1. A utility's
resource plan must include a technical appendix. The appendix must contain
sufficient detail to enable a technically proficient reader to understand how
the resource plan and its forecasts were prepared and to evaluate the validity
of the assumptions and the accuracy of the data used, including, without
limitation, a list of the major assumptions used, a description of the
forecasting methods employed and a description of the software
utilized.
2. The appendix must
contain sufficient information to enable a technically proficient reader to
reproduce the results from the computations shown, including, without
limitation:
(a) Citations to the sources of
all significant information used in the resource plan.
(b) Descriptions of all data inputs to the
models used in developing the resource plan accompanied by an explanation of
any modifications made to the data.
(c) Characteristics of the generation
operation of the utility, including the:
(1)
Rates of forced outages;
(2) Rates
of scheduled outages;
(3) Heat
rates;
(4) Rates at which
pollutants are emitted;
(5)
Controls required to mitigate pollution at planned facilities and estimates of
the costs of those controls; and
(6) Projections for the availability and
price of fuels.
(d)
Output characteristics or profiles of renewable resources for each type of
renewable resource that is being considered as a resource option or that is
currently owned or under contract with the utility.
(e) A summary of the impact of intermittent
energy resources on the electric system of the utility.
(f) The final results derived from the
models.
(g) Documentation of all
models and formulas used consistent with any proprietary requirements imposed
upon the utility by outside suppliers of the models.
(h) Such other information as is necessary to
enable an informed reader to examine the resource plan and verify the adequacy
and accuracy of the data, assumptions and methods used in developing the
resource plan.
Added to NAC by Pub.
Service Comm'n, eff. 6-7-84; A 2-18-88; A by Pub. Utilities Comm'n by R004-04,
5-25-2004
