Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 35 - Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Planning and Reporting for Natural Gas and Electric Utilities Required to Be Rate-regulated › Rule 199-35.7 - Exemptions From Participation

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) The
				utility shall allow customers to request exemption from participating in the
				utility's electric energy efficiency plan if the combined ratepayer impact test
				for the utility's approved five-year electric energy efficiency and demand
				response plan is less than 1.0. The utility shall file a draft customer notice
				within 20 days following the commission's approval of the utility's five-year
				energy efficiency plan. The form of the notice, once approved by the
				commission, may not be altered except to include the rate and bill impact
				dollars and percentages. The type size and quality shall be easily legible. The
				notice shall, at a minimum, provide the following elements:
a. A brief statement informing all customers
				that they are eligible to request an exemption from participation in the
				utility's electric energy efficiency plan.
b. The estimated annual rate and bill impacts
				of the approved electric energy efficiency plan on each class of customers and
				an estimate of the annual jurisdictional rate impact for each major customer
				grouping in dollars and as a percentage, with the proposed actual increases to
				be filed at the time of notice to customers. The utility may represent the
				estimated annual rate and bill impact dollars and percentages with blank
				spaces; however, the commission may require the utility to submit additional
				information necessary for review of the proposed form of notice. A copy of the
				notice with the final annual rate and bill impact dollars and percentages shall
				be filed with the commission at the time of customer notification.
c. A statement that customers requesting to
				be exempt from participation in the electric energy efficiency plan will not be
				eligible to participate in any utility-sponsored electric energy efficiency
				programs and will not be eligible to receive rebates from the utility for
				electric energy efficiency programs during the five-year plan cycle, beginning
				January 1 of the first year of the five-year plan cycle.
d. An explanation that customers requesting
				to be exempt from participation in the electric energy efficiency plan will no
				longer be assessed the energy efficiency cost recovery factor for the electric
				energy efficiency programs on their utility bills.
e. An explanation that customers requesting
				to be exempt from participation in the electric energy efficiency plan will be
				eligible to participate in demand response and natural gas energy efficiency
				programs and will be assessed costs related to those programs on their utility
				bills.
f. A statement that the
				exemption from participation in the electric energy efficiency plan is
				applicable for the five-year plan cycle. The ability to request an exemption
				from participation in future electric energy efficiency plans will depend on
				the specifics of the utility's energy efficiency plan and demand response plan
				filing as approved by the commission.
g. The utility's telephone number, website
				address, and email address the customer should use to request an exemption from
				participation in the electric energy efficiency plan.
h. A deadline by which customers must request
				an exemption. The deadline shall not be less than 30 days from the date of the
				notice.