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 199-35.3 - Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Plan Filing

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Each electric and natural gas utility
				shall file a five-year energy efficiency plan. Each electric utility shall file
				a five-year demand response plan. Combination electric and natural gas
				utilities may file combined assessments of potential and energy efficiency and
				demand response plans. Combined plans shall separately specify which energy
				efficiency programs and costs are attributable to the electric operation, which
				are attributable to the natural gas operation, and which are attributable to
				both. If a combination utility files separate plans, the commission may
				consolidate the plans for purposes of review and hearing.
(2) Written notice of the energy efficiency
				and demand response plans. No more than 62 days prior to filing its energy
				efficiency and demand response plans, a utility shall deliver a written notice
				of its plan filing to all affected customers. The notice shall be submitted to
				the commission for approval not less than 45 days prior to the proposed
				notification of customers. Additional information not related to the energy
				efficiency and demand response plans shall be kept to a minimum and shall not
				distract from the required content. 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, include the following elements:
a. A statement that the utility will be
				filing energy efficiency and demand response plans with the
				commission.
b. A brief
				identification of the proposed energy efficiency and demand response programs,
				a description of benefits and savings associated with the energy efficiency and
				demand response plans, and the estimated annual cost of the proposed energy
				efficiency and demand response programs during the five-year budget time
				frame.
c. The estimated annual rate
				and bill impacts of the proposed energy efficiency and demand response plans on
				each class of customer, and the estimated 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.
d. A statement that
				the commission will be conducting a contested case proceeding to review the
				application and that a customer may file comments in the commission's
				electronic filing system.
e. The
				telephone numbers, websites, email addresses, and mailing addresses of the
				utility, the commission, and the consumer advocate, for the customer to contact
				with questions.