(B) Annual
report. On or before March thirty-first of each year, each electric utility and
transmission owner shall file with the commission an annual report for the
previous calendar year by the utility's chief executive officer or other senior
officer responsible for the service quality, safety, and reliability of the
electric utility's and transmission owner's transmission and/or distribution
service. The annual report shall include:
(1)
A plan for investment in and improvements to the electric utility's or
transmission owner's transmission and distribution facilities/equipment that
will ensure high quality, safe, and reliable delivery of energy to customers
and will provide the delivery reliability needed for fair and open competition.
Each plan shall also contain the estimated cost of implementation and any
changes to the plan from the previous annual report. Each plan shall:
(a) Cover all of the electric utility's
service territory, and shall describe the relevant characteristics of the
service territory including the following:
(i)
Miles of overhead distribution
.
(ii)
Miles of underground distribution
.
(iii)
Miles of overhead transmission
.
(iv)
Miles of underground transmission
.
(v) Any other notable
characteristics.
(b)
Cover a period of no less than three years following the year in which the
report was filed.
(c) Provide a
timetable for achievement of the plan's goals.
(d) List any quality, safety, and reliability
complaints the electric utility or transmission owner received during the
reporting period from other electric utilities, rural electric cooperatives,
municipal electric utilities, and competitive retail electric suppliers, and
shall report the specific actions the electric utility took to address these
complaints.
(e) For transmission
facilities within the commission's jurisdiction, list any electric reliability
standards violations, regional transmission operator operating violations,
transmission load relief, the top ten congestion facilities by hours of
congestion occurring on the electric utility's and/ or transmission owner's
facilities, and a description of the relationship between the annual system
improvement plan and the regional transmission operator's transmission
expansion plan.
(f) Report all
unresolved quality, safety, and reliability complaints and violations as
described in paragraphs (B)(1)(d) and (B)(1)(e) of this rule that were carried
over from the prior year, along with the reason the complaint or violation was
not resolved.
(2) A
report of the electric utility's or transmission owner's implementation of the
plan that it filed pursuant to paragraph (B)(1) of this rule for the previous
annual reporting period, including an identification of significant deviations
from the goals of the previous plan and the reasons for the
deviations.
(3) A report by service
territory of the age, current condition, reliability and performance of the
electric utility's and/or transmission owner's transmission and distribution
facilities in Ohio. (In analyzing and reporting the age of the electric
utility's and/or transmission owner's facilities and equipment, the electric
utility and/or transmission owner may utilize book depreciation. Statistical
estimation and analysis may be used when actual ages and conditions of
facilities are not readily available. The use of such techniques shall be
disclosed in the report.) The report shall include:
(a) A qualitative characterization of the
condition of the electric utility's and/ or transmission owner's system and an
explanation of the criteria used in making the qualitative
assessment.
(b) An overview of the
number and substance of customers' safety and reliability complaints for the
annual reporting period in each service territory.
(c) Each electric utility's or transmission
owner's transmission capital and maintenance expenditures as follows:
(i) Total expenditures for the past year and
the ratio of such expenditures to total transmission investment;
(ii) Reliability-specific budgeted vs. actual
expenditures for the past year by budget category and total, and an explanation
for any variance exceeding ten per cent; and
(iii) Budgeted reliability-specific
expenditures for the current year by budget category and total.
(d) Each electric utility's
distribution capital and maintenance expenditures as follows:
(i) Total expenditures for the past year and
the ratio of such expenditures to total distribution investment;
(ii) Reliability-specific budgeted vs. actual
expenditures for the past year by budget category and total, and an explanation
for any variance exceeding ten per cent; and
(iii) Budgeted reliability-specific
expenditures for the current year by budget category and total.
(e) The average remaining
depreciation lives of the electric utility's and/or transmission owner's
transmission and distribution facilities, expressed separately by facility type
as a percentage of total depreciation lives.
(f) For each reporting period, provide a list
and purpose of current inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement
programs required by paragraph (E) of rule
4901:1-10-27
of the Administrative Code that the electric utility and/or transmission
owner's utilizes for quality, safe, and reliable service from its transmission,
substation, and distribution facilities and/ or equipment. This report shall
include the following:
(i) The goals of each
program and whether the electric utility's and/or transmission owner's annual
goals for each program were achieved. If the goals were achieved, describe how
they were achieved and to what extent, including numerical values and
percentages in the description. If the goals were not achieved, describe the
problems that prevented the achievement and the level of completion of each
program, including numerical values and percentages.
(ii) A summary of the electric utility's
and/or transmission owner's annual findings as a result of performing each
program.
(iii) A summary of the
remedial activity that has been or will be performed as a result of the program
findings, and the actual and estimated completion dates for such remedial
activity.
(iv) The electric
utility's and/or transmission owner's plans and programs to prevent overloading
or excessive loading of its transmission and distribution facilities and
equipment.
(v) The electric
utility's and/or transmission owner's actions to remedy overloading or
excessive loading of its transmission and distribution facilities and
equipment.
(vi) An identification
of the programs that have been added, deleted, and/or modified from the
previous reporting period in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (F)
of rule
4901:1-10-27
of the Administrative Code.
(4) An identification of customer service
interruptions that were due solely to the actions or in-actions of another
electric utility, regional transmission entity, and/ or a competitive retail
electric supplier for the annual reporting period and the causes of these
interruptions.