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Current through June, 2024
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the
				following rule shall govern the interpretation and applicability of
				30
				V.S.A. §
										248.
A transmission line within the meaning of 30 V.S.A.
				§ 5248, as amended effective March 31, 1972, is a line and
				related facilities whose primary purpose is the delivery of electric
				power in bulk to a distribution system or portion thereof which
				serves individual customers. The Public Utility Commission will
				assume that each of the following two types of lines are transmission
				lines within the meaning of
				30
				V.S.A. §
										248, as amended, in
				the absence of a specific declaration by the Public Utility
				Commission to the contrary:
(1) any line or facility designed
			 to operate or capable of operating over 30 KV; and
(2) any tie- line designed to
			 operate or capable of operating at any voltage. The tie line is a
			 line whose primary purpose is to interconnect portions of an electric
			 system for area reliability purposes. Specification (1) above does
			 not exclude any line of lower voltage if it would function primarily
			 as a transmission line within the meaning of the first sentence of
			 this definition.
A distribution line (or facility)
				whose principal purpose is to serve individual customers, and whose
				service to individual customers is physically interrupted only by a
				transformer and service drop, remains under the jurisdiction of the
				Environmental Board and District Environmental Commission as provided
				by Act 250,
				10 V.S.A. §
										6001.
30
				V.S.A. §
										248 does not include
				any transmission line for which a permit had been granted pursuant to
				10 V.S.A. §
										6001 et seq. which remains
				effective. This latter provision is included to comply with
				1 V.S.A. §
										214(b) (2).
Section 5.301
			 Applicability
This rule shall govern the calculation of the
				Energy Efficiency Charge rates, pursuant to
				30 V.S.A. §
											209(d)(3). This
				rule does not address the annual budget for the Energy Efficiency
				Utility program, which shall be determined in a separate Board
				process.
Section
			 5.302 For the purposes of this Rule, the following
			 definitions shall apply
(A) BED
			 means the City of Burlington Electric Department.
(B) Board means the Vermont Public
			 Service Board.
(C)
			 Commercial Customers means all non-residential customers using less
			 than 1000 kW of electrical demand service per month for all months
			 during the preceding calendar year or for the most recent preceding
			 twelve-month period.
(D)
			 Customer Credit Program means a particular set of energy efficiency
			 services offered by the EEU, referred to as the Customer Credit
			 Program or Customer Credit Initiative, that was originally approved
			 by the Board in its September 30, 1999, Order in Docket 5980 and
			 subsequently modified, and as may be further modified in the
			 future.
(E) DPS means the
			 Vermont Department of Public Service.
(F) EEU means the statewide Energy
			 Efficiency Utility created by the Board pursuant to
			 30 V.S.A. §
											209(d)(2).
(G) EEU Fund means the Energy
			 Efficiency Utility Fund, which is comprised of the funds collected
			 via the Energy Efficiency Charge, and is administered by the Fiscal
			 Agent.
(H) Electric bill
			 or bill means that portion of a customer's invoice from a Vermont
			 electric distribution utility comprised of charges for retail
			 electric service (whether pursuant to a tariff or a special
			 contract), and any applicable surcharges.
(I) Electric distribution utility
			 means any company, as defined in
			 30 V.S.A. §
											201(a), subject to
			 regulation by the Board, which sells electricity to retail customers
			 in Vermont.
(J) Energy
			 Efficiency Charge means the charge on retail customers' electric
			 bills, pursuant to
			 30 V.S.A. §
											209(d)(3), the
			 proceeds from which are used to fund energy efficiency services
			 delivered in multiple electric distribution utility service
			 territories.
(K) Fiscal
			 Agent means the fund administrator for the funds collected via the
			 Energy Efficiency Charge, pursuant to
			 30 V.S.A. §
											209(d)(3).
(L) Generation Displacement means
			 the displacement of a customer's own generation of electricity by
			 electricity supplied by an electric distribution utility, where
			 otherwise the customer could meet its needs through its own existing
			 generation.
(M)
			 Industrial Customers means all non-residential customers using 1,000
			 kW or more of electrical demand service per month for any month
			 during the preceding calendar year or for the most recent preceding
			 twelve-month period.
(N)
			 Rate Revenues means the revenues an electric distribution utility
			 receives from its retail electric sales.
(O) Residential Customers means all
			 customers to whom electricity is supplied for residential or domestic
			 purposes, consistent with each electric distribution utility's
			 tariffs for residential service.
(P) Station Service means
			 electricity service provided to generating stations by an electric
			 distribution utility at times when the generating station is not
			 producing electricity for itself.