IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the
following rule shall govern the interpretation and applicability of
30
V.S.A. §
248.
A transmission line within the meaning of 30 V.S.A.
§ 5248, as amended effective March 31, 1972, is a line and
related facilities whose primary purpose is the delivery of electric
power in bulk to a distribution system or portion thereof which
serves individual customers. The Public Utility Commission will
assume that each of the following two types of lines are transmission
lines within the meaning of
30
V.S.A. §
248, as amended, in
the absence of a specific declaration by the Public Utility
Commission to the contrary:
(1) any line or facility designed
to operate or capable of operating over 30 KV; and
(2) any tie- line designed to
operate or capable of operating at any voltage. The tie line is a
line whose primary purpose is to interconnect portions of an electric
system for area reliability purposes. Specification (1) above does
not exclude any line of lower voltage if it would function primarily
as a transmission line within the meaning of the first sentence of
this definition.
A distribution line (or facility)
whose principal purpose is to serve individual customers, and whose
service to individual customers is physically interrupted only by a
transformer and service drop, remains under the jurisdiction of the
Environmental Board and District Environmental Commission as provided
by Act 250,
10 V.S.A. §
6001.
30
V.S.A. §
248 does not include
any transmission line for which a permit had been granted pursuant to
10 V.S.A. §
6001 et seq. which remains
effective. This latter provision is included to comply with
1 V.S.A. §
214(b) (2).
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 program, which shall be determined in a separate Board
process.
Section
5.302 For the purposes of this Rule, the following
definitions shall apply
(A) BED
means the City of Burlington Electric Department.
(B) Board means the Vermont Public
Service Board.
(C)
Commercial Customers means all non-residential 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
twelve-month period.
(D)
Customer Credit Program means a particular set of energy efficiency
services offered by the EEU, referred to as the Customer Credit
Program or Customer Credit Initiative, that was originally approved
by the Board in its September 30, 1999, Order in Docket 5980 and
subsequently modified, and as may be further modified in the
future.
(E) DPS means the
Vermont Department of Public Service.
(F) EEU means the statewide Energy
Efficiency Utility created by the Board pursuant to
30 V.S.A. §
209(d)(2).
(G) EEU Fund means the Energy
Efficiency Utility Fund, which is comprised of the funds collected
via the Energy Efficiency Charge, and is administered by the Fiscal
Agent.
(H) Electric bill
or bill means that portion of a customer's invoice from a Vermont
electric distribution utility comprised of charges for retail
electric service (whether pursuant to a tariff or a special
contract), and any applicable surcharges.
(I) Electric distribution utility
means any company, as defined in
30 V.S.A. §
201(a), subject to
regulation by the Board, which sells electricity to retail customers
in Vermont.
(J) Energy
Efficiency Charge means the charge on retail customers' electric
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 distribution utility service
territories.
(K) Fiscal
Agent means the fund administrator for the funds collected via the
Energy Efficiency Charge, pursuant to
30 V.S.A. §
209(d)(3).
(L) 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.
(M)
Industrial Customers means all non-residential 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
twelve-month period.
(N)
Rate Revenues means the revenues an electric distribution utility
receives from its retail electric sales.
(O) 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.
(P) 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.
Section 5.303 General Terms
(A) The Energy Efficiency Charge
shall be established at constant rates for 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) and
5.305(F). However, for good cause, the Board may change by Order the
Energy Efficiency Charge rates during any 12-calendar-month period,
after providing an opportunity for public comment.
(B) All retail customers' electric
bills shall be subject to, and shall be used in the calculation of,
the Energy Efficiency Charge, 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 Board in its October 15, 2004, Order in Docket 6987; (3) service
provided under any other special contracts specifically exempted by
the Board in its October 15, 2004, Order in Docket 6987, and
successors to those contracts, if specifically exempted by the Board
at the time that such successor contracts are approved; and (4) any
service specifically exempted by Board Order, for good cause shown,
with explicit reference to this Rule.
(C) Payment of the Energy
Efficiency Charge by customers of an electric distribution utility is
a requirement for service and is subject to applicable law and Board
rules, including but not limited to those rules governing deposit and
disconnection for non-payment.
(D) The Energy Efficiency Charge
shall be shown on at least a single line on bills sent by all
electric distribution utilities to customers.
(E) To the extent applicable to the
Energy Efficiency Charge, each electric 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 statewide via the Energy Efficiency Charge for energy
efficiency services, and the total amount to be collected in BED's
service territory via the Energy Efficiency Charge for energy
efficiency services. The total amount to be collected statewide and
the total amount to be collected in BED's service territory will be
determined by the Board in separate processes.
(B) The methodologies for
calculating the Energy Efficiency Charge rates shall use kWh and kW
sales and revenue data from the most recent calendar year for which
complete information is available. Some of this information shall be
obtained from either the FERC Form 1 or the Annual Report that is
required to be filed with the DPS by each electric distribution
utility. The specific information to be obtained from these reports
shall be:
. Total Rate Revenues
. Rate Revenues from Residential Customers
. kWh Sales to Residential Customers
. Such other information as the Board may deem
necessary for the calculation of the Energy Efficiency Charge
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 Board
and the DPS, on or before September 15 of each calendar year, using
the electronic filing format designated by the Board for this
purpose. The specific information to be provided by each electric
distribution utility shall be:
. Rate Revenues from Residential Customers Exempt
from Paying the Energy Efficiency Charge, if any
. kWh Sales to Residential Customers Exempt from
Paying the Energy Efficiency Charge, if any
. Rate Revenues from Commercial Customers Exempt from
Paying the Energy Efficiency Charge, if any
. kWh Sales to Commercial Customers Exempt from
Paying the Energy Efficiency Charge, if any
. Rate Revenues from Industrial Customers Exempt from
Paying the Energy Efficiency Charge, if any
. kWh Sales to Industrial Customers Exempt from
Paying the Energy Efficiency Charge, if any
. Rate Revenues from Commercial Customers
. kWh Sales to Commercial Customers
. Energy Revenues from Demand-Billed Commercial
Customers
. Demand Revenues from Demand-Billed Commercial
Customers
. kWh Sales to Demand-Billed Commercial
Customers
. Billed Peak kW Sales to Demand-Billed Commercial
Customers
. Rate Revenues from Industrial Customers
. kWh Sales to Industrial Customers
. Energy Revenues from Demand-Billed Industrial
Customers
. Demand Revenues from Demand-Billed Industrial
Customers
. kWh Sales to Demand-Billed Industrial
Customers
. Billed Peak kW Sales to Demand-Billed Industrial
Customers
. Such other information as the Board may deem
necessary for the calculation of the Energy Efficiency Charge
After provision of notice and opportunity to comment
to DPS and the electric distribution utilities, the Board 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 electric distribution utility to the Board and the DPS on or
before September 15 of each calendar year, using the electronic
filing format designated by the DPS for this purpose.
1. The specific information to be
provided by each electric distribution utility shall be:
. The actual amount of uncollectibles related to the
Energy Efficiency Charge for the first eight months of the current
calendar year. In determining uncollectible amounts attributable to
the Energy Efficiency Charge, an electric 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 non-payment 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 four 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
electric distribution utility's Allowance for Funds Used During
Construction rate or, if the electric distribution utility does not
have such a rate, the electric distribution utility's short-term
borrowing rate.
2. The specific information to be
provided by the DPS shall be:
. The difference between the prior year's estimate of
the uncollectibles related to the Energy Efficiency Charge for the
last four 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. This information shall be provided by the DPS,
working with the Fiscal Agent, using the electronic filing format
designated by the Board for this purpose. The specific information to
be provided by the DPS shall be:
. Year 1: A reasonable estimate of over- or
under-collections for the current calendar year for each rate class
-- residential, commercial, and industrial. Because of the two-month
lag between when the Energy Efficiency Charge is applied to billing
determinants and when the Fiscal Agent actually receives the funds,
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 a comparison of
(a) the sum of the Fiscal Agent's
actual collections for March through August of the current calendar
year plus the DPS's estimates of the Fiscal Agent's collections for
September 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 -- residential, commercial, and industrial. 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 the
year 2012, and any subsequent 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 which exceed the
amount which the EEU has spent plus the amount which 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)(22)). The
Board shall calculate the amount of Uncommitted Funds no later than
six months after the end of 2011 and any subsequent year in which an
EEU's three-year budget ends.
Section 5.305 Calculation
Methodology
(A) The Energy
Efficiency Charge 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) electric 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 use tax ( 32 V.S.A. § 9971(2)
).
(D) The methodologies
for calculating the Energy Efficiency Charge 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 Energy Efficiency Charge for energy efficiency services, as
determined by the Board.
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 Energy
Efficiency Charge, 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 Board had previously determined should be
collected in the prior year (as opposed to the next year). For
example, the Energy Efficiency Charge rates for 2006 will be set in
2005. In that year, the Prior Year Total Budget would be the Total
Budget for 2004, while the Total Budget referred to in the
calculation methodologies would be the Total Budget for
2006.
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 Energy Efficiency Charge for
energy efficiency services in the year for which the Energy
Efficiency Charge is being set, as determined by the Board. This
amount includes funds for support of the EEU as well as BED's budget
for core programs, the Fiscal Agent, the independent audit of the EEU
Fund, the DPS's EEU evaluation activities, the cost of publishing an
annual newspaper notice regarding the new Energy Efficiency Charge
rates (see Section 5.308(B)), and such other costs as the Board 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 Energy
Efficiency Charge. This amount also does not include funds needed to
"true-up" prior year Energy Efficiency Charge over- or
under-collections, and prior year distribution utility uncollectible
amounts related to the Energy Efficiency Charge.
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 5.302(C)(2) for
electric distribution utilities.
20. For the year 2013 and any
subsequent second year following the end of an EEU's three-year
budget, Uncommitted Funds means the amount raised by the Energy
Efficiency Charge which, as of the end of the calendar year in which
an EEU's three-year budget ends, exceeds the amount which the EEU has
spent plus the amount which it has not spent but is obligated to pay.
The term excludes amounts raised by the Energy Efficiency Charge
which are, as of that given date, encumbered under the Customer
Credit Program or are necessary to pay obligations relating to the
Fiscal Agent, the DPS's EEU evaluation activities, gross revenue
taxes (
30
V.S.A. §
22) , or
weatherization taxes (
33 V.S.A. §
2503) . For all other years,
Uncommitted Funds shall be equal to zero.
(E) The Energy Efficiency Charge
statewide rates shall be calculated using the following steps. These
rates shall apply in the service territories of all electric
distribution utilities except BED. All italicized terms are the
inputs to the calculations as defined in Section 5.305(D).
1a. For the year 2012, and any
subsequent year following the end of an EEU's three-year budget:
If Uncommitted Funds < 0.05 * Prior Year Total
Budget, then Budget Credit shall be determined by the Board in a
separate process
If Uncommitted Funds > 0.05 * Prior Year Total
Budget, then Budget Credit = Uncommitted Funds
1b. For all other years, Budget
Credit = 0
2. Total
Budget - BED Budget + ( Statewide Uncollectibles - BED
Uncollectibles) - Budget Credit = Amount to be Allocated
3a. (Statewide Residential Rate
Revenues - Dollar Value of Exempt Residential Deliveries) /
(Statewide Total Rate Revenues - Dollar Value of Exempt Residential,
Commercial, and Industrial Deliveries) = Statewide Residential
Revenue Percent
3b.
(Statewide Commercial Rate Revenues - Dollar Value of Exempt
Commercial Deliveries) / (Statewide Total Rate Revenues - Dollar
Value of Exempt Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Deliveries) =
Statewide Commercial Revenue Percent
3c. (Statewide Industrial Rate
Revenues - Dollar Value of Exempt Industrial Deliveries) / (Statewide
Total Rate Revenues - Dollar Value of Exempt Residential, Commercial,
and Industrial Deliveries) = Statewide Industrial Revenue
Percent
4a. (Amount to be
Allocated * Statewide Residential Revenue Percent) - (Statewide
Residential Over- or Under-Collections - BED Residential Over- or
Under-Collections) = Statewide Residential Collection
Amount
4b. (Amount to be
Allocated * Statewide Commercial Revenue Percent) - (Statewide
Commercial Over- or Under-Collections - BED Commercial Over- or
Under-Collections) = Statewide Commercial Collection Amount
4c. (Amount to be Allocated *
Statewide Industrial Revenue Percent) - (Statewide Industrial Over-
or Under-Collections - BED Industrial Over- or Under-Collections) =
Statewide Industrial Collection Amount
5a. Statewide Residential
Collection Amount / (Statewide Residential kWh Sales - ( Exempt
Residential Customer kWh Sales + Exempt Residential kWh Deliveries +
BED Residential kWh Sales)) = Statewide Residential kWh
Rate
5b. Statewide
Commercial Collection Amount / (Statewide Commercial kWh Sales -
(Exempt Commercial Customer kWh Sales + Exempt Commercial kWh
Deliveries + BED Commercial kWh Sales)) = Statewide Commercial kWh
Rate
5c. Statewide
Industrial Collection Amount / ( Statewide Industrial kWh Sales - (
Exempt Industrial Customer kWh Sales + Exempt Industrial kWh
Deliveries + BED Industrial kWh Sales)) = Statewide Industrial kWh
Rate
6a. Statewide
Commercial Demand-Billed Energy Revenues / ( Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed Energy Revenues + Statewide Commercial Demand-Billed
Demand Revenues) = Statewide Commercial Demand-Billed Energy Revenue
Percent
6b.
1 - Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed Energy Revenue Percent = Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed Demand Revenue Percent
6c. Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed Energy Revenues / ( Statewide Industrial Demand-Billed
Energy Revenues + Statewide Industrial Demand-Billed Demand Revenues)
= Statewide Industrial Demand-Billed Energy Revenue Percent
6d
1 - Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed Energy Revenue Percent = Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed Demand Revenue Percent
7a. (Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed kWh Sales - BED Commercial Demand-Billed kWh Sales) *
Statewide Commercial kWh Rate = Statewide Commercial Demand-Billed
Collection Amount
7b.
(Statewide Industrial Demand-Billed kWh Sales - BED Industrial
Demand-Billed kWh Sales) * Statewide Industrial kWh Rate = Statewide
Industrial Demand-Billed Collection Amount
8a. (Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed Collection Amount * Statewide Commercial Demand-Billed
Energy Revenue Percent) / (Statewide Commercial Demand-Billed kWh
Sales - BED Commercial Demand-Billed kWh Sales) = Statewide
Commercial Demand-Billed kWh Rate
8b. (Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed Collection Amount * Statewide Commercial 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
8c. (Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed Collection Amount * Statewide Industrial Demand-Billed
Energy Revenue Percent) / (Statewide Industrial Demand-Billed kWh
Sales - BED Industrial Demand-Billed kWh Sales) = Statewide
Industrial Demand-Billed kWh Rate
8d. (Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed Collection Amount * Statewide Industrial 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. A utility may petition the Board for
approval to use the total wattage of the light and an alternative
number of hours per month when performing this calculation.
10a. Statewide Residential kWh Rate
/ 0.99 = Final Statewide Residential kWh Rate
10b. Statewide Commercial kWh Rate
/ 0.99 = Final Statewide Commercial kWh Rate
10c. Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed kWh Rate / 0.99 = Final Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed kWh Rate
10d. Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed kW Rate / 0.99 = Final Statewide Commercial
Demand-Billed kW Rate
10e. Statewide Industrial kWh Rate
/ 0.99 = Final Statewide Industrial kWh Rate
10f. Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed kWh Rate / 0.99 = Final Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed kWh Rate
10g. Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed kW Rate / 0.99 = Final Statewide Industrial
Demand-Billed kW Rate
10h. Statewide Unmetered Street and
Security Light Monthly Rate / 0.99 = Final Statewide Unmetered Street
and Security Light Monthly Rate
(F) The Energy Efficiency Charge
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 Energy Efficiency Charge rate for BED's service
territory shall be calculated using the following steps. All
italicized terms are the inputs to the calculations as defined in
Section 5.305(D).
1. BED Budget +
BED Uncollectibles = BED Amount to be Allocated
2a. BED Residential Rate Revenues /
BED Total Rate Revenues = BED Residential Revenue Percent
2b. BED Commercial Rate Revenues /
BED Total Rate Revenues = BED Commercial Revenue Percent
2c. BED Industrial Rate Revenues /
BED Total Rate Revenues = BED Industrial Revenue Percent
3a. (BED Amount to be Allocated *
BED Residential Revenue Percent) - BED Residential Over- or
Under-Collections = BED Residential Collection Amount
3b. (BED Amount to be Allocated *
BED Commercial Revenue Percent) - BED Commercial Over- or
Under-Collections = BED Commercial Collection Amount
3c. (BED Amount to be Allocated *
BED Industrial Revenue Percent) - BED Industrial Over- or
Under-Collections = BED Industrial Collection Amount
4a. BED Residential Collection
Amount / (BED Residential kWh Sales - BED Exempt Residential Customer
kWh Sales) = BED Residential kWh Rate
4b. BED Commercial Collection
Amount / ( BED Commercial kWh Sales - BED Exempt Commercial Customer
kWh Sales) = BED Commercial kWh Rate
5a. 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
5b.
1 - BED Commercial Demand-Billed
Energy Revenue Percent = BED Commercial Demand-Billed Demand Revenue
Percent
5c.
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
5d.
1 - BED Industrial Demand-Billed
Energy Revenue Percent = BED Industrial Demand-Billed Demand Revenue
Percent
6a.
BED Commercial Demand-Billed kWh Sales * BED Commercial kWh Rate =
BED Commercial Demand-Billed Collection Amount
6b. BED Industrial Demand-Billed
kWh Sales * BED Industrial kWh Rate = BED Industrial Demand-Billed
Collection Amount
7a.
(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
7b. (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
7c. (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
7d. (BED Industrial Demand-Billed
Collection Amount * BED Industrial Demand-Billed Demand Revenue
Percent) / BED Industrial Demand-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
9a. BED
Residential kWh Rate / 0.99 = Final BED Residential kWh
Rate
9b. BED Commercial
kWh Rate / 0.99 = Final BED Commercial kWh Rate
9c. BED Commercial Demand-Billed
kWh Rate / 0.99 = Final BED Commercial Demand-Billed kWh
Rate
9d. BED Commercial
Demand-Billed kW Rate / 0.99 = Final BED Commercial Demand-Billed kW
Rate
9e. BED Industrial
Demand-Billed kWh Rate / 0.99 = Final BED Industrial Demand-Billed
kWh Rate
9f. BED
Industrial Demand-Billed kW Rate / 0.99 = Final BED Industrial
Demand-Billed kW Rate
9g.
BED Unmetered Street and Security Light Monthly Rate / 0.99 = Final
BED Unmetered Street and Security Light Monthly Rate
Section 5.306
Performance of Annual Calculation
(A) By October 15 of each calendar
year, the DPS may provide the Board its calculation of the Energy
Efficiency Charge rates to be effective with bills rendered on and
after the following February 1. Any such calculation shall use the
inputs specified in Section 5.304 and the methodologies specified in
Sections 5.305(E) and 5.305(F). If the DPS provides such a
calculation, the Board shall review the calculation and, by November
1, announce its decision regarding the final Energy Efficiency Charge
rates to be effective with bills rendered on and after the following
February 1.
(B) If the
DPS elects not to provide the Board with the calculation described in
Section
5. 306(A),
the Board itself shall calculate the Energy Efficiency Charge rates
to be effective with bills rendered on and after the following
February 1. By November 1, the Board shall announce its decision
regarding the final Energy Efficiency Charge rates to be effective
with bills rendered on and after the following February 1.
Section 5.307 Decimal
Places
(A) All final Energy
Efficiency Charge kWh rates shall be calculated to five decimal
places and all final Energy Efficiency Charge kW 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 and/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.
(C) On or before
September 15 of each calendar year, using the electronic filing
format designated by the Board for this purpose and other data
reporting requirements (see Section 5.304(B)), each electric
distribution utility shall provide to the Board and the DPS the
number of decimal places its billing system can accommodate for kWh
and kW rates.
Section
5.308 Customer Notice
(A) Annually, in all of its
December billing cycles, each electric distribution utility shall
publish notice to customers, through a bill insert or newsletter, of
the Energy Efficiency Charge rates that will take effect with bills
rendered on or after February 1 of the following year, in such form
as the Clerk of the Board approves. If, however, an electric
distribution utility uses postcard or "printed through the envelope"
billing and therefore is unable to provide a bill insert or
newsletter, the electric distribution utility shall provide notice to
customers of the Energy Efficiency Charge rates that will take effect
with bills rendered on or after February 1 of the following year in
such form as the Clerk of the Board approves. If a utility uses an
identical form to that approved by the Clerk of the Board in a prior
year, except for the actual amounts of the EEC rates and the
effective date of the new rates, it shall not be necessary for the
utility to obtain the Clerk of the Board's approval for the new
notice.
Each electric distribution utility may request
reimbursement from the DPS for the incremental cost of adding the
notice to a bill insert or newsletter which otherwise would be issued
to its customers, or, if the electric distribution utility is unable
to provide a bill insert or newsletter, the electric distribution
utility may request reimbursement from the DPS for the incremental
cost of the form of notice approved by the Clerk of the Board. Any
requests for reimbursement must be received by the DPS by February 20
of the year in which the new Energy Efficiency Charge rates will take
effect.
(B) In
December of each year, the Board 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 Board 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 to the Fiscal Agent
(A) Each electric distribution
utility shall send to the Fiscal Agent the total amount of the Energy
Efficiency Charge billed to customers no later than 23 days after the
end of the billing month. By the same date, each electric
distribution utility shall also provide the Fiscal Agent with
documentation supporting its calculation of the total amount of the
Energy Efficiency Charge billed to customers for the relevant billing
month.
Section
5.310 Reimbursement to Electric Distribution Utilities
for Uncollectible Amounts Related to the Energy Efficiency Charge
(A) On or before February 20 of
each calendar year, each electric distribution utility seeking
reimbursement for uncollectible amounts related to the prior year's
Energy Efficiency Charge shall submit an invoice to the DPS setting
forth the amounts calculated in accordance with 5. 304(C), except
that each electric 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, the EEU Fiscal Agent shall pay
each electric distribution utility that submitted an invoice pursuant
to Section 5.310(A), the total Energy Efficiency Charge uncollectible
amount for the electric distribution utility's service territory in
the prior calendar year. Such payments by the EEU Fiscal Agent shall
be subject to the "Guidelines for Disbursements from the Energy
Efficiency Fund" adopted by the Board as part of its oversight of the
Fiscal Agent, as the Board may amend from time to time.
