Current through February, 2024
Section 5.301
Applicability
This rule shall govern the calculation of the
Energy Efficiency Charge rates, pursuant to
30 V.S.A. §
209(d)(3). This
rule does not address the annual budget for the Energy Efficiency
Utility programs, which shall be determined in a separate Commission
process.
Section
5.302 For the Purposes of This Rule, the Following
Definitions Shall Apply
Additional defined terms are found in
Section 5.305(D).
(A)
Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes means the applicable taxes
established under
30 V.S.A. §
22 to fund the Commission and the
Department and under
33 V.S.A. §
2503 to fund low-income
weatherization.
(B) BED
means the City of Burlington Electric Department.
(C) Bill means that portion of a
customer's invoice from a distribution utility comprised of charges
for retail electric or natural gas service (whether pursuant to a
tariff or a special contract), and any applicable surcharges.
(D) Ccf means centum
cubic feet.
(E)
Commercial Customers means all non-residential electricity customers
using less than 1000 kW of electrical demand service per month for
all months during the preceding calendar year or for the most recent
preceding 12-month period.
(F) Commission means the Vermont
Public Utility Commission.
(G) Customer Credit Program means a
particular set of energy efficiency services offered by an EEU,
referred to as the Customer Credit Program or Customer Credit
Initiative that was originally approved by the Commission in its
September 30, 1999, Order in Docket 5980 and subsequently modified,
and as may be further modified in the future.
(H) Department means the Vermont
Department of Public Service.
(I) Distribution Utility means any
company, as defined in
30 V.S.A. §
201(a), subject to
regulation by the Commission, that sells electricity or natural gas
to retail customers in Vermont.
(J) EEU means an energy efficiency
utility appointed by the Commission pursuant to
30 V.S.A. §
209(d)(2).
(K) EEU Fund means the
Energy Efficiency Utility Fund, which includes funds collected via
the Energy Efficiency Charge, pursuant to
30 V.S.A. §
209(d)(3).
(L) Electric EEC means the electric
Energy Efficiency Charge.
(M) Energy Efficiency Charge means
the charge on retail customers' electric and natural gas bills,
pursuant to
30 V.S.A. §
209(d)(3), the
proceeds from which are used to fund energy efficiency services
delivered in multiple electric and natural gas distribution utility
service territories.
(N)
Fixed Monthly EEC means a flat monthly Electric EEC for net-metered
customers who do not have the equipment necessary to determine their
gross electric consumption.
(O) Generation Displacement means
the displacement of a customer's own generation of electricity by
electricity supplied by an electric distribution utility, where
otherwise the customer could meet its needs through its own existing
generation.
(P)
Industrial Customers means all non-residential electricity customers
using 1,000 kW or more of electrical demand service per month for any
month during the preceding calendar year or for the most recent
preceding 12-month period.
(Q) Natural Gas EEC means the
natural gas Energy Efficiency Charge.
(R) Natural Gas EEU Fund means the
funds collected via the Natural Gas EEC and administered pursuant to
30 V.S.A. §
209(d)(3).
(S) Rate Revenues means the
revenues a distribution utility receives from its retail electric or
natural gas sales.
(T)
Residential Customers means all customers to whom electricity is
supplied for residential or domestic purposes, consistent with each
electric distribution utility's tariffs for residential service.
(U) Station Service
means electricity service provided to generating stations by an
electric distribution utility at times when the generating station is
not producing electricity for itself
(V) VELCO means Vermont Electric
Power Company.
Section
5.303 General Terms
(A)
The Energy Efficiency Charge shall be established at constant rates
for 12 calendar months, beginning with bills rendered on or after
February 1 of each year, with no proration, using the methodologies
set out in Sections 5.305(E) through 5.305(0). However, for good
cause, the Commission may change by Order the Energy Efficiency
Charge rates during any 12-calendar-month period, after providing an
opportunity for public comment.
(B)
(1) For the Electric EEC, all
retail customers' electric bills shall be subject to, and shall be
used in the calculation of, the Electric EEC, except bills for (1)
service provided under generation displacement contracts to customers
who do not receive energy efficiency services; (2) station service
exempted by the Commission in its October 15, 2004, Order in Docket
6987; (3) service provided under any other special contracts
specifically exempted by the Commission in its October 15, 2004,
Order in Docket 6987, and successors to those contracts, if
specifically exempted by the Commission at the time that such
successor contracts are approved; (4) station service provided to the
Kingdom Community Wind facility and the Jay Synchronous Condenser;
and (5) any service specifically exempted by Commission Order, for
good cause shown, with explicit reference to this rule.
(2) The Electric EEC shall be
applied in a volumetric manner to the gross electric consumption of
each retail customer unless the application of the charge is
expressly exempted by operation of law. For purposes of netmetering
systems, as defined in
30 V.S.A. §
8002, gross electric consumption
means the electricity a net-metering customer has consumed fom the
grid plus the electricity the customer consumed from the customer's
net-metering system. If, as of the effective date of this rule, a
net-metering customer does not have the equipment necessary for their
distribution utility to determine their gross electric consumption,
the customer shall pay a Fixed Monthly EEC, unless the customer
chooses to install the equipment necessary for their distribution
utility to determine their gross electric consumption, in which case
the customer shall be charged the Electric EEC based upon the
customer's gross consumption. The Fixed Monthly EEC shall be
determined by rate class and shall be based upon the average
statewide monthly consumption and demand for the previous year for
the rate class times the Electric EEC rate for the year the rate is
being implemented.
(C) For the Natural Gas EEC, all
retail customers' natural gas bills shall be subject to and used in
the calculation of the Natural Gas EEC, except wholesale compressed
natural gas customers served under Vermont Gas Rates IS-CNG-T or
IS-CNG-TR or other customers specifically exempted by the Commission
or by statute.
(D)
Payment of the Energy Efficiency Charge by customers of a
distribution utility is a requirement for service and is subject to
applicable law and Commission rules, including those rules governing
deposit and disconnection for non-payment.
(E) The Energy Efficiency Charge
shall be shown on at least a single line on bills sent by all
distribution utilities to customers.
(F) To the extent applicable to the
Energy Efficiency Charge, each distribution utility shall bill and
remit the sales tax on the Energy Efficiency Charge in the same
manner as it otherwise bills and remits the sales tax.
Section 5.304
Information Needed to Calculate the Energy Efficiency Charge Rates
(A) The methodologies for
calculating the Energy Efficiency Charge rates (set forth in Section
5.305 ) shall use information regarding the total amount to be
collected in each EEUs service territory via the Energy Efficiency
Charge for energy efficiency services. The total amount to be
collected in each EEUs service territory is determined by the
Commission in separate processes.
(B) The methodologies for
calculating the Electric EEC rates for electric distribution
utilities shall use kWh and kW sales and revenue data from the most
recent calendar year for which complete information is available or,
as may be applicable, forecasts of sales and revenue data for at
least the period during which the rates will be in effect in
accordance with this rule. Some of this information shall be obtained
from the FERC Form 1, each electric distribution utility, sales
forecasts by Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) or each
distribution utility, or the utilities' least-cost integrated plans
under
30 V.S.A. §
218c.
The specific information to be provided by the
distribution utilities includes:
-- Total and forecasted Rate Revenues
-- Current and forecasted Rate Revenues from
Residential Customers
-- Current and forecasted kWh Sales to and gross
consumption by Residential Customers
-- Total and forecasted consumption from the most
recent Least-Cost Integrated Plan
-- Total and forecasted consumption from Vermont
Electric Power Company's (VELCO) most current published load forecast
and any electric distribution utility updates thereto
-- Such other information as the Commission may deem
necessary for the calculation of the Electric EEC
Additional kWh and kW sales and revenue data from the
most recent calendar year for which complete information is available
shall be provided by each electric distribution utility to the
Commission, the Department, and the EEU serving its territory on or
before August 1 of each calendar year, using the electronic filing
format designated for this purpose by the EEU serving that utility's
territory. The specific information to be provided by each electric
distribution utility shall be:
-- Rate Revenues from Residential Customers exempt
from paying the Electric EEC, if any
-- kWh Sales to and gross consumption by Residential
Customers exempt from paying the Electric EEC, if any
-- Rate Revenues from Commercial Customers exempt
from paying the Electric EEC, if any
-- kWh Sales to and gross consumption by Commercial
Customers exempt from paying the Electric EEC, if any
-- Rate Revenues from Industrial Customers exempt
from paying the Electric EEC, if any
-- kWh Sales to and gross consumption by Industrial
Customers exempt from paying the Electric EEC, if any
-- Rate Revenues from Commercial Customers
-- kWh Sales to and gross consumption by Commercial
Customers
-- Energy Revenues from Demand-Billed Commercial
Customers
-- Demand Revenues from Demand-Billed Commercial
Customers
-- kWh Sales to and gross consumption by
Demand-Billed Commercial Customers
-- Billed Peak kW Sales to Demand-Billed Commercial
Customers
-- Rate Revenues from Industrial Customers
-- kWh Sales to and gross consumption by Industrial
Customers
-- Energy Revenues from Demand-Billed Industrial
Customers
-- Demand Revenues from Demand-Billed Industrial
Customers
-- kWh Sales to and gross consumption by
Demand-Billed Industrial Customers
-- Billed Peak kW Sales to Demand-Billed Industrial
Customers
-- Electric EEC collections from Residential
Customers
-- Electric EEC collections from Commercial
Customers
-- Electric EEC collections from Demand-Billed
Commercial Customers
-- Electric EEC collections from Industrial
Customers
-- Electric EEC collections from Demand-Billed
Industrial Customers
-- Such other information as the Commission may deem
necessary for the calculation of the Electric EEC
After provision of notice and opportunity to comment
to the Department and the electric distribution utilities, the
Commission may modify, in a manner applicable to all electric
distribution utilities, the foregoing list of information to be
provided by those utilities.
(C) The methodologies for
calculating the Energy Efficiency Charge rates shall use information
regarding utility uncollectible amounts related to the Energy
Efficiency Charge. This information shall be provided by each
distribution utility to the Commission, the Department, and the EEU
serving its territory on or before August 1 of each calendar year,
using the electronic filing format designated for this purpose by the
EEU serving that utility's territory.
1. The specific information to be
provided by each distribution utility shall be:
-- The actual amount of uncollectibles related to the
Energy Efficiency Charge for the first six months of the current
calendar year. In determining uncollectible amounts attributable to
the Energy Efficiency Charge, a distribution utility may include,
after exhausting reasonably available remedies, a partial non-payment
of a bill by a customer, provided that the only portion of such
nonpayment attributed to the Energy Efficiency Charge is that amount
determined by multiplying the partial non-payment by a fraction with
the numerator consisting of the Energy Efficiency Charge amount on
the bill and the denominator consisting of the total amount on the
bill. If a utility's billing system does not allow the actual amount
of non-payments attributed to the Energy Efficiency Charge to be
easily determined, a utility may calculate the amount of
uncollectible amounts attributed to the Energy Efficiency Charge by
multiplying the utility's total amount of uncollectible amounts by a
fraction with the numerator consisting of the utility's Energy
Efficiency Charge billings and the denominator consisting of the
utility's retail billings for the same time period.
-- A reasonable estimate of the uncollectibles
related to the Energy Efficiency Charge for the remaining six months
of the current calendar year.
-- A carrying charge for uncollectibles related to
the Energy Efficiency Charge for the current calendar year. This
charge shall be calculated by multiplying the uncollectibles related
to the Energy Efficiency Charge for the current calendar year by
either the distribution utility's Allowance for Funds Used During
Construction rate or, if the distribution utility does not have such
a rate, the distribution utility's short-term borrowing rate.
2. The specific
information to be provided by the EEUs shall be:
-- The difference between the prior year's estimates
of the uncollectibles related to the Energy Efficiency Charge for the
last six months of the prior calendar year and the actual
uncollectibles related to the Energy Efficiency Charge for that
period. This difference shall be calculated by subtracting the prior
year's estimate from the sum of the actual amounts provided by the
distribution utilities when they requested reimbursement for their
prior year's uncollectibles related to the Energy Efficiency Charge
pursuant to Section 5.310. The result may be a positive or negative
number.
(D) The methodologies for
calculating the Energy Efficiency Charge rates shall use information
regarding previous over- and under-collections of the Energy
Efficiency Charge as reported by the distribution utilities. The
specific information to be provided by the EEU s shall be:
-- Year 1: A reasonable estimate of over- or
under-collections for the current calendar year for each rate class.
Because of the lag between when the Energy Efficiency Charge is
applied to billing determinants for distribution utilities and when
the funds are received, collections for the current calendar year
will actually occur from March of the current calendar year through
February of the following calendar year. The estimate of over- or
under-collections shall be determined based upon comparison
of:
a) the sum of the actual
collections for March through June of the current calendar year plus
the EEU's estimates of the collections for July of the current
calendar year through February of the following calendar year;
and
b) the amount
authorized to be collected via the Energy Efficiency Charge over the
time period described in item (a) above.
Over-collections occur when the estimate in item (a)
above exceeds the amount authorized to be collected in item (b)
above. Under-collections occur when the amount authorized to be
collected in item (b) above exceeds the estimate in item (a).
-- Year 2: The difference between the prior year's
estimate of the over-or under-collections for the prior calendar year
and the actual over- or under-collections for that period for each
rate class. This difference shall be calculated by subtracting the
prior year's estimate for each rate class from the actual amount for
each rate class. In these calculations, over-collections shall be
positive numbers and under-collections shall be negative numbers. The
result of the calculations may be positive or negative
numbers.
(E) For any second year following
the end of an EEU's three-year budget, the methodologies for
calculating the Energy Efficiency Charge rates shall use information
regarding funds previously raised by the Energy Efficiency Charge
that exceed the amount that the EEU has spent plus the amount that it
has not spent but is obligated to pay. (These are referred to as
"Uncommitted Funds"; this term is precisely defined in Section
5.305(D)(20).) The Commission shall calculate the amount of
Uncommitted Funds after the end of any year in which an EEUs
three-year budget ends pursuant to Section 5.305(E)(1).
(F) In calculating the Natural Gas
EEC rates, an EEU shall use the projected Mcf sales and revenue data
from the most recent natural gas distribution utility's rate filing,
including natural gas cost adjustment filings. In the event such
filing is more than six months old, the EEU may use a more recent
forecast prepared using similar methodology. The specific information
to be obtained from this filing shall be:
-- Projected total annual Rate Revenues
-- Projected annual Rate Revenues by rate
class
-- Projected annual Rate Revenues by rate class, from
customers exempt from paying the Natural Gas EEC
-- Projected Ccf sales to each rate class
-- Projected Ccf sales to each rate class from
customers exempt from paying the Natural Gas EEC
Section 5.305
Calculation Methodology
(A) The
Electric EEC rates shall be calculated on a statewide basis, except
for the service territory of BED.
(B) The Energy Efficiency Charge
shall be designed to raise the total amount to be collected for
statewide energy efficiency services plus the additional amount of
the gross revenue tax (
30 V.S.A. §
22 ) and fuel gross receipts or
"weatherization" tax (
33 V.S.A. §
2503 ) applicable to the Energy
Efficiency Charge, adjusted for (1) distribution utility
uncollectibles associated with the Energy Efficiency Charge, and (2)
over- or under collection of the Energy Efficiency Charge in prior
years.
(C) The Energy
Efficiency Charge shall not be designed to raise, and shall not
include, the sales and usetax (
32 V.S.A. §
9771(2)
).
(D) The methodologies
for calculating the Electric EEC rates for all electric distribution
utilities' service territories are detailed in Sections 5.305(E) and
5.305(F). The specific terms used in these methodologies shall have
the following meanings for the purpose of this rule.
1. When BED is used immediately
preceding another defined term, it means the defined term shall
include only information related to BED's service territory.
2. BED Budget means the
total amount to be collected in BED's service territory via the
Electric EEC for energy efficiency services, as determined by the
Commission.
3. When
Commercial is used in conjunction with another defined term, it means
the defined term shall include only information related to Commercial
Customers.
4.
Demand-Billed Billed Peak kW Sales means the billed peak kW sales to
demand-billed customers provided by electric distribution utilities
pursuant to Section 5.304(B).
5. Demand-Billed Demand Revenues
means the demand revenues from demand-billed customers provided by
electric distribution utilities pursuant to Section
5.304(B).
6.
Demand-Billed Energy Revenues means the energy revenues from
demand-billed customers provided by electric distribution utilities
pursuant to Section 5.304(B).
7. Demand-Billed kWh Sales means
the kWh sales to demand-billed customers provided by electric
distribution utilities pursuant to Section 5.304(B).
8. Exempt Customer kWh Sales means
the sum of all kWh sales to customers exempted from paying the
Electric EEC, as provided by all electric distribution utilities
pursuant to Section 5.304(B).
9. When Industrial is used in
conjunction with another defined term, it means the defined term
shall include only information related to Industrial Customers.
10. kWh Sales means the
kWh Sales provided by electric distribution utilities pursuant to
Section 5.304(B).
11.
Light Size means the nominal wattage of an unmetered street or
security light.
12. Over-
or Under-Collections means the sum of the bulleted items listed in
Section 5.304(D) for electric distribution utilities. This may be a
positive or negative number.
13. Prior Year Total Budget means
the Total Budget that the Commission had previously determined should
be collected in the prior year (as opposed to the next year). For
example, the Electric EEC rates for 2018 would be set in 2017. In
that year, the Prior Year Total Budget would be the Total Budget for
2016, while the Total Budget referred to in the calculation
methodologies would be the Total Budget for 2018.
14. Rate Revenues means the Rate
Revenues provided by electric distribution utilities pursuant to
Section
5. 304(B).
15. When Residential is
used in conjunction with another defined term, it means the defined
term shall include only information related to Residential Customers.
16. When Statewide is
used immediately preceding another defined term, it means the other
defined term shall include information related to all electric
distribution utilities.
17. Total Budget means the total
amount to be collected statewide via the Electric EEC for energy
efficiency services in the year for which the Electric EEC for
electric distribution utilities is being set, as determined by the
Commission. This amount includes funds for support of the statewide
electric EEU as well as bed's EEU budget, the independent audit of
the EEU Fund, the Department's electric EEU evaluation activities,
the cost of publishing an annual newspaper notice regarding the new
Electric EEC rates (see Section 5.308(B) ), and such other costs as
the Commission may approve. This amount does not include funds for
payment of the gross revenue tax (
30 V.S.A. §
22 ) and the fuel gross receipts or
"weatherization" tax (
33 V.S.A. §
2503 ) applicable to the Electric
EEC. This amount also does not include funds needed to "true-up"
prior year Electric EEC over- or under-collections, or prior year
electric distribution utility uncollectible amounts related to the
Electric EEC.
18. Total
Rate Revenues means the Total Rate Revenues provided by electric
distribution utilities pursuant to Section 5.304(B).
19. Uncollectibles means the sum of
the bulleted items listed in Sections 5.304(C)(1) and 5.304(C)(2) for
electric distribution utilities.
20. For any second year following
the end of an EEUs three-year budget, Uncommitted Funds means the
amount raised by the Energy Efficiency Charge that, as of the end of
the calendar year in which the EEU's three-year budget ends, exceeds
the amount that the EEU has spent plus the amount that it has not
spent but is obligated to pay. The term excludes amounts raised by
the Energy Efficiency Charge that are, as of that given date,
encumbered under the Customer Credit Program or are necessary to pay
obligations relating to any fiscal agent, the Department's EEU
evaluation activities, gross revenue taxes (
30 V.S.A. §
22 ), or fuel gross receipts or
"weatherization" taxes (
33 V.S.A. §
2503 ). For all other years,
Uncommitted Funds shall be equal to zero.
(E) The Electric EEC statewide
rates for electric distribution utilities shall be calculated using
the following steps. These rates shall apply in the service
territories of all electric distribution utilities except BED. The
terms used in this subsection are defined in Section 5.305(D), above.
The Electric EEC statewide rates may, based on data
collected by the statewide electric EEU, be calculated using historic
or forecasted electric distribution utility billing determinants, and
total revenue requirements for the period during which the rates will
be in effect. Where a step involves the use of reported data,
forecasted data for the period during which the rates will be in
effect in accordance with this rule may be used.
1.
a.
For any year following the end of an EEUs three-year
budget:
If Uncommitted Funds < 0.05 * Prior Year Total
Budget, then Budget Credit shall be determined by the Commission in a
separate process
If Uncommitted Funds > 0.05 * Prior Year Total
Budget, then Budget Credit = Uncommitted Funds
b. For all other years, Budget
Credit = 0
2.
Electric EEU Total Budget - BED Budget+ (Electric Statewide
Uncollectibles - BED Uncollectibles)
- Budget Credit = Amount to be Allocated
3.
a.
(Statewide Residential Electric Rate Revenues -
Dollar Value of Exempt Residential Deliveries) / (Statewide Total
Electric Rate Revenues - Dollar Value of Exempt Residential,
Commercial, and Industrial
Electric Deliveries) = Statewide Residential Electric
Revenue Percent
b. (Statewide Commercial Electric
Rate Revenues - Dollar Value of Exempt Commercial Deliveries) /
(Statewide Total Electric Rate Revenues - Dollar Value of Exempt
Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Electric Deliveries) =
Statewide Commercial Electric Revenue Percent
c. (Statewide Industrial Electric
Rate Revenues - Dollar Value of Exempt Industrial Deliveries)/
(Statewide Total Electric Rate Revenues -Dollar Value of Exempt
Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Electric Deliveries) =
Statewide Industrial Electric Revenue Percent
4.
a.
(Amount to be Allocated * Statewide Residential
Electric Revenue Percent) - (Statewide Residential Electric Over- or
Under-Collections -BED Residential Over- or Under-Collections) =
Statewide Residential Electric Collection Amount
b. (Amount to be Allocated *
Statewide Commercial Electric Revenue Percent) - (Statewide
Commercial Electric Over- or Under-Collections - BED Commercial Over-
or Under-Collections) = Statewide Commercial Electric Collection
Amount
c. (Amount to be
Allocated * Statewide Industrial Electric Revenue Percent) -
(Statewide Industrial Electric Over- or Under-Collections -BED
Industrial Over- or Under-Collections) = Statewide Industrial
Electric Collection Amount
5.
a.
Statewide Residential Electric Collection Amount /
(Statewide Residential kWh Sales - (Exempt Residential Customer kWh
Sales + Exempt Residential kWh Deliveries + BED Residential kWh
Sales)) = Statewide Residential kWh Rate
b. Statewide Commercial Electric
Collection Amount / (Statewide Commercial kWh Sales - (Exempt
Commercial Customer kWh Sales + Exempt Commercial kWh Deliveries +
BED Commercial kWh Sales)) = Statewide Commercial kWh Rate
c. Statewide Industrial Electric
Collection Amount / (Statewide Industrial kWh Sales - (Exempt
Industrial Customer kWh Sales + Exempt Industrial kWh Deliveries +
BED Industrial kWh Sales)) = Statewide Industrial kWh Rate
6.
a. Statewide Commercial Electric
Demand-Billed Energy Revenues / (Statewide Commercial Electric
Demand-Billed Energy Revenues + Statewide Commercial Electric
Demand-Billed Demand Revenues) = Statewide Commercial Electric
Demand-Billed Energy Revenue Percent
b. 1 - Statewide Commercial
Electric Demand-Billed Energy Revenue Percent = Statewide Commercial
Electric Demand-Billed Demand Revenue Percent
c. Statewide Industrial Electric
Demand-Billed Energy Revenues / (Statewide Industrial Electric
Demand-Billed Energy Revenues + Statewide Industrial Electric
Demand-Billed Demand Revenues) = Statewide Industrial Electric
Demand-Billed Energy Revenue Percent
d. 1 - Statewide Industrial
Electric Demand-Billed Energy Revenue Percent = Statewide Industrial
Electric Demand-Billed Demand Revenue Percent
7.
a. (Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed kWh Sales - BED Commercial Demand-Billed kWh Sales) *
Statewide Commercial kWh Rate = Statewide Commercial Electric
Demand-Billed Collection Amount
b. (Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed kWh Sales - BED Industrial Demand-Billed kWh Sales) *
Statewide Industrial kWh Rate = Statewide Industrial Electric
Demand-Billed Collection Amount
8.
a. (Statewide Commercial Electric
Demand-Billed Collection Amount * Statewide Commercial Electric
Demand-Billed Energy Revenue Percent) / (Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed kWh Sales -BED Commercial Demand-Billed kWh Sales) =
Statewide Commercial Demand-Billed kWh Rate
b. (Statewide Commercial Electric
Demand-Billed Collection Amount * Statewide Commercial Electric
Demand-Billed Demand Revenue Percent) / (Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed Billed Peak kW Sales -BED Commercial Demand-Billed
Billed Peak kW Sales) = Statewide Commercial Demand-Billed kW
Rate
c. (Statewide
Industrial Electric Demand-Billed Collection Amount * Statewide
Industrial Electric Demand-Billed Energy Revenue Percent) /
(Statewide Industrial Demand-Billed kWh Sales - BED Industrial
Demand-Billed kWh Sales) = Statewide Industrial Demand-Billed kWh
Rate
d. (Statewide
Industrial Electric Demand-Billed Collection Amount * Statewide
Industrial Electric Demand-Billed Demand Revenue Percent) /
(Statewide Industrial Demand-Billed Billed Peak kW Sales -BED
Industrial Demand-Billed Billed Peak kW Sales) = Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed kW Rate
9. Statewide Commercial kWh Rate *
Light Size * 360 hours per month = Statewide Unmetered Street and
Security Light Monthly Rate. An electric distribution utility may
petition the Commission for approval to use the total wattage of the
light and an alternative number of hours per month when performing
this calculation.
10.
a. Statewide Residential kWh Rate /
(1- Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final Statewide Residential
kWh Rate
b. Statewide
Commercial kWh Rate / (1- Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final
Statewide Commercial kWh Rate
c. Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed kWh Rate / (1- Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final
Statewide Commercial Demand-Billed kWh Rate
d. Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed kW Rate / (1- Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final
Statewide Commercial Demand-Billed kW Rate
e. Statewide Industrial kWh Rate /
(1- Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final Statewide Industrial kWh
Rate
f. Statewide
Industrial Demand-Billed kWh Rate / (1- Applicable Gross Receipts
Taxes) = Final Statewide Industrial Demand-Billed kWh Rate
g. Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed kW Rate / (1- Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final
Statewide Industrial Demand-Billed kW Rate
h. Statewide Unmetered Street and
Security Light Monthly Rate / (1-Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) =
Final Statewide Unmetered Street and Security Light Monthly
Rate
(F) The Electric EEC rates for BED'
s service territory shall be calculated using essentially the same
methodology as that listed in Section 5.305(E), except that all
inputs shall be specific to BED's service territory. As a result, the
Electric EEC rate for BED's service territory shall be calculated
using the following steps. The terms used in this subsection are
defined in Section 5.305(D), above.
1. BED Budget + BED Uncollectibles
= BED Amount to be Allocated
2.
a. BED Residential Rate Revenues /
BED Total Rate Revenues = BED Residential Revenue Percent
b. BED Commercial Rate Revenues /
BED Total Rate Revenues = BED Commercial Revenue Percent
c.. BED Industrial Rate Revenues /
BED Total Rate Revenues = BED Industrial Revenue Percent
3.
a. (BED Amount to be Allocated *
BED Residential Revenue Percent) - BED Residential Over- or
Under-Collections = BED Residential Collection Amount
b. (BED Amount to be Allocated *
BED Commercial Revenue Percent) - BED Commercial Over- or
Under-Collections = BED Commercial Collection Amount
c. (BED Amount to be Allocated *
BED Industrial Revenue Percent) - BED Industrial Over- or
Under-Collections = BED Industrial Collection Amount
4.
a. BED Residential Collection
Amount / (BED Residential kWh Sales - BED Exempt Residential Customer
kWh Sales) = BED Residential kWh Rate
b. BED Commercial Collection Amount
/ (BED Commercial kWh Sales - BED Exempt Commercial Customer kWh
Sales) = BED Commercial kWh Rate
5.
a. BED Commercial Demand-Billed
Energy Revenues/ (BED Commercial Demand-Billed Energy Revenues + BED
Commercial Demand-Billed Demand Revenues) = BED Commercial
Demand-Billed Energy Revenue Percent
b. 1 - BED Commercial Demand-Billed
Energy Revenue Percent = BED Commercial Demand-Billed Demand Revenue
Percent
c. BED
Industrial Demand-Billed Energy Revenues / (BED Industrial
Demand-Billed Energy Revenues + BED Industrial Demand-Billed Demand
Revenues) = BED Industrial Demand-Billed Energy Revenue
Percent
d. 1 - BED
Industrial Demand-Billed Energy Revenue Percent = BED Industrial
Demand-Billed Demand Revenue Percent
6.
a. BED Commercial Demand-Billed kWh
Sales * BED Commercial kWh Rate = BED Commercial Demand-Billed
Collection Amount
b. BED
Industrial Demand-Billed kWh Sales * BED Industrial kWh Rate = BED
Industrial Demand-Billed Collection Amount
7.
a. (BED Commercial Demand-Billed
Collection Amount * BED Commercial Demand-Billed Energy Revenue
Percent) / BED Commercial Demand-Billed kWh Sales = BED Commercial
Demand-Billed kWh Rate
b. (BED Commercial Demand-Billed
Collection Amount * BED Commercial Demand-Billed Demand Revenue
Percent) / BED Commercial Demand-Billed Billed Peak kW Sales = BED
Commercial Demand-Billed kW Rate
c. (BED Industrial Demand-Billed
Collection Amount * BED Industrial Demand-Billed Energy Revenue
Percent) / BED Industrial Demand-Billed kWh Sales = BED Industrial
Demand-Billed kWh Rate
d.
(BED Industrial Demand-Billed Collection Amount * BED Industrial
Demand-Billed Demand Revenue Percent) / BED Industrial pemand-Billed
Billed Peak kW Sales = BED Industrial Demand-Billed kW Rate
8. BED Commercial kWh
Rate * Light Size * 354 hours per month = BED Unmetered Street and
Security Light Monthly Rate
9.
a. BED Residential kWh Rate / (1-
Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final BED Residential kWh Rate
b. BED Commercial kWh
Rate / (1- Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final BED Commercial
kWh Rate
c. BED
Commercial Demand-Billed kWh Rate / (1- Applicable Gross Receipts
Taxes) = Final BED Commercial Demand-Billed kWh Rate
d. BED Commercial Demand-Billed kW
Rate / (1- Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final BED Commercial
Demand-Billed kW Rate
e.
BED Industrial Demand-Billed kWh Rate / (1- Applicable Gross Receipts
Taxes) = Final BED Industrial Demand-Billed kWh Rate
f. BED Industrial Demand-Billed kW
Rate / (1- Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final BED Industrial
Demand-Billed kW Rate
g.
BED Unmetered Street and Security Light Monthly Rate / (1-Applicable
Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final BED metered Street and Security Light
Monthly Rate
(G) The Natural Gas EEC shall be
calculated using the following steps and adjusted for the net effect
of Natural Gas EEC uncollectibles and over- or under-collection of
the Natural Gas EEC in prior years.
1. Each Rate Class
a. (Total Rate Class Revenues -
Total Revenue of Exempt Customers) / (Total Rate Revenues - Dollar
Value of Total Exempt Customer Rate Revenue) = Rate Class Revenue
Percent
b. (Rate Class
Revenue Percent * Total Natural Gas EEU Fund) = Rate Class Collection
Amount
c. Rate Class
Collection Amount / (Rate Class Ccf Sales - Exempt Rate Class Ccf
Sales) = Rate Class Ccf Rate
d. Rate Class Ccf Rate / (1 -
Applicable Gross Receipts Taxes) = Final Rate Class Ccf
Rate
2. For
customers in the Low-Income Assistance Program (LIAP), the Natural
Gas EEC shall be calculated as the Residential Rate Class Ccf Rate *
0.8
Section
5.306 Performance of Annual Calculation
(A) By October 1 of each calendar
year, an EEU shall provide the Commission its calculation of the
Electric EEC or Natural Gas EEC rates to be effective with bills
rendered on and after the following February 1, unless the EEU
complies with Section 5.306(B). Any such calculation shall use the
inputs specified in Section 5.304 and the methodologies specified in
Sections 5.305(E), 5.305(F), and 5.305(G). The Commission shall
review the calculations and, by November 1, announce its decision
regarding the final Electric EEC and Natural Gas EEC rates to be
effective with bills rendered on and after the following February 1.
(B) An EEU may propose
calculating the Energy Efficiency Charge using alternative
methodologies. If the EEU proposes alternative methodologies to
calculate the Energy Efficiency Charge, the EEU shall provide the
Department and the Commission with two calculations of the Energy
Efficiency Charge by September 1 of the calendar year. The first
calculation shall use the methodologies established by this rule
under Sections 5.305(E), 5.305(F), and 5.305(G), as applicable, and
the second calculation shall use the proposed alternative
methodologies. The EEU shall include an explanation of the proposed
alternative methodologies, the formulas used to calculate the Energy
Efficiency Charge under the alternative methodologies, the reason for
proposing the alternative methodologies, and the effects of the
alternative methodologies on ratepayers. Any questions about the
proposed alternative methodologies shall be filed by September 15 and
comments by September 30. The Commission shall review these
calculations and, by November 1 of each calendar year or as soon
thereafter as possible, shall announce its decision regarding the
final Electric EEC and Natural Gas EEC rates to be effective with
bills rendered on and after the following February 1.
Section 5.307 Decimal
Places
(A) All final Electric EEC
kWh rates shall be calculated to five decimal places, and all final
Electric EEC kW rates shall be calculated to four decimal places. All
final Natural Gas EEC Ccf rates shall be calculated to four decimal
places.
(B)
Notwithstanding Section 5.307(A), if an electric distribution
utility's billing system cannot accommodate the required number of
decimal places, it may calculate the energy or demand rates using as
many decimal places as its billing system can use, up to the required
number. Any rounding shall be done by rounding numbers 1 through 4
down, and 5 through 9 up.
Section 5.308 Customer Notice
(A) Annually, in December billing
cycles, each distribution utility shall publish notice to customers,
through a bill insert, message on the bill directing customers to a
specific page on the EEU s website identifying the rates, or
newsletter, of the Electric EEC or Natural Gas EEC rates, whichever
is applicable, that will take effect with bills rendered on or after
February 1 of the following year, in such form as the Commission
approves. If, however, a distribution utility uses postcard or
"printed through the envelope" billing and therefore is unable to
provide a bill insert, message on the bill, or newsletter, the
distribution utility shall provide notice to customers of the
Electric EEC or Natural Gas EEC rates, whichever is applicable, that
will take effect with bills rendered on or after February 1 of the
following year in such form as the Commission approves. If a
distribution utility uses an identical form to that approved by the
Commission in a prior year, except for the actual amounts of the
Electric EEC or Natural Gas EEC rates and the effective date of the
new rates, it shall not be necessary for the utility to obtain the
Commission's approval for the new notice.
Each distribution utility may request approval from
the Department for reimbursement from the EEU Fund for the
incremental cost of adding the notice to a bill insert or newsletter
that otherwise would be issued to its customers, or, if the
distribution utility is unable to provide a bill insert or
newsletter, the distribution utility may request reimbursement from
the Department for the incremental cost of the form of notice
approved by the Commission. Any requests for reimbursement must be
received by the Department by February 20 of the year in which the
new Energy Efficiency Charge rates will take effect.
(B) In December of each
year, the Commission may, at its discretion, publish a newspaper
notice stating the Energy Efficiency Charge rates that will take
effect with bills rendered on or after February 1 of the following
year, and such other matters as the Commission may deem appropriate.
Publishing the newspaper notice will be paid for by funds collected
via the Energy Efficiency Charge.
Section 5.309 Payment of the Energy
Efficiency Charge
(A) Each
distribution utility shall remit to the EEU Fund the total amount of
the Electric EEC or Natural Gas EEC, whichever is applicable, billed
to customers no later than 23 days after the end of the billing
month. By the same date, each distribution utility shall also provide
the respective EEU, the manager of the EEU Fund, and any other entity
required by the Commission with documentation supporting its
calculation of the total amount of the Electric EEC or Natural Gas
EEC billed to customers for the relevant billing month.
Section 5.310
Reimbursement to Distribution Utilities for Uncollectible Amounts
Related to the Energy Efficiency Charge
(A) On or before February 20 of
each calendar year, any distribution utility seeking reimbursement
for uncollectible amounts related to the prior year's Electric EEC or
Natural Gas EEC shall submit an invoice to the Department setting
forth the amounts calculated in accordance with 5.304(C), except that
the distribution utility shall substitute actual uncollectibles for
any estimates used in the 5.304(C) calculation.
(B) On or before March 1 of each
calendar year, each distribution utility that submitted an invoice
pursuant to Section 5.31 O(A) shall be paid the total Electric EEC or
Natural Gas EEC uncollectible amount for the distribution utility's
service territory in the prior calendar year.
Section 5.311 Effective Date
(A) Except for Section 5.303(B)(2)
and the use of the phrase "and gross consumption by" in Section
5.304(B), this rule shall take effect on August 26, 2019.
(B) Section 5.303(B)(2) and the use
of the phrase "and gross consumption by" in Section 5.304(B) shall
take effect on July 1, 2021.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
30 V.S.A. §§
2,
209
