Iowa Admin. Code r. 199-35.6 - Contested case proceeding
(1) The
commission shall conduct a contested case proceeding for the purpose of
developing specific capacity and energy savings performance standards for each
utility required to be rate-regulated and reviewing energy efficiency and
demand response plans and budgets designed to achieve those savings.
(2) Within 30 days after filing, each
application for approval of an energy efficiency and demand response plan that
is submitted with the information and supporting documentation required by this
chapter, and that complies with the filing requirements of 199-Chapter 14,
shall be docketed as a contested case proceeding. The Iowa economic development
authority shall be considered a party to the proceeding. The proceeding shall
follow the applicable provisions of 199-Chapter 7.
(3) With the filing of a utility's
application for approval of the utility's energy efficiency plan, each utility
shall provide, for the commission 's review, a calculation of the percentage of
the utility's expected annual Iowa retail rate revenue , which the utility shall
determine by dividing the total projected budget for the five-year plan by the
total projected Iowa retail rate revenues for the five-year plan period. The
calculation of a utility's percentage of Iowa retail rate revenue may be
subject to confidential treatment under Iowa Code chapters 22 and 550 upon
request of the utility and as determined by the commission based on the
commission 's review of such request.
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(1) The commission shall conduct a contested case proceeding for the purpose of developing specific capacity and energy savings performance standards for each utility required to be rate-regulated and reviewing energy efficiency and demand response plans and budgets designed to achieve those savings.
(2) Within 30 days after filing, each application for approval of an energy efficiency and demand response plan that is submitted with the information and supporting documentation required by this chapter, and complies with the filing requirements of 199-Chapter 14, shall be docketed as a contested case proceeding. The Iowa economic development authority shall be considered a party to the proceeding. The proceeding shall follow the applicable provisions of 199-Chapter 7.
(3) The commission shall not require or allow a natural gas utility to adopt an energy efficiency plan that results in projected cumulative average annual costs that exceed 1.5 percent of the natural gas utility's expected annual Iowa retail rate revenue , shall not require or allow an electric utility to adopt an energy efficiency plan that results in projected cumulative average annual costs that exceed 2 percent of the electric utility's expected annual Iowa retail rate revenue , and shall not require or allow an electric utility to adopt a demand response plan that results in projected cumulative average annual costs that exceed 2 percent of the electric utility's expected annual Iowa retail rate revenue . With the filing of its application for approval of its energy efficiency plan, each utility shall provide, for the commission 's review, a calculation of the percent of the utility's expected annual Iowa retail rate revenue , which the utility shall determine by dividing the total projected budget for the five-year plan by the total projected Iowa retail rate revenues for the five-year plan period. The calculation of a utility's percent of Iowa retail rate revenue may be subject to confidential treatment under Iowa Code chapters 22 and 550 upon request of the utility and as determined by the commission based on the commission 's review of such request.