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Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 23 - NET METERING › Section R14-2-2305 - New or Additional Charges

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Net Metering charges shall be assessed on a nondiscriminatory
				  basis. Any proposed charge that would increase a Net Metering Customer's costs
				  beyond those of other customers with similar load characteristics or customers
				  in the same rate class that the Net Metering Customer would qualify for if not
				  participating in Net Metering shall be filed by the Electric Utility with the
				  Commission for consideration and approval. The charges shall be fully supported
				  with cost of service studies and benefit/cost analyses. The Electric Utility
				  shall have the burden of proof on any proposed charge.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 23 - NET METERING › Section R14-2-2306 - Billing for Net Metering

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A. On
				a monthly basis, the Net Metering Customer shall be billed or credited based
				upon the rates applicable under the Customer's currently effective standard
				rate schedule and any appropriate rider schedules.
B. The billing period for Net Metering will
				be the same as the billing period under the Customer's applicable standard rate
				schedule.
C. If the kWh supplied by
				the Electric Utility exceed the kWh that are generated by the Net Metering
				Facility and delivered back to the Electric Utility during the billing period,
				the Customer shall be billed for the net kWh supplied by the Electric Utility
				in accordance with the rates and charges under the Customer's standard rate
				schedule.
D. If the electricity
				generated by the Net Metering Customer exceeds the electricity supplied by the
				Electric Utility in the billing period, the Customer shall be credited during
				the next billing period for the excess kWh generated. That is, the excess kWh
				during the billing period will be used to reduce the kWh supplied (not kW or
				kVA demand or customer charges) and billed by the Electric Utility during the
				following billing period.
E.
				Customers taking service under time-of-use rates who are to receive credit in a
				subsequent billing period for excess kWh generated shall receive such credit
				during the next billing period during the on- or off-peak periods corresponding
				to the on- or off-peak periods in which the kWh were generated by the
				Customer.
F. Once each calendar
				year the Electric Utility shall issue a check or billing credit to the Net
				Metering Customer for the balance of any credit due in excess of amounts owed
				by the Customer to the Electric Utility. The payment for any remaining credits
				shall be at the Electric Utility's Avoided Cost. That Avoided Cost shall be
				clearly identified in the Electric Utility's Net Metering tariff.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 23 - NET METERING › Section R14-2-2307 - Net Metering Tariff

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A.
				Each Electric Utility shall file, for approval by the Commission, a Net
				Metering tariff within 120 days from the effective date of these rules,
				including financial information and supporting data sufficient to allow the
				Commission to determine the Electric Utility's fair value for the purposes of
				evaluating any specific proposed charges. The Commission shall issue a decision
				on these filings within 120 days.
B. The Net Metering tariff shall specify
				standard rates for annual purchases of remaining credits from Net Metering
				Facilities and may specify total utility capacity limits. If total utility
				capacity limits are included in the tariff, such limits must be fully
				justified.
C. Electric utilities
				may include seasonally and time of day differentiated Avoided Cost rates for
				purchases from Net Metering Customers, to the extent that Avoided Costs vary by
				season and time of day.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 23 - NET METERING › Section R14-2-2308 - Filing and Reporting Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Prior to May 1 of each year, each Electric
				Utility shall file a report listing all existing Net Metering Facilities and
				the inverter power rating or generator rating as of the end of the previous
				calendar year.
B. Also included in
				this report shall be, for each existing Net Metering Facility, the monthly
				amount of energy delivered to and from the Electric Utility and, if available,
				the monthly peak demand delivered to and from the Electric Utility.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2402 - Applicability

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Article applies to each affected utility classified as
				  Class A according to
				  R14-2-103(A)(3)(q),
				  unless the affected utility is an electric distribution cooperative that has
				  fewer than 25% of its customers in Arizona.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2403 - Goals and Objectives

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A. An
				affected utility shall design each DSM program:
1. To be cost-effective, and
2. To accomplish at least one of the
				following:
a. Energy efficiency,
b. Load management, or
c. Demand response.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2405 - Implementation Plans

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Except as
				provided in
				R14-2-2418,
				on June 1 of each odd year, or annually at the election of each affected
				utility, each affected utility shall file with Docket Control, for Commission
				review and approval, an implementation plan describing how the affected utility
				intends to meet the energy efficiency standard for the next one or two calendar
				years, as applicable, except that the initial implementation plan shall be
				filed within 30 days of the effective date of this Article.
B. The implementation plan shall include the
				following information:
1. Except for the
				initial implementation plan, a description of the affected utility's compliance
				with the requirements of this Article for the previous calendar year;
2. Except for the initial implementation
				plan, which shall describe only the next calendar year, a description of how
				the affected utility intends to comply with this Article for the next two
				calendar years, including an explanation of any modification to the rates of an
				existing DSM adjustment mechanism or tariff that the affected utility believes
				is necessary;
3. Except for the
				initial implementation plan, which shall describe only the next calendar year,
				a description of each DSM program to be newly implemented or continued in the
				next two calendar years and an estimate of the annual kWh and kW savings
				projected to be obtained through each DSM program;
4. The estimated total cost and cost per kWh
				reduction of each DSM measure and DSM program described in subsection
				(B)(3);
5. A DSM tariff filing
				complying with R14-2-2406(A) or a request to modify and reset an adjustment
				mechanism complying with
				R14-2-2406(C),
				as applicable; and
6. For each new
				DSM program or DSM measure that the affected utility desires to implement, a
				program proposal complying with
				R14-2-2407.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2406 - DSM Tariffs

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. An
				affected utility's DSM tariff filing shall include the following:
1. A detailed description of each method
				proposed by the affected utility to recover the reasonable and prudent costs
				associated with implementing the affected utility's intended DSM
				programs;
2. Financial information
				and supporting data sufficient to allow the Commission to determine the
				affected utility's fair value, including, at a minimum, the information
				required to be submitted in a utility annual report filed under
				R14-2-212(G)(4);
3. Data supporting
				the level of costs that the affected utility believes will be incurred in order
				to comply with this Article; and
4.
				Any other information that the Commission believes is relevant to the
				Commission's consideration of the tariff filing.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2407 - Commission Review and Approval of DSM Programs and DSM Measures

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. An affected
				utility shall obtain Commission approval before implementing a new DSM program
				or DSM measure.
B. An affected
				utility may apply for Commission approval of a DSM program or DSM measure by
				submitting a program proposal either as part of its implementation plan
				submitted under
				R14-2-2405
				or through a separate application.
C. A program proposal shall include the
				following:
1. A description of the DSM
				program or DSM measure that the affected utility desires to
				implement,
2. The affected
				utility's objectives and rationale for the DSM program or DSM
				measure,
3. A description of the
				market segment at which the DSM program or DSM measure is aimed,
4. An estimated level of customer
				participation in the DSM program or DSM measure,
5. An estimate of the baseline,
6. The estimated societal benefits and
				savings from the DSM program or DSM measure,
7. The estimated societal costs of the DSM
				program or DSM measure,
8. The
				estimated environmental benefits to be derived from the DSM program or DSM
				measure,
9. The estimated
				benefit-cost ratio of the DSM program or DSM measure,
10. The affected utility's marketing and
				delivery strategy,
11. The affected
				utility's estimated annual costs and budget for the DSM program or DSM
				measure,
12. The implementation
				schedule for the DSM program or DSM measure,
13. A description of the affected utility's
				plan for monitoring and evaluating the DSM program or DSM measure,
				and
14. Any other information that
				the Commission believes is relevant to the Commission's consideration of the
				tariff filing.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2408 - Parity and Equity

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A. An affected
				utility shall develop and propose DSM programs for residential,
				non-residential, and low-income customers.
B. An affected utility shall allocate DSM
				funds collected from residential customers and from non-residential customers
				proportionately to those customer classes to the extent practicable.
C. The affected utility costs of DSM programs
				for low-income customers shall be borne by all customer classes, except where a
				customer or customer class is specifically exempted by Commission
				order.
D. DSM funds collected by an
				affected utility shall be used, to the extent practicable, to benefit that
				affected utility's customers.
E.
				All customer classes of an affected utility shall bear the costs of DSM
				programs by payment through a non-bypassable mechanism, unless a customer or
				customer class is specifically exempted by Commission order.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2409 - Reporting Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. By
				March 1 of each year, an affected utility shall submit to the Commission, in a
				Commission-established docket for that year, a DSM progress report providing
				information for each of the affected utility's Commission-approved DSM programs
				and including at least the following:
1. An
				analysis of the affected utility's progress toward meeting the annual energy
				efficiency standard;
2. A list of
				the affected utility's current Commission-approved DSM programs and DSM
				measures, organized by customer segment;
3. A description of the findings from any
				research projects completed during the previous year; and
4. The following information for each
				Commission-approved DSM program or DSM measure:
a. A brief description;
b. Goals, objectives, and savings
				targets;
c. The level of customer
				participation during the previous year;
d. The costs incurred during the previous
				year, disaggregated by type of cost, such as administrative costs, rebates, and
				monitoring costs;
e. A description
				and the results of evaluation and monitoring activities during the previous
				year;
f. Savings realized in kW,
				kWh, therms, and BTUs, as appropriate;
g. The environmental benefits realized,
				including reduced emissions and water savings;
h. Incremental benefits and net benefits, in
				dollars;
i. Performance-incentive
				calculations for the previous year;
j. Problems encountered during the previous
				year and proposed solutions;
k. A
				description of any modifications proposed for the following year; and
l. Whether the affected utility proposes to
				terminate the DSM program or DSM measure and the proposed date of
				termination.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2410 - Cost Recovery

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. An
				affected utility may recover the costs that it incurs in planning, designing,
				implementing, and evaluating a DSM program or DSM measure if the DSM program or
				DSM measure is all of the following:
1.
				Approved by the Commission before it is implemented,
2. Implemented in accordance with a
				Commission-approved program proposal or implementation plan, and
3. Monitored and evaluated for
				cost-effectiveness pursuant to
				R14-2-2415.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2411 - Performance Incentives

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In the implementation plans required by
				  R14-2-2405,
				  an affected utility may propose for Commission review a performance incentive
				  to assist in achieving the energy efficiency standard set forth in
				  R14-2-2404.
				  The Commission may also consider performance incentives in a general rate
				  case.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2412 - Cost-effectiveness

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A. An affected
				utility shall ensure that the incremental benefits to society of the affected
				utility's overall DSM portfolio exceed the incremental costs to society of the
				DSM portfolio.
B. The Societal Test
				shall be used to determine cost-effectiveness.
C. The analysis of a DSM program's or DSM
				measure's cost-effectiveness may include:
1.
				Costs and benefits associated with reliability, improved system operations,
				environmental impacts, and customer service;
2. Savings of both natural gas and
				electricity; and
3. Any uncertainty
				about future streams of costs or benefits.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2413 - Baseline Estimation

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A. To
				determine the baseline, an affected utility shall estimate the level of
				electric demand and consumption and the associated costs that would have
				occurred in the absence of a DSM program or DSM measure.
B. For demand response programs, an affected
				utility shall use customer load profile information to verify baseline
				consumption patterns and the peak demand savings resulting from demand response
				actions.
C. For installations or
				applications that have multiple fuel choices, an affected utility shall
				determine the baseline using the same fuel source actually used for the
				installation or application.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2414 - Fuel Neutrality

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A.
				Ratepayer-funded DSM shall be developed and implemented in a fuel-neutral
				manner.
B. An affected utility
				shall use DSM funds collected from electric customers for electric DSM
				programs, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission.
C. An affected utility may use DSM funds
				collected from electric customers for thermal envelope improvements.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2415 - Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research

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A. An affected utility shall monitor and
				evaluate each DSM program and DSM measure to:
1. Ensure compliance with the
				cost-effectiveness requirements of
				R14-2-2412;
2. Determine participation rates, energy
				savings, and demand reductions;
3.
				Assess the implementation process for the DSM program or DSM measure;
4. Obtain information on whether to continue,
				modify, or terminate a DSM program or DSM measure; and
5. Determine the persistence and reliability
				of the affected utility's DSM.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2416 - Program Administration and Implementation

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. An affected utility may use an energy
				service company or other external resource to implement a DSM program or DSM
				measure.
B. The Commission may, at
				its discretion, establish independent program administrators who would be
				subject to the relevant requirements of this Article.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2417 - Leveraging and Cooperation

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. An
				affected utility shall, to the extent practicable, participate in cost sharing,
				leveraging, or other lawful arrangements with customers, vendors,
				manufacturers, government agencies, other electric utilities, or other entities
				if doing so will increase the effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of a DSM
				program or DSM measure.
B. An
				affected utility shall participate in a DSM program or DSM measure with a
				natural gas utility when doing so is practicable and if doing so will increase
				the effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of a DSM program or DSM
				measure.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2418 - Compliance by Electric Distribution Cooperatives

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. An electric distribution cooperative that
				is an affected utility shall comply with the requirements of this Section
				instead of meeting the requirements of
				R14-2-2404(A) and
				(B) and R14-2-2405(A).
B. An electric distribution cooperative
				shall, on June 1 of each odd year, or annually at its election:
1. File with Docket Control, for Commission
				review and approval, an implementation plan for each DSM program to be
				implemented or maintained during the next one or two calendar years, as
				applicable; and
2. Submit to the
				Director of the Commission's Utilities Division an electronic copy of its
				implementation plan in a format suitable for posting on the Commission's web
				site.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 24 - ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2419 - Waiver from the Provisions of This Article

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. The Commission may waive compliance with
				any provision of this Article for good cause.
B. An affected utility may petition the
				Commission to waive its compliance with any provision of this Article for good
				cause.
C. A petition filed pursuant
				to this Section shall have priority over other matters filed under this
				Article.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2502 - Applicability

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Article applies to each affected utility classified as
				  Class A according to
				  R14-2-103(A)(3)(q).
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2503 - Goals and Objectives

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. An
				affected utility shall design each DSM program to be cost-effective.
B. An affected utility shall consider the
				following when planning and implementing a DSM or RET program:
1. Whether the DSM or RET program will
				advance market transformation and achieve sustainable savings, reducing the
				need for future market interventions;
2. Whether the affected utility can ensure a
				level of funding adequate to sustain the DSM or RET program and allow the
				program to achieve its targeted goals; and
3. If a DSM program, whether the DSM program
				will achieve cost-effective energy savings.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2505 - Implementation Plans

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Except as
				provided in
				R14-2-2518
				and
				R14-2-2519,
				on June 1 of each odd year, or annually at the election of each affected
				utility, each affected utility shall file with Docket Control, for Commission
				review and approval, an implementation plan describing how the affected utility
				intends to meet the energy efficiency standard for the next one or two calendar
				years, as applicable, except that the initial implementation plan shall be
				filed within 30 days of the effective date of this Article.
B. The implementation plan shall include the
				following information:
1. Except for the
				initial implementation plan, a description of the affected utility's compliance
				with the requirements of this Article for the previous calendar year;
2. Except for the initial implementation
				plan, which shall describe only the next calendar year, a description of how
				the affected utility intends to comply with this Article for the next two
				calendar years, including an explanation of any modification to the rates of an
				existing DSM adjustment mechanism or tariff that the affected utility believes
				is necessary;
3. Except for the
				initial implementation plan, which shall describe only the next calendar year,
				a description of each DSM and RET program to be newly implemented or continued
				in the next two calendar years and an estimate of the annual therm or therm
				equivalent savings projected to be obtained through each DSM and RET
				program;
4. The estimated total
				cost and cost per therm reduction of each DSM measure and program and each RET
				and RET program described in subsection (B)(3);
5. A DSM tariff filing complying with
				R14-2-2506(A) or a request to modify and reset an adjustment mechanism
				complying with
				R14-2-2506(C),
				as applicable; and
6. For each new
				DSM measure and program and each RET and RET program that the affected utility
				desires to implement, a program proposal complying with
				R14-2-2507.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2506 - DSM Tariffs

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. An
				affected utility's DSM tariff filing shall include the following:
1. A detailed description of each method
				proposed by the affected utility to recover the reasonable and prudent costs
				associated with implementing the affected utility's intended DSM and RET
				programs;
2. Financial information
				and supporting data sufficient to allow the Commission to determine the
				affected utility's fair value, including, at a minimum, the information
				required to be submitted in a utility annual report filed under
				R14-2-312(G)(4);
3. Data supporting
				the level of costs that the affected utility believes will be incurred in order
				to comply with this Article; and
4.
				Any other information that the Commission believes is relevant to the
				Commission's consideration of the tariff filing.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2507 - Commission Review and Approval of DSM and RET Programs

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. An affected utility shall obtain
				Commission approval before implementing a new DSM program or measure or a new
				RET program or RET.
B. An affected
				utility may apply for Commission approval of a DSM program or measure or an RET
				program or RET by submitting a program proposal either as part of its
				implementation plan submitted under
				R14-2-2505
				or through a separate application.
C. A program proposal shall include the
				following:
1. A description of the DSM
				program or measure or RET program or RET that the affected utility desires to
				implement;
2. The affected
				utility's objectives and rationale for the DSM program or measure or RET
				program or RET;
3. A description of
				the market segment at which the DSM program or measure or RET program or RET is
				aimed;
4. An estimated level of
				customer participation in the DSM program or measure or RET program or
				RET;
5. An estimate of the
				baseline;
6. For a DSM program or
				measure:
a. The estimated societal benefits
				and savings from the DSM program or measure,
b. The estimated societal costs of the DSM
				program or measure, and
c. The
				estimated benefit-cost ratio of the DSM program or measure;
7. The estimated environmental
				benefits to be derived from the DSM program or measure or RET program or
				RET;
8. The affected utility's
				marketing and delivery strategy;
9.
				The affected utility's estimated annual costs and budget for the DSM program or
				measure or RET program or RET;
10.
				The implementation schedule for the DSM program or measure or RET program or
				RET;
11. A description of the
				affected utility's plan for monitoring and evaluating the DSM program or
				measure or RET program or RET; and
12. Any other information that the Commission
				believes is relevant to the Commission's consideration of the filing.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2508 - Parity and Equity

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A. An affected
				utility shall develop and propose DSM programs for residential,
				non-residential, and low-income customers.
B. An affected utility shall allocate DSM
				funds collected from residential customers and from non-residential customers
				proportionately to those customer classes to the extent practicable.
C. The affected utility costs of DSM and RET
				programs for low-income customers shall be borne by all customer classes,
				except where a customer or customer class is specifically exempted by
				Commission order.
D. DSM funds
				collected by an affected utility shall be used, to the extent practicable, to
				benefit that affected utility's customers.
E. All customer classes of an affected
				utility shall bear the costs of DSM and RET programs by payment through a
				non-bypassable mechanism, unless a customer or customer class is specifically
				exempted by Commission order.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2509 - Reporting Requirements

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A. By
				April 1 of each year, an affected utility shall submit to the Commission, in a
				Commission-established docket for that year, a DSM progress report providing
				information for each of the affected utility's Commission-approved DSM and RET
				programs including at least the following:
1.
				An analysis of the affected utility's progress toward meeting the annual energy
				efficiency standard;
2. A list of
				the affected utility's current Commission-approved DSM and RET programs,
				organized by customer segment;
3. A
				description of the findings from any research projects completed during the
				previous year; and
4. The following
				information for each Commission-approved DSM program and measure and RET
				program and RET:
a. A brief
				description;
b. Goals, objectives,
				and savings targets;
c. The level
				of customer participation during the previous year;
d. The costs incurred during the previous
				year, disaggregated by type of cost, such as administrative costs, rebates, and
				monitoring costs;
e. A description
				and the results of evaluation and monitoring activities during the previous
				year;
f. Savings realized in kW,
				kWh, therms, and therm equivalents, as appropriate;
g. The environmental benefits
				realized;
h. Incremental benefits
				and net benefits, in dollars;
i.
				Performance-incentive calculations for the previous year;
j. Problems encountered during the previous
				year and proposed solutions;
k. A
				description of any modifications proposed for the following year; and
l. Whether the affected utility proposes to
				terminate the DSM program or measure or RET program or RET and the proposed
				date of termination.
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A. An
				affected utility may recover the costs that it incurs in planning, designing,
				implementing, and evaluating a DSM program or measure or RET program or RET if
				the DSM program or measure or RET program or RET is all of the following:
1. Approved by the Commission before it is
				implemented;
2. Implemented in
				accordance with a Commission-approved program proposal or implementation plan;
				and
3. Monitored and evaluated,
				pursuant to
				R14-2-2515.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2511 - Revenue Decoupling

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The Commission shall review and address financial or other
				  disincentives, recovery of fixed costs, and recovery of net lost
				  income/revenue, including, but not limited to, implementation of a revenue
				  decoupling mechanism, due to Commission-approved DSM and RET programs, if an
				  affected utility requests such review in its rate case and provides adequate
				  documentation/records supporting its request in its rate
				  application.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2512 - Cost-effectiveness

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A. An affected
				utility shall ensure that the incremental benefits to society of the affected
				utility's overall group of DSM programs exceed the incremental costs to society
				of the overall group of DSM programs.
B. The Societal Test shall be used to
				determine cost-effectiveness.
C.
				The analysis of a DSM program's or DSM measure's cost-effectiveness may
				include:
1. Costs and benefits associated
				with reliability, improved system operations, environmental impacts, and
				customer service;
2. Savings of
				both gas and electricity; and
3.
				Any uncertainty about future streams of costs or benefits.
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A. To
				determine the baseline, an affected utility shall estimate the level of gas
				demand and consumption and the associated costs that would have occurred in the
				absence of a DSM program.
B. For
				installations or applications that have multiple fuel choices, an affected
				utility shall determine the baseline using the same fuel source that would have
				actually been used for the installation or application in the absence of a DSM
				program.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2514 - Fuel Neutrality

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A.
				Ratepayer-funded DSM shall be developed and implemented in a fuel-neutral
				manner.
B. An affected utility
				shall use DSM funds collected from gas customers for gas DSM programs, unless
				otherwise ordered by the Commission.
C. An affected utility may use DSM funds
				collected from gas customers for thermal envelope improvements.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2515 - Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research

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A. An affected utility shall monitor and
				evaluate each DSM program and measure and each RET program and RET to:
1. Ensure compliance with the
				cost-effectiveness requirements for DSM programs in
				R14-2-2512;
2. Determine participation rates, energy
				savings, and demand reductions;
3.
				Assess the implementation process for the DSM program or measure or RET program
				or RET;
4. Obtain information on
				whether to continue, modify, or terminate a DSM program or measure or RET
				program or RET; and
5. Determine
				the persistence and reliability of the affected utility's DSM programs and
				measures and RET programs and RETs.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2516 - Program Administration and Implementation

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A. An affected utility may use an energy
				service company or other external resource to implement a DSM program or
				measure or RET program or RET.
B.
				The Commission may, at its discretion, establish independent program
				administrators who would be subject to the relevant requirements of this
				Article.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2517 - Leveraging and Cooperation

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A. An
				affected utility shall, to the extent practicable, participate in cost sharing,
				leveraging, or other lawful arrangements with customers, vendors,
				manufacturers, government agencies, other gas utilities, or other entities if
				doing so will increase the effectiveness of a DSM program or measure or RET
				program or RET.
B. An affected
				utility shall participate in a DSM program or measure or RET program or RET
				with an electric utility when doing so is practicable and if doing so will
				increase the effectiveness of the DSM program or measure or RET program or
				RET.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2518 - Compliance by Gas Distribution Cooperatives

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A. A gas distribution cooperative that is an
				affected utility shall comply with the requirements of this Section instead of
				meeting the requirements of
				R14-2-2504(A) and
				(B) and
				R14-2-2505(A).
B. A gas distribution cooperative shall, on
				June 1 of each odd year, or annually at its election:
1. File with Docket Control, for Commission
				review and approval, an implementation plan providing information for each DSM
				and RET program to be implemented or maintained during the next one or two
				calendar years, as applicable; and
2. Submit to the Director of the Commission's
				Utilities Division an electronic copy of its implementation plan in a format
				suitable for posting on the Commission's web site.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 25 - GAS UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS › Section R14-2-2519 - Compliance by Propane Companies

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A. A propane company that is an affected
				utility shall comply with the requirements of this Section instead of meeting
				the requirements of
				R14-2-2504(A) and
				(B) and
				R14-2-2505(A).
B. A propane company shall, on June 1 of each
				odd year, or annually at its election:
1.
				File with Docket Control, for Commission review and approval, an implementation
				plan providing information for each DSM and RET program to be implemented or
				maintained during the next one or two calendar years, as applicable;
				and
2. Submit to the Director of
				the Commission's Utilities Division an electronic copy of its implementation
				plan in a format suitable for posting on the Commission's web site.
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A. The Commission may waive compliance with
				any provision of this Article for good cause.
B. An affected utility may petition the
				Commission to waive its compliance with any provision of this Article for good
				cause.
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In this Article, unless otherwise specified:
1. "AC" means alternating current.
2. "Applicant" means a Customer or
				Representative who submits an Interconnection Application pursuant to this
				Article.
3. "Application" means the
				standard form or format for an Applicant to apply to a Utility for
				Interconnection of a Generating Facility with the Distribution
				System.
4. "Backfeed" means to
				energize a section of a Utility electric system with a Generating
				Facility.
5. "Calendar Day" means
				any day including Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal or State Holiday.
6. "Certified Equipment" means a specific
				generating and protective equipment system or systems certified as meeting the
				requirements in R14-2-2611 relating to testing, operation, safety, and
				reliability by an NRTL.
7.
				"Clearance" means documentation from a Utility stating that a line or equipment
				is disconnected from all known sources of power and tagged; that for safety
				purposes all proper precautionary measures have been taken; and that workers
				may proceed to inspect, test, and install ground on the circuit.
8. "CFR" means Code of Federal
				Regulations.
9. "Commission" means
				the Arizona Corporation Commission.
10. "Customer" means an electric consumer
				applying to connect a Generating Facility on the consumer's side of the Utility
				meter, whether an Exporting System, a Non-Exporting System, or an Inadvertent
				Export System.
11. "DC" means
				direct current.
12. "Disconnect
				Switch" means a device that:
a. Is installed
				and maintained for a Generating Facility by the Customer;
b. Is a visible-open, manual, gang-operated,
				load break disconnect device;
c. Is
				capable of being locked in a visible-open position by a standard Utility
				padlock that will completely isolate the Generating Facility from the
				Distribution System; and
d. If the
				voltage of the Generating Facility is over 500 volts, is capable of being
				grounded on the Utility side.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 26 - INTERCONNECTION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FACILITIES › Section R14-2-2602 - Applicability

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These rules apply to a Generating Facility operating (or to
				  be operated) in parallel with a Distribution System of a Utility, subject to
				  Commission jurisdiction after the effective date of this
				  Article.
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A. A Customer may operate a Generating
				Facility as an Exporting System, a Non-Exporting System, or an Inadvertent
				Export System.
B. An Applicant
				shall declare the Maximum Capacity of a Generating Facility in its
				Application.
C. If an Applicant
				claims a Generating Facility is a Non-Exporting System:
1. The Utility may require an independent
				third-party certification ensuring that the system meets the following
				standards:
a. Is able to supply part or all of
				the Customer's load continuously or during a Utility power outage;
b. Is sized such that the export of power is
				not possible or includes control functions to prevent the export of power;
				and
c. Has control functions that
				are listed by an NRTL for the purpose as used and are also inspected and
				approved by the Customer's Jurisdictional Electric Inspection Agency;
				and
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A. A Customer has the following rights:
1. To designate a Representative to act on
				the Customer's behalf;
2. To submit
				an Application to interconnect a Generating Facility with a Distribution
				System;
3. To expect prompt and
				professional responses from a Utility during the Interconnection
				process;
4. To expect detailed and
				itemized good faith estimates of cost from the Utility;
5. To expect outlines, supporting data, and
				justification for proposed work before the Utility undertakes any studies or
				system upgrades to accommodate the Generating Facility;
6. To sign documents using an electronic
				(e-signature) method if the Customer has the technical capability to sign
				electronically and is submitting the documents electronically; and
7. To request a one-time 90-day extension
				from the Utility using a simple notification process and not to have an
				extension unreasonably withheld for circumstances beyond the Customer's
				control.