Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 126 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Division 03 - Utilities Section › Rule 126.03.11-003 - Conservation and Energy Efficiency Programs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Attachment B
Section
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: Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification
All aspects of utility-sponsored energy efficiency efforts,
				including, but not limited to, measures, programs, and reports are potentially
				subject to Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification (EM & V).
All EM & V activities undertaken as part of a
				utility-sponsored program, including, but not limited to, estimation of energy
				efficiency savings and process evaluations, shall be conducted consistent with
				the Arkansas Technical Reference Manual (TRM) and with national best program
				evaluation practices as established by the National Action Plan for Energy
				Efficiency ("NAPEE"), the State & Local Energy Efficiency Action ("SEE
				Action") Network, the International Performance Measurement and Verification
				Protocol ("IPMVP"), or other similar nationally or internationally accepted EM
				& V standards.
The TRM shall set forth Protocols for EM & V activities. An
				organization selected by a program administrator to conduct EM & V
				activities shall be independent of the organization or organizations involved
				in the particular EE program design, management, and implementation, such that
				the verification professionals conducting or reviewing evaluations have no
				financial stake, beyond the evaluation contract itself, in the program or
				program components being evaluated.
A.
			 Duty to Follow Procedures in Technical Reference Manual
EM & V activities shall be performed in a manner consistent
				with the applicable TRM provisions. If the TRM does not specify provisions for
				an EM & V activity, the utility shall conduct its EM & V activity with
				a level of effort consistent with the provisions of the TRM.
B. Amendment of Technical Reference Manual
1. The Commission shall maintain a docket or
			 dockets for consideration of TRM amendments.
2. Except for good cause shown, any petition
			 to intervene in a docket for consideration of a TRM amendment shall be filed
			 within fifteen (15) days of the filing of a TRM amendment.
3. Unless otherwise provided in a Commission
			 order, within twenty (20) days of the date upon which a proposed TRM amendment
			 has been filed, Staff shall, and the other parties may, file appropriate
			 responsive testimony or request suspension of the proposed amendment. If a
			 timely objection to an amendment is filed, or if the Commission acts on its own
			 to suspend the proposed amendment, the amendment will be suspended and an
			 appropriate procedural schedule will be established.
4. At the request of a party or on its own
			 motion, the Commission may schedule a hearing to consider a suspended
			 amendment. If no party requests a hearing within fifteen (15) days following
			 suspension, hearing shall be deemed waived. No suspended amendment may become
			 effective prior to a hearing or waiver of hearing.
5. The date of any Commission order approving
			 a TRM amendment becomes the effective date for that amendment, unless otherwise
			 provided in a Commission order.
C. Technical Reference Manual Availability
The TRM shall be available for inspection in the Secretary's
				Office and shall also be available on the Commission's
				website.