(A) Each electric utility, and each electric
services company, electric cooperative, and governmental aggregator subject to
certification under section
4928.08 of the Revised Code
shall submit market monitoring data to the commission or its staff, on forms to
be issued by the commission, as follows:
(1)
Each electric utility, certified electric services company (power marketer,
power broker, nongovernmental aggregator, and independent power producer),
certified electric cooperative and certified governmental aggregator shall file
a quarterly report
that contains information
which
includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) Entity name.
(b) Business address.
(c) Name and title of the person responsible
for submitting the market monitoring data required by this rule.
(d) Authorized signature.
(e) The address, telephone number, fax
number, and e-mail address of the person responsible for customer enrollment.
(2) Each electric utility shall file on a
quarterly basis monthly data related to electric generation services. The
information contained in this report shall include, but not be limited to, the
following:
(a) For those customers for whom
the entity provides generation service: The number of customers, the amount of
sales in megawatt hours, and the amount of billed revenues. The reporting
entity shall report this data by rate schedule and by customer class (residential, commercial, industrial,
or street lighting/other) and by subclass, if applicable separately for
standard service offer customers and for special contract customers.
(b) Monthly system peak data identifying the
number of megawatts, the peak day of the month, the peak day of the week, and
the peak hour of the month.
(c)
Information about generation resources owned by retail customers and connected
to its distribution system, regardless of the voltage at which they are
interconnected; all generation resources connected at a distribution voltage,
which were interconnected as a result of an interconnection application; and
all resources owned by the utility and interconnected at a distribution
voltage, which but for such ownership would have been
the subject of an interconnection
application. The report shall include the
following information:
(i) A list of
generating units.
(ii) A statement
of whether each generating unit is owned by an end use customer, by the
electric utility, by an affiliate of the electric utility, or by a
nonaffiliated entity that is not an end use customer.
(iii) A statement of whether or not the
generator is dispatched by the control area operator or by the owner.
(iv) The nameplate capacity of the generator,
in megawatts or kilowatts.
(v) The
fuel type used by each generating unit.
(vi) The technology type of generating unit (e.g., fuel cell,
turbine, diesel, photovoltaic, etc.).
(d) Notice to staff of any and all
interconnection applications by interconnection applicants seeking to become
interconnection service customers, where such applications have not yet
resulted in interconnection (that is, applications that are under
consideration). The required notice shall be in the form of a narrative report
attached to the quarterly market monitoring report that is required by this
rule
and submitted on a quarterly basis. The
narrative report shall include the following information:
(i) Name and contact information of the
electric utility employee who is directly responsible for processing the
interconnection application and/or interacting with the interconnection
applicant.
(ii) Description of each
interconnection request in terms of the amount and type of generation for which
interconnection is being sought, and the location of the proposed
interconnection.
(iii) Copies of
any and all written notices required by paragraphs (C)(3),
(C)(4), (C)(5), (C)(6), and (C)(7) of rule
4901:1-22-04
of the Administrative Code.
(iv)
Description of the status of each interconnection application in terms of
process steps that have been completed, process steps that remain to be
completed, and any progress or lack thereof in addressing issues.
Until the interconnection application
is completed
the status
of each
pending interconnection application shall be updated in subsequent
quarterly narrative reports by describing any modifications to the
interconnection application, any meetings that may have occurred, and any
correspondence or communications that have occurred between the electric
utility and the interconnection applicant. The electric
utility shall provide the following disclaimer on the applicant's copy of the
report: If the applicant has any issues with the accuracy of this report, the
applicant may contact the PUCO at (800)686-7826.
(e)
For those
customers for whom the entity provides generation service: The number of
customers participating in utility green pricing programs and the volume of
participation in such programs in megawatt hours, reported by customer
class.
(f)
The electric utility shall include in its quarterly
reporting of monthly data related to electric generation the reporting
requirements set forth in rule
4901:1-10-28 and
paragraph (M) of rule
4901:1-10-34
of the Administrative Code.
(3) Each certified
retail electric services company, certified electric
cooperative, and certified governmental aggregator shall submit to staff on a
quarterly basis monthly data related to competitive electric generation
services. The reporting entity shall submit this information separately for
each electric utility's service territory in which it does business. The
information contained in this report shall include, but not be limited to, the
following:
(a) Identity of the reporting
entity including their competitive retail electric service (CRES) certificate
number.
(b) For those customers for
whom the entity provides generation service: The number of customers, the
amount of sales in megawatt hours. The reporting entity shall report this data
by
customer class (residential, commercial, industrial,
or street lighting/other) and by subclass, if applicable.
(c) For those customers for whom the entity
provides generation service total billed revenues. The reporting entity shall
report this data by rate schedule class (residential, commercial, industrial,
or street lighting/other) and by subclass, if applicable.
(d)
For those
customers for whom the entity provides generation service: The number of
customers participating in CRES-offered green pricing programs and the volume
of participation in such programs in megawatt hours, reported by customer
class.
(4) Each
certified aggregator and certified governmental aggregator shall submit to
staff on a quarterly basis monthly data related to aggregation activity. The
reporting entity shall submit this information separately for each electric
utility's service territory in which it does business. The information
contained in this report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) The identity of the aggregator including
its CRES certificate number.
(b)
The electric utility's service territory for which the report is being
made.
(c) The name of each
aggregated group.
(d) The number of
customers by customer class in each aggregated
group.
(e) The total number of
customers in each aggregated group.
(f) The total number of all customers by
customer class.
(g) The total number of customers.
(5) The information contained in
the reports provided to the commission and/or staff pursuant to paragraph
s (A)
(2)(d), (A)(3), and
(A)(4) of this rule, will be held as confidential.
(a)
Any person may file a request for disclosure requesting
disclosure of information filed pursuant to paragraphs (A)(2)(d), (A)(3), and
(A)(4) of this rule. A request for disclosure must identify the information
being sought and the report from which it is being sought. The party that filed
the report containing the information being sought will be provided three
business days notice that information being held as confidential will be
disclosed unless a motion for protective order is filed within three business
days. To prevent disclosure, the party that filed the report containing the
information being sought must file a motion for protective order consistent
with rule
4901-1-24
of the Administrative Code within the three business days. If no motion for
protective order is filed, the information being sought will be disclosed on
the fourth business day after the notice of disclosure.
(b)
All other information filed with the commission and/or
staff will be deemed public pursuant to section
4905.07 of the Revised Code,
unless accompanied by a motion for protective order consistent with rule
4901-1-24
of the Administrative Code.
(B) Pursuant to Chapter 4935. and division
(E) of section 4928.02 of the Revised Code, any
entity that owns or has an affiliate that owns electric transmission or
distribution facilities shall provide or cause to be provided to the commission
and to staff cost-effective and efficient access to information regarding the
operation of the transmission or distribution systems of electric utilities to
assist in determining the existence and extent of a transmission constrained
area, and to information that may assist the commission or staff in determining
the impact of transmission constraints on the price of a competitive retail
electric service. Each entity that owns or that has an affiliate that owns
electric transmission or distribution facilities shall provide or cause to be
provided to the commission and staff a report of any denials of service for
either transmission or distribution service due to constraints in the
transmission or distribution system, the amounts of energy curtailed or denied,
the duration of these curtailments or denials, and the reasons why the service
was denied. These reports shall be provided to the commission and to staff
annually with the
third quarterly reports filed
pursuant to paragraph (A)(1) of this rule.
(C) Nothing in this rule shall limit the
ability of the commission, or staff, to collect additional data from any
electric distribution utility or any electric utility, electric services
company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to
certification under section
4928.08 of the Revised Code in
carrying out the commission's responsibilities under Chapter 4928. of the
Revised Code.
(D) The commission
may, upon an application or a motion filed by a party, waive any requirement of
this chapter, other than a requirement mandated by statute, for good cause
shown.
