Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-4 - RANDOM ASSIGNMENT OF CUSTOMERS › Rule 515-7-4-.05 - Implementation of the Random Assignment Procedure

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) With Commission oversight, the electing
				distribution company shall perform an automated procedure for randomly
				assigning the unassigned customers to certificated marketers, based on the
				allocation methodology of Commission Rule
				515-7-4-.04.
(2) Within five (5) days of the issuance of a
				Commission Order determining that adequate market conditions exist in a
				delivery group, the electing distribution company shall file with the
				Commission a date certain schedule for the random assignment process, including
				the proposed date upon which marketers will begin serving randomly assigned
				customers consistent with the Commission approved electing distribution
				company's tariff, operations and automated systems. Within five (5) days of
				receiving the schedule for the random assignment process, the Commission will
				either approve or modify the proposed schedule.
(3) During the first one hundred (100) days
				after the Commission has issued an order that includes a determination that
				adequate market conditions exist within a delivery group, the EDC providing
				firm delivery service in that delivery group shall provide to Commission Staff
				on a monthly basis the number of customers served by each certificated marketer
				serving that delivery group and the number of unassigned customers for the
				delivery group. The electing distribution company shall also provide the same
				information to each marketer concerning the number of customers served by the
				marketer and number of unassigned customers in the delivery group.
(4) The automated random assignment procedure
				performed by the electing distribution company shall incorporate the following
				processes:
(a) On the one hundred and fifth
				(105th) day following the Commission's determination of adequate market
				conditions within a delivery group, the electing distribution company shall
				create the list of customers within the delivery group, consistent with
				O.C.G.A. 46-4-156. The list shall be in a
				sequence randomly generated by delivery group (the "Random Assignment
				List").
(b) The Commission shall,
				by random selection, place all marketers serving the delivery group in a
				sequential list (the "Random Marketer List").
(c) The Commission shall determine the total
				number of customers to be assigned to a specific marketer by use of the formula
				set forth in Commission Rule
				515-7-4-.04.
(d) The EDC shall conduct the process of
				assignment by selecting the first marketer from the Random Marketer List and
				assigning to the marketer the appropriate number of customers as determined
				above by selecting said number of customers in sequence starting from the
				beginning of the Random Customer Assignment List. The electing distribution
				company shall follow this procedure for each marketer on the Random Marketer
				List in sequence until all customers have been assigned.
(e) The electing distribution company shall
				issue the final assignment of customers on or before the one-hundred and
				twentieth (120th) day following the Commission's determination that adequate
				market conditions exist for the delivery group.