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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 7 - Guidelines for Integrated Resource Planning by an Electric Utility › Section 7-3 - Waiver or variance requests

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-3
Affected: IC 5-14-3; IC
				  8-1-2-29;
				  IC 8-1-2.2; IC 8-1-8.5; IC 8-1.5
Sec. 3.
(a) This
				section does not apply to a request for extension of time under sections 2(b),
				2.2(e), and 2.2(h) of this rule.
(b) A utility may request a variance from a
				provision of this rule for good cause.
(c) As follows, a request under this section
				shall:
(1) Describe the situation that
				necessitates the variance.
(2)
				Identify the provision of this rule for which the variance is
				requested.
(3) Explain the
				difference between a denial and an acceptance of the requested variance on the
				utility, its customers, and interested parties in the public
				advisory.
(4) Explain how the
				variance is expected to aid the implementation of this rule.
(5) Be submitted in sufficient time so that
				the IRP submittal schedule shall not be adversely affected.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 7 - Guidelines for Integrated Resource Planning by an Electric Utility › Section 7-4 - Integrated resource plan contents

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-3
Affected: IC 8-1; IC 8-1.5
Sec. 4.
An IRP must include the following:
(1) At least a twenty (20) year future period
				for predicted or forecasted analyses.
(2) An analysis of historical and forecasted
				levels of peak demand and energy usage in compliance with section 5(a) of this
				rule.
(3) At least three (3)
				alternative forecasts of peak demand and energy usage in compliance with
				section 5(b) of this rule.
(4) A
				description of the utility's existing resources in compliance with section 6(a)
				of this rule.
(5) A description of
				the utility's process for selecting possible alternative future resources for
				meeting future demand for electric service, including a cost-benefit analysis,
				if performed.
(6) A description of
				the possible alternative future resources for meeting future demand for
				electric service in compliance with section 6(b) of this rule.
(7) The resource screening analysis and
				resource summary table required by section 7 of this rule.
(8) A description of the candidate resource
				portfolios and the process for developing candidate resource portfolios in
				compliance with section 8(a) and 8(b) of this rule.
(9) A description of the utility's preferred
				resource portfolio and the information required by section 8(c) of this
				rule.
(10) A short term action plan
				for the next three (3) year period to implement the utility's preferred
				resource portfolio and its workable strategy, pursuant to section 9 of this
				rule.
(11) A discussion of the:
(A) inputs;
(B) methods; and
(C) definitions; used by the utility in the
				IRP.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 7 - Guidelines for Integrated Resource Planning by an Electric Utility › Section 7-5 - Energy and demand forecasts

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-3
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5; IC 8-1.5
Sec. 5.
(a) The
				analysis of historical and forecasted levels of peak demand and energy usage
				must include the following:
(1) Historical
				load shapes, including the following:
(A)
				Annual load shapes.
(B) Seasonal
				load shapes.
(C) Monthly load
				shapes.
(D) Selected weekly load
				shapes.
(E) Selected daily load
				shapes, which shall include summer and winter peak days, and a typical weekday
				and weekend day.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 7 - Guidelines for Integrated Resource Planning by an Electric Utility › Section 7-6 - Description of available resources

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-3
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5; IC 8-1.5
Sec. 6.
(a) In
				describing its existing electric power resources, the utility must include in
				its IRP the following information relevant to the twenty (20) year planning
				period being evaluated:
(1) The net and gross
				dependable generating capacity of the system and each generating
				unit.
(2) The expected changes to
				existing generating capacity, including the following:
(A) Retirements.
(B) Deratings.
(C) Plant life extensions.
(D) Repowering.
(E) Refurbishment.
(3) A fuel price forecast by generating
				unit.
(4) The significant
				environmental effects, including:
(A) air
				emissions;
(B) solid waste
				disposal;
(C) hazardous
				waste;
(D) subsequent disposal;
				and
(E) water consumption and
				discharge; at existing fossil fueled generating units.
(5) An analysis of the existing utility
				transmission system that includes the following:
(A) An evaluation of the adequacy to support
				load growth and expected power transfers.
(B) An evaluation of the supply-side resource
				potential of actions to reduce:
(i)
				transmission losses;
(ii)
				congestion; and
(iii) energy
				costs.
(C) An evaluation
				of the potential impact of demand-side resources on the transmission
				network.
(6) A
				discussion of demand-side resources and their estimated impact on the utility's
				historical and forecasted peak demand and energy.
The information listed in subdivisions (1) through (4) and in
				  subdivision (6) shall be provided for each year of the future planning
				  period.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 7 - Guidelines for Integrated Resource Planning by an Electric Utility › Section 7-7 - Selection of resources

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5; IC 8-1.5
Sec. 7.
To eliminate nonviable alternatives, a utility shall perform
				  an initial screening of the future resource alternatives listed in section 6(b)
				  of this rule. The utility's screening process and the decision to reject or
				  accept a resource alternative for further analysis must be fully explained and
				  supported in the IRP. The screening analysis must be additionally summarized in
				  a resource summary table.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 7 - Guidelines for Integrated Resource Planning by an Electric Utility › Section 7-8 - Resource portfolios

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-3
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5; IC 8-1.5
Sec. 8.
(a) The
				utility shall develop candidate resource portfolios from existing and future
				resources identified in sections 6 and 7 of this rule. The utility shall
				provide a description of its process for developing its candidate resource
				portfolios, including a description of its optimization modeling, if used. In
				selecting the candidate resource portfolios, the utility shall at a minimum
				consider:
(1) risk;
(2) uncertainty;
(3) regional resources;
(4) environmental regulations;
(5) projections for fuel costs;
(6) load growth uncertainty;
(7) economic factors; and
(8) technological change.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 7 - Guidelines for Integrated Resource Planning by an Electric Utility › Section 7-9 - Short term action plan

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-8.5-3
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5; IC 8-1.5
Sec. 9.
(a) A
				utility shall prepare a short term action plan as part of its IRP and shall
				cover a three (3) year period beginning with the first year of the IRP
				submitted pursuant to this rule.
(b) The short term action plan shall
				summarize the utility's preferred resource portfolio and its workable strategy,
				as described in section 8(c)(10) of this rule, where the utility must take
				action or incur expenses during the three (3) year period.
(c) The short term action plan must include,
				but is not limited to, the following:
(1) A
				description of resources in the preferred resource portfolio included in the
				short term action plan. The description may include references to other
				sections of the IRP to avoid duplicate descriptions. The description must
				include, but is not limited to, the following:
(A) The objective of the preferred resource
				portfolio.
(B) The criteria for
				measuring progress toward the objective.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 7 - Guidelines for Integrated Resource Planning by an Electric Utility › Section 7-10 - IRP updates

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-3
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5; IC 8-1.5
Sec. 10.
(a) The
				utility may provide the director an update regarding substantial, unexpected
				changes that occur between IRP submissions. Copies of an update shall be
				provided to the OUCC and other interested parties.
(b) Upon the request of the commission or its
				staff, the utility shall provide updated IRP information to the director, the
				OUCC, and interested parties.
(c)
				When submitting an update under this section, the utility shall provide the
				relevant IRP sections with the updated information. The utility shall also
				provide a separate document clearly itemizing the parts of the IRP that were
				updated.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 8 - Guidelines for Demand-Side Cost Recovery by Electric Utilities › Section 8-0.5 - Purpose and applicability

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-10
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-1; IC 8-1-8.5;
				  IC 8-1-13; IC 23-17
Sec. 0.5.
(a) The
				purpose of this rule is to:
(1) provide the
				requirements for a utility's energy efficiency plan and requests for cost
				recovery as set forth in IC
				8-1-8.5-10;
				and
(2) provide the rules and
				procedures applicable to the implementation of a utility's:
(A) demand response programs;
(B) energy efficiency programs; and
(C) accompanying cost recovery.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 8 - Guidelines for Demand-Side Cost Recovery by Electric Utilities › Section 8-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-8.5-10
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				definitions in this section apply throughout this rule.
(b) "Allowance for funds used during
				construction" or "AFUDC" means the cost of borrowed funds used for capital
				expenditures associated with a utility-sponsored demand response or energy
				efficiency program, and a reasonable rate on other funds when so
				used.
(c) "Commission" means the
				Indiana utility regulatory commission.
(d) "Commission analysis" means the required
				state energy analysis developed by the commission under IC 8-1-8.5-3.
(e) "Demand-side resource" means one (1) or
				more demand response programs or energy efficiency programs, or both.
(f) "Demand response" means a reduction in
				electrical usage for limited intervals of time, such as during peak electricity
				usage or emergency conditions.
(g)
				"Demand response program" means a utility program designed to implement demand
				response.
(h) "Demand response
				program costs" means the direct and indirect costs of a demand response
				program.
(i) "Electricity supplier"
				has the same meaning as set forth in IC 8-1-8.5-10(a).
(j) "End-use" means the:
(1) light;
(2) heat;
(3) cooling;
(4) refrigeration;
(5) motor drive;
(6) microwave energy;
(7) video signal;
(8) audio signal;
(9) computer processing;
(10) electrolytic process; or
(11) other useful work; produced by equipment
				using electricity.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 8 - Guidelines for Demand-Side Cost Recovery by Electric Utilities › Section 8-3 - Home energy efficiency assistance programs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-10
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5; IC 8-1.5
Sec. 3.
(a) For
				purposes of this section, a home energy efficiency assistance program means an
				energy efficiency program that:
(1) includes
				an assessment of the customer's home; and
(2) allows participation by customers who
				qualify based on financial need.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 8 - Guidelines for Demand-Side Cost Recovery by Electric Utilities › Section 8-4 - Evaluation, measurement, and verification plan

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-10
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5
Sec. 4.
(a) The
				EM&V plan must include the following for energy efficiency programs and
				demand response programs in the utility's energy efficiency plan:
(1) The type and timing of the measurement
				activity.
(2) The process used to
				modify the impact estimate for future planning and design of the
				program.
(3) The utility's
				evaluation procedure. The utility must include information on how it shall
				collect data to determine:
(A) load
				impact;
(B) participation
				level;
(C) utility cost and
				benefits;
(D) participant cost and
				benefits;
(E) net energy
				savings;
(F) net demand
				reductions;
(G) useful life;
				and
(H) persistence.
(4) How the utility will measure
				the utility's effectiveness in:
(A)
				optimizing market penetration of the program;
(B) minimizing free-riders; and
(C) measuring spillover.
(5) A comparison of usage and demand patterns
				of similar participant and nonparticipant groups, through the use of:
(A) customer bill analysis;
(B) engineering estimates;
(C) end-use meter data; or
(D) other methods.
(6) The comparison must identify the:
(A) gross energy saving;
(B) gross demand reductions;
(C) net energy savings; and
(D) net demand reductions; attributable to
				the participation in the energy efficiency program or demand response
				program.
(7) A method to
				measure rebound effect for an energy efficiency program and demand response
				program.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 8 - Guidelines for Demand-Side Cost Recovery by Electric Utilities › Section 8-5 - Cost recovery

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-10
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5
Sec. 5.
(a) The
				commission shall approve the recovery of reasonable energy efficiency program
				costs and may approve the recovery of reasonable demand response program costs
				on a timely basis through a periodic rate adjustment mechanism.
(b) The commission shall limit the periodic
				rate adjustment mechanism to the incremental energy efficiency program costs or
				demand response program costs, or both, not already included in the utility's
				base rates, if applicable.
(c)
				Nothing in this rule precludes a utility from requesting or the commission from
				approving in a rate case the following:
(1)
				The inclusion of the energy efficiency program costs or demand response program
				costs, or both, in the utility's base rates using a balancing account, where
				appropriate, to reconcile the utility's recovered expenditures.
(2) The inclusion of the capital cost, with
				accumulated AFUDC, in the utility's rate base amortized over a period set by
				the commission.
(3) The
				accumulation, with a carrying charge, of the non-capital cost incurred and not
				otherwise recovered through the utility's base rates or through periodic
				adjustments in a deferred account to be amortized over a period set by the
				commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 8 - Guidelines for Demand-Side Cost Recovery by Electric Utilities › Section 8-6 - Lost revenue

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-10
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5; IC 8-1-2.5
Sec. 6.
(a) The
				commission shall approve the recovery of reasonable lost revenues for energy
				efficiency programs and may approve the recovery of reasonable lost revenues
				for demand response programs.
(b) A
				utility seeking recovery of lost revenues shall propose for commission review a
				methodology or process for calculating lost revenues that accounts for the
				following:
(1) The impact of
				free-riders.
(2)
				Spillover.
(3) The change in the
				number of program participants between base rate cases.
(4) A revised estimate of the energy
				efficiency program's and demand response program's specific load impact
				resulting from the utility's EM&V activities.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 8 - Guidelines for Demand-Side Cost Recovery by Electric Utilities › Section 8-7 - Financial incentives

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-10
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5
Sec. 7.
(a) A
				utility may propose a financial incentive based on particular attributes of an
				energy efficiency program or demand response program and the program's desired
				results. A financial incentive may include, but is not limited to, the
				following:
(1) Granting a utility a percentage
				share of the net benefit attributable to an energy efficiency program or demand
				response program.
(2) Allowing a
				utility to earn a greater than normal return on equity for a rate-based energy
				efficiency program or demand response program costs.
(3) Adjusting a utility's overall return on
				equity in response to quantitative or qualitative evaluation of an energy
				efficiency program's or demand response program's performance.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 8 - Guidelines for Demand-Side Cost Recovery by Electric Utilities › Section 8-7.5 - Industrial customer opt out of participation in energy efficiency plan

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-10
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5
Sec. 7.5.
(a) An
				industrial customer (as defined in IC
				8-1-8.5-9(e)
				) may opt out of an electricity supplier's energy efficiency plan under this
				section by following the procedure set forth in IC
				8-1-8.5-9(f)
				 and IC
				8-1-8.5-9(g).
(b) The opt out of an industrial customer who
				has previously complied with the procedure set forth in IC
				8-1-8.5-9(f)
				 constitutes an opt out of an electricity
				supplier's energy efficiency plan under this section.
(c) An industrial customer may follow the
				procedure set forth in IC
				8-1-8.5-9(g)
				 to opt back in to an electricity supplier's
				energy efficiency plan.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 8 - Guidelines for Demand-Side Cost Recovery by Electric Utilities › Section 8-8 - Impact of demand-side management on small business

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-8.5-10
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5
Sec. 8.
Contemporaneously with the commission's approval of a
				  utility's petition under this rule, the commission shall, under
				  16
				  U.S.C. 2621(c)(3)(A) and
				  16 U.S.C. 2621(c)(3)(B)
				  effective October 23, 1992, do the following:
(1) Consider the impact that implementation
				of the proposed energy efficiency or demand response program would have on
				small business.
(2) If necessary,
				implement a revision to the proposed energy efficiency program or demand
				response program to ensure that utility actions would not provide the utility
				with an unfair competitive advantage over small business.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-1 - Applicability; incorporation by reference of commission order

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC
				  8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2; IC 8-1-13; IC 23-1-17
Sec. 1.
(a) This
				rule applies to an electrical public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the
				commission pursuant to the provisions of the Public Service Commission Act, IC
				8-1-2, that is financed by the sale of securities and whose business operations
				are overseen by a board representing their shareholders. This rule does not
				apply to an electric public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the
				commission that is organized as a rural electric membership corporation under
				IC 8-1-13 or a nonprofit corporation organized under IC 23-1-17.
(b) The commission through this rule
				implements the commission's order in cause number 43663, approved on November
				30, 2010, and the commission's order on reconsideration in the cause, approved
				July 7, 2011. Copies of the orders are available for review and copying at the
				Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, 101 West Washington Street, Suite 1500E,
				Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4; IC 8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 2.
The following definitions apply throughout this rule:
(1) "Brush" means vegetation with stems less
				than six (6) inches diameter at breast height.
(2) "Business days" means days other than:
(A) Saturday;
(B) Sunday; or
(C) a legal holiday observed by the state of
				Indiana.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-3 - Easements and rights of way

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC
				  8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 3.
(a) This
				rule does not modify property rights. Utilities must have or obtain the
				following legal authority and must provide documentation in accordance with
				subsection (b):
(1) easements;
(2) rights of way;
(3) statutory authority;
(4) other legal authority; or
(5) the express or implied consent of the
				property owner or customer; prior to trimming vegetation. The utility's ability
				to secure a prescriptive easement may be presented to the customer to obtain
				consent, but is not independent legal authority.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-4 - Notice requirements for routine vegetation management

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC
				  8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 4.
(a) At least
				two (2) calendar weeks prior to engaging in routine vegetation management, the
				utility must provide notice to customers and property owners whose vegetation
				will be subject to the vegetation management except under the following
				circumstances:
(1) The utility has:
(A) a written easement;
(B) government permit;
(C) contractual agreement; or
(D) court order; that expressly gives the
				utility the right to conduct vegetation management activities.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-5 - Notice requirements for line upgrades

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC
				  8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 5.
(a) At least
				sixty (60) calendar days prior to a utility changing a distribution or
				transmission line to a higher voltage level, the utility must give notice to
				the affected customer if the change in the line will change the area in which
				vegetation management will be necessary as a result of safe clearance
				requirements.
(b) Notice shall be
				provided in the same manner as in section 4(b) of this rule.
(c) Notice shall include, at minimum, the
				following information:
(1) The fact that line
				upgrades are scheduled to occur.
(2) An explanation of what line upgrades
				are.
(3) An explanation as to why
				line upgrades are necessary for safe and reliable electric service.
(4) The fact that nonproperty owners living
				or working on the property and receiving the notice are strongly encouraged to
				notify the property owner as soon as possible that line upgrades are scheduled
				to occur.
(5) The estimated date
				that line upgrades are scheduled to occur.
(6) The estimated length of time construction
				will continue.
(7) New vegetation
				restrictions on the property as a result of the line upgrades.
(8) Changes to the property owner's easement
				or right of way as a result of the line upgrades.
(9) Contact information, including, at a
				minimum, a telephone number for an authorized utility representative who is
				able to answer customer inquiries related to line upgrades.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-6 - Emergency or public safety trimming

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC
				  8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 6.
In cases of emergency or public safety, utilities may,
				  without customer consent, remove more than twenty-five percent (25%) of a tree
				  or trim beyond existing easement or right-of-way boundaries in order to remedy
				  the emergency or public safety situation.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-7 - Vegetation management standards

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC
				  8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 7.
(a)
				Utilities, their agents, and contractors shall apply and adhere to the
				guidelines of:
(1) American National
				Standards Institute ANSI A300;
(2)
				the National Electric Safety Code;
(3) the Shigo Guide; and
(4) the International Society of
				Arboriculture Best Management Practices.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-8 - Dispute resolution process prior to vegetation management

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4; IC 8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 8.
(a) To
				temporarily stay the proposed vegetation management on the customer's property
				or rental property, a customer must notify the utility of the customer's
				objection to the proposed vegetation management within five (5) business days
				of the customer's receipt of the notice required under section 4 of this rule.
				Questions or requests for information are not customer objections.
(b) A utility must respond to a customer's
				objection:
(1) in person;
(2) via telephone call; or
(3) in writing; within three (3) business
				days.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-9 - Dispute resolution process during vegetation management

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4; IC 8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 9.
(a) Upon
				request of the customer, the utility shall temporarily stay vegetation
				management on the customer's premises during the vegetation management only if
				one (1) of the following occurs or is disputed:
(1) The utility failed to provide the notice
				required under section 4 of this rule.
(2) The utility is engaging in vegetation
				management outside the scope of a written or recorded agreement between the
				customer and the utility.
(3) The
				utility did not have authority to enter the customer's property.
(4) The utility did not exercise due
				diligence to secure an easement or right of way document in accordance with
				section 3(b)(2)
[of this rule]
.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-10 - Dispute resolution process after vegetation management

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4; IC 8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 10.
(a) A
				customer may contact the utility regarding vegetation management on the
				customer's premises after the vegetation management occurred if one (1) of the
				following occurs:
(1) The utility failed to
				provide the notice required under section 4 of this rule.
(2) The utility engaged in vegetation
				management outside the scope of an agreement between the customer and the
				utility.
(3) The utility did not
				have authority to enter the customer's property.
(4) The utility failed to follow the
				vegetation management pruning standards required by the commission or by the
				utility's own vegetation management policy.
(5) Another reason permitted by
				law.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-11 - Customer education process

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC
				  8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 11.
A utility shall develop and implement an education plan to
				  inform and educate customers on the following:
(1) Tree and vegetation selection and
				placement around electric facilities.
(2) The public importance of vegetation
				management to avoid:
(A) electric
				interruptions;
(B) injuries;
				and
(C) fatalities.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-12 - Tree replacement program

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC
				  8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 12.
Where a tree will be removed, a utility may offer to provide
				  the customer with:
(1) a power line
				compatible vegetation;
(2) other
				replacement plant; or
(3) monetary
				compensation or credit at an amount agreed to by the parties; provided that the
				customer agrees not to plant a tree that will encroach into the utility's
				facilities at a future date and consents to the removal by the utility if that
				kind of a tree is planted.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 9 - Vegetation Management Standards › Section 9-13 - Utility representative identification

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4;
				  IC
				  8-1.5-3-8
Affected: IC 8-1-2
Sec. 13.
Employees or contractors performing:
(1) vegetation management; or
(2) in person notification for vegetation
				management; on behalf of the utility shall carry identification and provide it
				for inspection by the customer upon request.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 10 - Cost Securitization for Retired Electric Utility Assets › Section 10-1 - Policy and scope

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-40.5-19
Affected: IC 8-1-40.5
Sec. 1.
This rule is intended to establish procedures and guidelines
				  for cost securitization for qualified costs under IC
				  8-1-40.5.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 10 - Cost Securitization for Retired Electric Utility Assets › Section 10-2 - Applicability under IC 8-1-40.5

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-40.5-19
Affected: IC 8-1-40.5
Sec. 2.
This rule applies to any electric utility, as defined under
				  IC 8-1-40.5-3, that meets the threshold for qualified costs pursuant to IC
				  8-1-40.5-10(a).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 10 - Cost Securitization for Retired Electric Utility Assets › Section 10-3 - No change to other commission processes

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-40.5-19
Affected: IC 8-1-40.5
Sec. 3.
This rule does not replace other commission requirements,
				  including, but not limited to:
(1) a
				proceeding requesting a certificate of public convenience and necessity;
				and
(2) the commission's rule
				170
				IAC 4-7 regarding integrated resource
				planning.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 10 - Cost Securitization for Retired Electric Utility Assets › Section 10-4 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-40.5-19
Affected: IC 8-1-1.1; IC 8-1-40.5
Sec. 4.
(a) The
				definitions in IC 8-1-40.5 and this section apply throughout this
				rule.
(b) "Case-in-chief" means the
				evidence and documentation provided by the utility in support of its petition,
				including, but not limited to, those listed in subsection 5(c) below
[section 5(c) of this rule]
.
(c) "Commission" means the Indiana utility
				regulatory commission.
(d) "OUCC"
				means the Indiana office of utility consumer counselor established under IC
				8-1-1.1.
(e) "Removal costs" mean
				those costs:
(1) incurred, or expected to be
				incurred, to physically remove retired utility generation facilities;
				and
(2) that have not already been
				recovered from customers.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 10 - Cost Securitization for Retired Electric Utility Assets › Section 10-5 - Petition and case-in-chief

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-40.5-19
Affected: IC 8-1-40.5
Sec. 5.
(a) An
				electric utility seeking to securitize costs for retired electric utility
				generation assets shall file its petition and its case-in-chief on the same
				day. The 240 day timeline in IC 8-1-40.5-10(b) does not start until the
				case-in-chief is filed.
(b) The
				electric utility's petition shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
(1) The best estimate of the amount and terms
				of the proposed securitization.
(2)
				The best estimate of the proposed term in years of the securitization
				bonds.
(3) The best estimate of the
				total jurisdictional rate base at time synchronized with the best estimate of
				qualified costs at time of bond issuance.
(4) An executive summary of the
				request.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 10 - Cost Securitization for Retired Electric Utility Assets › Section 10-6 - Notice to the commission, OUCC, and anticipated intervenors

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-40.5-19
Affected: IC 8-1-40.5
Sec. 6.
(a) The
				electric utility shall provide notice at least 30 days prior to filing its
				petition to the commission by sending a letter to the secretary of the
				commission.
(b) The electric
				utility is encouraged to, prior to the filing of its petition, provide notice
				and meet with:
(1) the OUCC; and
(2) other anticipated intervenors.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 10 - Cost Securitization for Retired Electric Utility Assets › Section 10-7 - Notice to customers

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-40.5-19
Affected: IC 8-1-40.5
Sec. 7.
(a) No later
				than thirty (30) days after the filing of its petition, the electric utility
				shall provide notice to its customers by:
(1)
				posting notice on the electric utility's website; and
(2) publishing notice through an
				advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in each county served by
				the electric utility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 11 - Certification Requirements for the Construction, Purchase, or Lease of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors by a Public Utility › Section 11-1 - Policy and scope

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-8.5-12.1
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5-12.1; IC 8-1-8.8
Sec. 1.
This rule is intended to establish procedures and guidelines
				  for a public utility's construction, purchase, or lease of small modular
				  nuclear reactors:
(1) in Indiana for
				the generation of electricity to be directly or indirectly used to furnish
				public utility service to Indiana customers; or
(2) at the site of a nuclear energy
				production or generating facility that supplies electricity to Indiana retail
				customers on July 1, 2011.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 11 - Certification Requirements for the Construction, Purchase, or Lease of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors by a Public Utility › Section 11-2 - Applicability under IC 8-1-8.5-12.1

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-8.5-12.1
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5-1; IC 8-1-8.5-12.1; IC 8-1-8.8
Sec. 2.
This rule applies to any public utility, as defined under IC
				  8-1-8.5-1(a), that petitions the commission for approval of the construction,
				  purchase, or lease of a small modular nuclear reactor to provide utility
				  service to Indiana customers.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 11 - Certification Requirements for the Construction, Purchase, or Lease of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors by a Public Utility › Section 11-3 - No change to other commission processes

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-8.5-12.1
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5-12.1; IC 8-1-8.8
Sec. 3.
This rule does not replace other commission requirements,
				  including, but not limited to:
(1) a
				proceeding requesting a certificate of public convenience and necessity;
				and
(2) the commission's rule
				170 IAC 4-7 regarding integrated
				resource planning.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 11 - Certification Requirements for the Construction, Purchase, or Lease of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors by a Public Utility › Section 11-4 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-8.5-12.1
Affected: IC 8-1-1.1; IC 8-1-8.5; IC 8-1-8.8; IC 13-11-2-102;
				  IC 13-11-2-216
Sec. 4.
(a) The
				definitions in IC 8-1-8.5-12.1 and this section apply throughout this
				rule.
(b) "Commission" means the
				Indiana utility regulatory commission.
(c) "CPCN" means a certificate of public
				convenience and necessity, as required under IC 8-1-8.5-2.
(d) "High level radioactive waste" has the
				same definition as in IC 13-11-2-102.
(e) "NRC" means the United States Nuclear
				Regulatory Commission.
(f) "OUCC"
				means the Indiana office of utility consumer counselor established under IC
				8-1-1.1.
(g) "Public utility" has
				the same definition as in IC 8-1-8.5-1(a).
(h) "SMR" means a small modular nuclear
				reactor as defined in IC 8-1-8.5-12.1(a).
(i) "Spent nuclear fuel" has the same
				definition as in IC 13-11-2-216.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 11 - Certification Requirements for the Construction, Purchase, or Lease of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors by a Public Utility › Section 11-5 - Certificate and additional evidence required

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-8.5-12.1
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5
Sec. 5.
(a) A public
				utility that seeks to construct, purchase, lease, or otherwise own or operate
				an SMR must first obtain a CPCN from the commission pursuant to IC
				8-1-8.5.
(b) As part of its
				case-in-chief and in addition to the evidence required to support the CPCN
				factors listed in IC 8-1-8.5-4 and IC 8-1-8.5-5, the public utility must
				provide evidence regarding the following:
(1)
				Whether, and to what extent, the one (1) or more SMRs proposed by the public
				utility will replace a loss of generating capacity in the public utility's
				portfolio resulting from the retirement or planned retirement of one (1) or
				more of the public utility's existing electric generating facilities that:
(A) are located in Indiana; and
(B) use coal or natural gas as a fuel
				source;
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 11 - Certification Requirements for the Construction, Purchase, or Lease of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors by a Public Utility › Section 11-6 - Reports to and from NRC

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-8.5-12.1
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5-12.1
Sec. 6.
(a) The owner
				or operator of a proposed or existing SMR shall provide to the commission all
				docket numbers assigned by the NRC regarding the proposed or existing SMR
				within 30 days of the docket number being assigned, thus allowing the
				commission and its staff timely access, in accordance with applicable federal
				law and regulations, to any:
(1)
				reports;
(2) notices of violations;
				or
(3) other notifications; sent to
				or received from the NRC by or to the owner or operator of a proposed or
				existing SMR.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 4 - ELECTRIC UTILITIES › Rule 11 - Certification Requirements for the Construction, Purchase, or Lease of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors by a Public Utility › Section 11-7 - Storage of SMR spent nuclear fuel or radioactive waste

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-8.5-12.1
Affected: IC 8-1-8.5-12.1
Sec. 7.
Any person that owns or operates an SMR in Indiana may not
				  store:
(1) spent nuclear fuel;
				or
(2) high level radioactive
				waste; from the SMR on the site of the SMR without first meeting all applicable
				requirements of the NRC.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-1
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				definitions in this section and, where applicable, the definitions in IC
				8-1-2-1 apply
				throughout this rule.
(b) "Check
				rate" means thirty-five percent (35%) of a meter's rated capacity.
(c) "Commission" means the Indiana utility
				regulatory commission.
(d) "Cubic
				foot of gas" means, for testing purposes, the amount of gas in a volume of one
				(1) cubic foot when saturated with water vapor, at sixty (60) degrees
				Fahrenheit and at an absolute pressure of thirty (30) inches of mercury at a
				temperature of thirty-two (32) degrees Fahrenheit.
(e) "Customer" means any:
(1) person;
(2) firm;
(3) corporation;
(4) municipality; or
(5) other government agency; that has agreed,
				orally or otherwise, to pay for gas service received from a public utility.
				However, for the purposes of sections 13(d), 15, and 16 of this rule, the term
				shall be limited to mean persons who have agreed to pay for such service
				exclusively for residential purposes.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-2 - Applicability of rules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-1; IC
				  8-1-2-33;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-87
Sec. 2.
Application of Rules.
These rules shall apply to any gas public utility subject to
				  the jurisdiction of the commission pursuant to the provisions of the Public
				  Service Commission Act
[IC 8-1-2 ]
, or any other statute of
				  the State of Indiana, which now or hereafter may be engaged in the sale or
				  distribution of gas service (herein called "public utility" or
				  "utility").
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-3 - Retention of records

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-12;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-14;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-15
Sec. 3.
Records to be Kept.
All records required by these rules shall be preserved for at
				  least three years except as otherwise provided herein or by IC
				  8-1-2-4
				  (Burns 54-315). Such records shall be kept within the State at the principal
				  place of business of the public utility, or at such other places as the utility
				  shall designate after notification to the commission, and shall be open for
				  examination by the commission or its representatives.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-4 - Meter records and reports

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 8-1-1-3; IC 8-1-2-4
Affected: IC 8-1-2-34; IC 8-1-2-35; IC 8-1-2-36
Sec. 4.
Record of Meters and Meter Tests.
(A) Meter Test Record. Whenever any meter in
				service is tested, a record shall be preserved containing the information
				necessary for identifying the meter, the reason for making the test, the
				reading of the meter before the test and the result of the test, together with
				all data taken at the time of the test in sufficiently complete form to permit
				the convenient checking of the methods employed.
(B) Meter Record. Permanent records shall
				also be kept, systematically arranged, giving for each meter owned or used by
				any public utility, the year of purchase, its identification and the record of
				the last test to which it has been subjected, with date and general results of
				the test.
These records to apply to all meters purchased after the
				  effective date of these rules
[ 170 IAC 5-1 ]
and to all other
				  meters insofar as the information is available.
(C) Tabulation of Meter Tests. If required by
				the commission, annual tabulations of the results of all meter tests shall be
				made, arranged according to average accuracy or as the commission may request.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 170 - INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION › Article 5 - GAS UTILITIES › Rule 1 - Standards of Service › Section 1-5 - Location of meters and regulators

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  8-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-4
Affected: IC
				  8-1-2-34;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-35;
				  IC
				  8-1-2-36
Sec. 5.
Location of Meters and Regulators.
Meter and regulator locations shall be provided by the
				  customer for the building or premises to be served. Location, space
				  requirements, dimensions and type of installation shall be acceptable to the
				  gas utility.
Piping at multiple meter installations shall be plainly
				  marked by a metal tag or other permanent means, designating the part of the
				  building being supplied.