Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 860 - PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION › Division 95 - RESOURCE ADEQUACY › Section 860-095-0010 - Definitions for this Division

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Advisory
			 Forecast" means any modeling outputs created by a Qualified Regional Program
			 that are presented but not used as part of the Qualified Regional Program's
			 binding elements.
(2) "Binding
			 Forward Showing" means a filing used by a State Participant to show compliance
			 with the State Program.
(3)
			 "Compliance Resource" means the resource(s) or resource-specific contracts used
			 by a State Participant to meet the load requirements of the Binding Forward
			 Showing.
(4) "Electric Company" has
			 the same meaning as ORS 757.600(11).
(5) "Electricity Service Supplier" has the
			 same meaning as ORS 757.600(16).
(6) "Emissions Planning Report" means a
			 filing made by an Electricity Service Supplier to show compliance with ORS
			 757.649(1)(f).
(7) "Informational
			 Filing" means a written explanation of a Load Serving Entity's strategy to
			 address Resource Adequacy.
(8)
			 "Integrated Resource Plan" means an Electric Company's written plan to satisfy
			 the requirements of OAR 860-027-0400  and Commission Order Nos. 07-002, 07-047,
			 and any future orders impacting filing requirements.
(9) "Load Serving Entity" means an Electric
			 Company or Electricity Service Supplier.
(10) "P50 Peak Load Forecast" means a peak
			 load forecast prepared on a basis, such that the actual peak load is
			 statistically expected to be as likely to be above the forecast as it is to be
			 below the forecast.
(11) "Planning
			 Reserve Margin" means an increment of supply needed to meet conditions of high
			 demand in excess of the applicable peak load forecast and other conditions such
			 as higher resource outages, or lower availability of resources, expressed as a
			 percentage of the applicable peak load forecast.
(12) "Qualified Capacity Contribution" means
			 the portion of the nameplate capacity of a compliance resource that can be
			 expected to provide capacity to meet customer demand calculated using a
			 Commission or Qualified Regional Program approved methodology.
(13) "Qualified Parties" means Commission
			 Staff and Oregon Citizens' Utility Board employees who execute a modified
			 protective order.
(14) "Qualified
			 Regional Program" means a Commission-approved regional reliability planning and
			 compliance program that addresses Resource Adequacy through processes and
			 conditions established in a FERC-approved tariff.
(15) "Regional Forward Showing" means any
			 data, forecasts, or submittals required by a Qualified Regional Program to
			 support planning program compliance by a Regional Participant.
(16) "Regional Participant" means a Load
			 Serving Entity that is a participant in or is officially committed to becoming
			 a participant in a Qualified Regional Program at least 30 days prior to the
			 Binding Forward Showing filing date of the State Program
(17) "Resource Adequacy" means the expected
			 ability of a Load Serving Entity to supply aggregate electric power and energy
			 to meet the requirements of their consumers with a sufficient degree of
			 reliability and plan to meet future demand with sufficient supply-side and
			 demand side resource.
(18) "State
			 Participant" means a Load Serving Entity that is not a Regional
			 Participant.
(19) "State Program"
			 means the Resource Adequacy compliance program administered by the Commission
			 applicable to State Participants.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 183 & ORS 756
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 756.040, ORS 757.649 &
				  ORS 757.659