Utah Admin. Code R746-440-3 - Process for Review and Determination of a Request for an Order to Proceed with Implementation of an Approved Resource Decision

(1) A request for such Commission review and determination shall include testimony and exhibits which provide:

(a) An explanation of the nature and cause of the change in circumstances or projected costs, including how the Energy utility became aware of the change in circumstances or projected cost and any action it has taken,

(b) An explanation of why an Order to Proceed is or is not, in the Energy utility's view, the proper response to the changed circumstances,

(c) The Energy utility's updated projections regarding the impact of the changed circumstances or projected costs on the timing, cost and other aspects of the approved Resource decision,

(d) The costs incurred to date in connection with the Resource decision,

(e) The Energy utility's updated projections of any unavoidable costs if the approved Resource decision is not pursued to completion, and

(f) Major proposed contracts or contract amendments, if any, to be used in the event of an Order to Proceed.

(2) Notice of a request for review and determination of an Order to Proceed shall be provided, by the Energy utility, to all parties in the docket in which the Resource decision was approved and otherwise as determined by the Commission.

(3) The Energy utility shall maintain a complete record of its analyses and evaluations relating to the Order to Proceed, including spreadsheets and models materially relied upon by the utility, all materials submitted to the Commission and all materials submitted in response to discovery requests during a proceeding involving a review and determination for at least 10 years from the date of the Commission's final order in a Commission proceeding for review and determination of an Order to Proceed with Implementation of an approved Resource decision. A party to a proceeding may petition the Commission to require specified additional materials to be maintained for a specified period.

(4) Issues regarding the production, treatment and use of materials of a confidential or proprietary nature, including issues regarding who is entitled to review those materials will be determined by the Commission.

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Utah Admin. Code R746-440-3