3 AAC 46.240 - Approval, rejection, or suspension of an integrated resource plan
(a) Not later than
45 days after receipt, the commission will approve, reject, or suspend an
integrated resource plan or plan update filed under a petition letter from an
electric reliability organization.
(b) If the commission approves an integrated
resource plan, the commission will issue an approval order within the 45-day
statutory notice period under
AS
42.05.780(b).
(c) If an electric reliability organization
submits an integrated resource plan or plan update that does not meet all of
the form and filing requirements provided under statute,
3
AAC 46.220, and
3
AAC 46.230, and the commission does not waive
requirements under
3
AAC 46.220(b) or
3
AAC 46.230(b),
(1) the commission may reject the filing;
unless the electric reliability organization perfects the filing, a rejected
filing is void;
(2) for a rejected
integrated resource plan or plan update, the statutory notice period under
AS
42.05.780(b) begins only
after the filing is supplemented, within a period specified by the commission,
to comply with all applicable requirements; if an electric reliability
organization
(A) fails to supplement a
rejected integrated resource plan or plan update in order to comply with all
applicable requirements within the period specified by the commission, the
commission will close the integrated resource plan or plan update and return it
to the electric reliability organization;
(B) refiles an integrated resource plan or
plan update that has previously been rejected, the commission will renumber the
integrated resource plan or plan update with the next available petition letter
number and treat it as a new filing.
(d) The commission may suspend an integrated
resource plan filed under
3
AAC 46.220 -
3
AAC 46.260 to investigate
(1) whether the proposed integrated resource
plan adequately meets the reliability requirements at the greatest value and
has evaluated a full range of cost-effective alternatives and options as
required under
AS
42.05.780(a); or
(2) the sufficiency and completeness of
filings made to meet the requirements of
3
AAC 46.220 and
3
AAC 46.230.
(e) In an order returning an integrated
resource plan to the electric reliability organization for modification, the
commission will specify the returned plan's statutory, regulatory, or other
deficiencies.
Notes
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.762
AS 42.05.770
AS 42.05.780
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