Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Public Service Commission
Title R746 - Administration
Rule R746-430 - Procedural and Informational Requirements for Action Plans, for an Approval of a Significant Energy Resource, for Determination of Whether to Proceed, and for Waivers of a Solicitation Process or of an Approval of a Significant Energy Resource
Section R746-430-3 - Requests for a Determination of Whether to Proceed with an Approved Significant Energy Resource In the Event of Change in Circumstances or Costs
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 746-430-3
Current through Bulletin 2025-06, March 15, 2025
(1) Filing of a Request- When an Affected Utility seeks a Commission review and determination, pursuant to Section 54-17-304, of whether it should proceed with an approved Significant Energy Resource decision, the utility shall file with its request the following:
(a) Information concerning the nature and
cause of the change of circumstances or projected costs, including, but not
limited to, when and how the Affected Utility became aware of the change of
circumstances or projected costs and any actions it has taken;
(b) Information concerning all costs incurred
by the utility or to be incurred by the utility if the Commission determines
that the utility should not proceed with the approved Significant Energy
Resource, including those for which the utility anticipates it will seek future
recovery pursuant to Section
54-17-304(4);
(c) Information concerning the utility's
expectations concerning costs, timing and other aspects of an Approved Energy
Resource if the utility were to proceed with its acquisition with the changed
circumstances or projected costs. This information shall also include proposed
contracts or contract amendments, if any, to be used in the event the utility
were to proceed with the Significant Energy Resource;
(d) The utility's conclusions and
recommendations on whether it would or would not be in the public interest to
proceed with the Approved Energy Resource, and identification of all
information, data, models and analyses used in arriving at the utility's
conclusions and recommendations;
(e) Information concerning any alternatives
which the utility considered to meet the needs or purposes for which the
Approved Energy Resource is intended in the utility's own analysis of whether
or not to proceed with the Approved Energy Resource, including, but not limited
to, identification of all data, models, and analyses used by the utility;
and
(f) If the Commission has not
previously issued a Protective Order in the approval request proceeding, a
Proposed Protective Order, using the Commission's standard Protective Order,
which may be used to facilitate access to information which may be claimed as
confidential or protected.
(2) Procedure on a Request for a Commission Review and Determination on Whether to Proceed.
(a) The Affected Utility shall give notice of
the filing of its request to all parties who participated in the Commission
proceedings by which the Significant Energy Resource was approved, individuals
who have requested notification of such requests, and, additionally, as
directed by the Commission.
(b) The
Commission shall set and give notice of a scheduling conference by which it
will set a schedule which will identify the time period, if any, during which
interested persons may obtain information to prepare comments on the request,
set the date upon which comments shall be provided to the Commission and other
interested persons, and set a date upon which reply comments may be made to the
comments previously filed. The Commission may, but is not required to, set a
date for a public hearing on the request.
(c) The Affected Utility shall maintain a
complete record of its analyses and evaluations, including spreadsheets and
models materially relied upon by the utility, all materials submitted to the
Commission and all material submitted in response to discovery for a period of
ten years from the date the Commission issues an order on its request. A party
to a proceeding may petition the Commission to require specified additional
information to be maintained for a specified time.
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