Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 330 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Division 25 - RESOURCE PLAN › Section 330-025-0020 - Required Contents of the Resource Plan

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The resource plan shall list and describe
			 all existing and Planned Electric Generating Facilities expected to be in
			 operation to meet the utility's demand in each of the forecast years. The
			 description of existing and Planned Electric Generating Facilities shall
			 include, but not be limited to, type, location, name plate rating, commercial
			 operation date, retirement date, average energy capability, the utility's share
			 of ownership, fuel, and operating characteristics. For Planned Electric
			 Generating Facilities, the status of the licensing process and a construction
			 schedule shall be provided.
(2) The
			 resource plan shall contain information on the financial and economic
			 characteristics of Planned Electric Generating Facilities including, but not
			 limited to, projected construction capital outlays, operation costs, and
			 escalation rates.
(3) The resource
			 plan shall list and describe all the utility's existing and planned
			 conservation programs (including programs to implement use of renewable
			 resources at the point of end use), their actual or expected financial and
			 economic characteristics, actual annual energy savings achieved to date from
			 existing programs, and expected amount of energy savings on an annual basis for
			 planned programs, taking into account energy savings specified by EFSC's
			 biennial forecast.
(4) A utility
			 shall, in its submitted resource plan, specify what conditions (if any) inhibit
			 obtaining the quantity of energy from conservation and renewable resources
			 which is specified in EFSC's biennial forecast and actions it is taking or
			 which must be taken by other entities to overcome these.
(5) For the forecast period, the resource
			 plan shall contain a list of utilities (including BPA), and Private Power
			 Producers, with which the utility has contracts for firm purchases and sales.
			 This listing shall include the amount and the price of electricity to be
			 delivered, exchanged, or sold under each specific contract.
(6) The resource plan shall identify major
			 transmission requirements to connect planned and purchased resources to the
			 utility's transmission grid.
(7)
			 The resource plan shall include estimates of energy losses and energy used by
			 the utility for each year of the forecast.
(8) The resource plan shall describe
			 generally, the actions and timing of actions being taken or necessary to be
			 taken by the utility to develop its proportional share of the resources
			 identified in OAR 345-111-0020, Table 3. [Table not included. See ED. Note.] It
			 is recognized that an individual utility may place a greater or lesser emphasis
			 on each type of resource vis-a-vis its proportionate share, particularly for
			 resources that are specific to a given service area. This description shall
			 include, but not be limited to, identification of the major milestones that
			 must be met in developing each type of these resources and when the Utility
			 expects that they will be met.
(9)
			 The resource plan shall include actual annual average system demand by major
			 customer classes for the most recent five years for which data are
			 available.
(10) If the resource
			 plan deviates from EFSC's biennial forecast of loads and resources
			 (specifically in the makeup of energy from conservation and renewable
			 resources), the utility shall explain the reasons for the deviation.
(11) A Utility may submit to the Director, in
			 addition to the resource plan, alternate forecasts which are different from
			 EFSC's biennial forecast, or alternate resource plans to meet an alternate
			 demand forecast or to meet EFSC's demand forecast with an alternate mix. If the
			 utility makes such a submission, it may describe why the alternate approach is
			 believed more appropriate than that prescribed by EFSC's forecast. The utility
			 may, at its option, fully describe the methodology, assumptions, and data used
			 to allow the Director to replicate the utility's submission. If the Director
			 requests additional information regarding the methodology, assumptions, and
			 data used in such submission and the utility declines to provide same, the
			 Director shall not be required to consider such submission.
(12) If any of the requested information in
			 this rule is covered under a different submission to ODOE, such information
			 need not be resubmitted. References to when the information was given to ODOE
			 will be sufficient. If such information was recently submitted to a federal or
			 state agency other than ODOE that filing may be provided to ODOE, provided it
			 substantially complies with the information requested by ODOE.
(13) Where there are significant differences
			 between the resource plan and the plan adopted by the Pacific Northwest
			 Regional Planning Council, such differences will be identified and
			 explained.
Tables referenced are available from the
				  agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 469
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  469.080