchasers and other
interested persons shall be provided
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with information on (I) time-based
electricity prices in the wholesale
electricity market; and (II) time-based
electricity retail prices or rates that are
available to the purchasers.
(ii) Usage.—Purchasers shall be
provided with the number of electricity
units, expressed in kwh, purchased by
them.
(iii) Intervals and projections.—
Updates of information on prices and
usage shall be offered on not less than
a daily basis, shall include hourly price
and use information, where available,
and shall include a day-ahead
projection of such price information to
the extent available.
(iv) Sources.—Purchasers and other
interested persons shall be provided
annually with written information on
the sources of the power provided by
the utility, to the extent it can be
determined, by type of generation,
including greenhouse gas emissions
associated with each type of generation,
for intervals during which such
information is available on a costeffective basis.
(C) Access.—Purchasers shall be able
to access their own information at any
time through the Internet and on other
means of communication elected by that
utility for Smart Grid applications.
Other interested persons shall be able to
access information not specific to any
purchaser through the Internet.
Information specific to any purchaser
shall be provided solely to that
purchaser.
Procedures: Written data, views, and
comments on the standards and the
TVA staff report are requested from the
public. All material relating to the
standards or TVA staff report must be
received by 5 p.m. EST on July 27, 2009.
All materials received by TVA before
this designated time will be considered
by TVA. The TVA staff report, and
comments on the report concerning the
standards, will also be made part of the
official record. In order to assist
interested consumers in preparing
written data, views, and comments for
the record, TVA operates a Web site
(https://www.tva.com/purpa) on which
interested parties can be informed about
the standards set out in this notice and
on which interested parties can access
the TVA staff report and submit
comments and materials on the
standards or the report. The official
record will consist of the TVA staff
report and all comments and materials
submitted electronically and all written
materials submitted within the time set
forth above. A summary of the record
will be prepared by TVA staff and will
be transmitted to the TVA Board of
Directors along with the complete
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record. The record will be used by the
Board in making the determinations
required by section 111(d) of the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
(Pub. L. 95–617) as amended by the
Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–140) and in
fulfilling its obligation under the
Tennessee Valley Authority Act.
Individual copies of the record will be
available to the public at cost of
reproduction. Copies will also be kept
on file for public inspection at the
following locations: Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 W. Summit Hill Drive,
WT3D–K, Knoxville, TN 37902, and on
the Web at https://www.tva.com/purpa.
Dated: June 19, 2009.
Maureen H. Dunn,
Executive Vice President and General
Counsel.
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid Standards
AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority.
ACTION: Notice of consideration of energy efficiency and Smart Grid
standards
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SUMMARY: By a Notice in the Federal Register (73 FR 76736, December 16,
2008), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) initially requested
comments on certain standards that TVA is considering adopting for
itself and the distributors of TVA power pertaining to certain energy
efficiency and Smart Grid standards. The standards being considered are
Integrated Resource Planning, Rate Design Modifications to Promote
Energy Efficiency Investments, Consideration of Smart Grid Investments,
and Smart Grid Information listed in section 111(d) of the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-617) as amended by
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-140). TVA
staff has developed a report that reviews each standard and makes a
preliminary recommendation with respect to each standard. TVA has
posted the report on the TVA Web site (https://www.tva.com/purpa). The
standards will be considered on the basis of their effect on
conservation of energy, efficient use of facilities and resources,
equity among electric consumers, and the objectives of the Tennessee
Valley Authority Act. As part of the process of considering the
standards, comments are requested from the public on the TVA staff
report. TVA is also extending the comment period on the standards
themselves, which are set out below.
DATES: All comments on the TVA staff report and these standards must be
received by July 27, 2009. Written comments may be mailed to: Veenita
Bisaria, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 W. Summit Hill Drive, WT3D-K,
Knoxville, TN 37902, (865) 632-3939. Comments may also be submitted via
the Web, at https://www.tva.com/purpa.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Veenita Bisaria, Tennessee Valley
Authority (contact information above).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the standards being considered, the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-617) as
amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Pub. L.
110-140) requires that TVA consider these standards. Accordingly, data,
views, and comments are requested from the public on the four standards
set out below, as well as on the TVA staff report. Comments on
variations in any of the standards, as well as views for or against
their adoption are welcome. These standards are being presented in
order to obtain the public's views on the need and desirability of such
standards. Determinations on the appropriateness of the standards will
be made by the TVA Board of Directors for TVA and the distributors of
TVA power.
Standards: The standards upon which comments are requested about
which a determination will be made are:
(1) Integrated Resource Planning.--
Each electric utility shall--
(A) Integrate energy efficiency resources into utility, State, and
regional plans; and
(B) Adopt policies establishing cost-effective energy efficiency as
a priority resource.
(2) Rate Design Modifications to Promote Energy Efficiency
Investments.--
(A) In General.--The rates allowed to be charged by any electric
utility shall--
(i) Align utility incentives with the delivery of cost-effective
energy efficiency; and
(ii) Promote energy efficiency investments.
(B) Policy Options.--In complying with subparagraph (A), each State
regulatory authority and each non-regulated utility shall consider--
(i) Removing the throughput incentive and other regulatory and
management disincentives to energy efficiency;
(ii) Providing utility incentives for the successful management of
energy efficiency programs;
(iii) Including the impact on adoption of energy efficiency as one
of the goals
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of retail rate design, recognizing that energy efficiency must be
balanced with other objectives;
(iv) Adopting rate designs that encourage energy efficiency for
each customer class;
(v) Allowing timely recovery of energy efficiency-related costs;
and
(vi) Offering home energy audits, offering demand response
programs, publicizing the financial and environmental benefits
associated with making home energy efficiency improvements, and
educating homeowners about all existing Federal and State incentives,
including the availability of low-cost loans, that make energy
efficiency improvements more affordable.
(3) Consideration of Smart Grid Investments.--
(A) In General.--Each State shall consider requiring that, prior to
undertaking investments in nonadvanced grid technologies, an electric
utility of the State demonstrate to the State that the electric utility
considered an investment in a qualified smart grid system based on
appropriate factors, including--
(i) Total costs;
(ii) Cost-effectiveness;
(iii) Improved reliability;
(iv) Security;
(v) System performance; and
(vi) Societal benefit.
(B) Rate Recovery.--Each State shall consider authorizing each
electric utility of the State to recover from ratepayers any capital,
operating expenditure, or other costs of the electric utility relating
to the deployment of a qualified smart grid system, including a
reasonable rate of return on the capital expenditures of the electric
utility for the deployment of the qualified smart grid system.
(C) Obsolete Equipment.--Each State shall consider authorizing any
electric utility or other party of the State to deploy a qualified
smart grid system to recover in a timely manner the remaining book-
value costs of any equipment rendered obsolete by the deployment of the
qualified smart grid system, based on the remaining depreciable life of
the obsolete equipment.
(4) Smart Grid Information.--
(A) Standard.--All electricity purchasers shall be provided direct
access, in written or electronic machine-readable form as appropriate,
to information from their electricity provider as provided in
subparagraph (B).
(B) Information.--Information provided under this section, to the
extent practicable, shall include:
(i) Prices.--Purchasers and other interested persons shall be
provided with information on (I) time-based electricity prices in the
wholesale electricity market; and (II) time-based electricity retail
prices or rates that are available to the purchasers.
(ii) Usage.--Purchasers shall be provided with the number of
electricity units, expressed in kwh, purchased by them.
(iii) Intervals and projections.--Updates of information on prices
and usage shall be offered on not less than a daily basis, shall
include hourly price and use information, where available, and shall
include a day-ahead projection of such price information to the extent
available.
(iv) Sources.--Purchasers and other interested persons shall be
provided annually with written information on the sources of the power
provided by the utility, to the extent it can be determined, by type of
generation, including greenhouse gas emissions associated with each
type of generation, for intervals during which such information is
available on a cost-effective basis.
(C) Access.--Purchasers shall be able to access their own
information at any time through the Internet and on other means of
communication elected by that utility for Smart Grid applications.
Other interested persons shall be able to access information not
specific to any purchaser through the Internet. Information specific to
any purchaser shall be provided solely to that purchaser.
Procedures: Written data, views, and comments on the standards and
the TVA staff report are requested from the public. All material
relating to the standards or TVA staff report must be received by 5
p.m. EST on July 27, 2009. All materials received by TVA before this
designated time will be considered by TVA. The TVA staff report, and
comments on the report concerning the standards, will also be made part
of the official record. In order to assist interested consumers in
preparing written data, views, and comments for the record, TVA
operates a Web site (https://www.tva.com/purpa) on which interested
parties can be informed about the standards set out in this notice and
on which interested parties can access the TVA staff report and submit
comments and materials on the standards or the report. The official
record will consist of the TVA staff report and all comments and
materials submitted electronically and all written materials submitted
within the time set forth above. A summary of the record will be
prepared by TVA staff and will be transmitted to the TVA Board of
Directors along with the complete record. The record will be used by
the Board in making the determinations required by section 111(d) of
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-617) as
amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Pub. L.
110-140) and in fulfilling its obligation under the Tennessee Valley
Authority Act. Individual copies of the record will be available to the
public at cost of reproduction. Copies will also be kept on file for
public inspection at the following locations: Tennessee Valley
Authority, 400 W. Summit Hill Drive, WT3D-K, Knoxville, TN 37902, and
on the Web at https://www.tva.com/purpa.
Dated: June 19, 2009.
Maureen H. Dunn,
Executive Vice President and General Counsel.
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