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.
