Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 38 - DIRECT ACCESS REGULATION › Section 860-038-0405 - ESS Emissions Planning Report

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) From June 1, 2024, through May 30, 2027,
			 each ESS certified pursuant to ORS
			 757.649 that has sold
			 electricity to retail electricity consumers in Oregon in the previous calendar
			 year or has executed a contract to sell electricity to retail electricity
			 consumers in Oregon within the following three calendar years is required to
			 file a copy of the annual greenhouse gas emissions report submitted to the
			 Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in accordance with Oregon Laws 2021,
			 Chapter 508, Section 5(4)(a) within 10 days of filing with the Oregon
			 Department of Environmental Quality.
(2) Beginning on January 1, 2027, each ESS
			 certified under ORS 757.649 that has sold
			 electricity to retail electricity consumers in Oregon in the previous calendar
			 year or has executed a contract to sell electricity to retail electricity
			 consumers in Oregon within the following three calendar years is required to
			 file a report in accordance with section (3) of this rule. If prescribed by the
			 Commission, each ESS must use established forms to provide information required
			 under this rule.
(3) Each ESS must
			 file an Emissions Planning Report on or before June 1 of each calendar year
			 that includes the following:
(a) A cover-page
			 with a checklist for each item required by the report, as set forth in this
			 section. and an indication of where that information is found in the report and
			 whether specified information is confidential subject to a protective order. A
			 uniform template for the cover page checklist and Protective Order will be
			 provided on the Commission website under the Reports & Forms
			 section;
(b) A summary of the
			 specific electricity-generating resources, MWh generation from those resources,
			 emissions per MWh (MTCO2e/MWh) associated with serving Oregon Direct Access
			 customers, and all emissions from the previous calendar year that were reported
			 to DEQ;
(c) A load forecast for
			 each of the following three consecutive years, aggregate for all Oregon Direct
			 Access customers;
(d) An estimate
			 of the annual greenhouse gas emissions associated with serving Oregon Direct
			 Access customers, forecasted for the following three consecutive
			 years;
(e) An action plan that
			 specifies annual goals and resources, including specified and unspecified
			 market purchases, that the ESS plans to use to meet the load and emissions
			 forecast consistent with the DEQ emissions reporting methodology;
(f) An analysis of the $/MWh (levelized if
			 under different pricing structure) that the customer will be charged for
			 service related to compliance for each of the next 3 years, and
(g) Anticipated actions to facilitate rapid
			 reductions of greenhouse gas emissions at reasonable costs to retail
			 electricity consumers served by the ESS, including but not limited to:
(A) Development of non-emitting dispatchable
			 resources;
(B) Demand response
			 offerings;
(C) Energy efficiency
			 offerings: and,
(D) Onsite
			 renewable generation.