Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-22 - Washington state curtailment plan for electric energy › Section 194-22-020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Base billing period" is one of the billing periods comprising
				the base year. Base billing period data may be weather-normalized at each
				utility's discretion before being used to calculate the amount of curtailment
				required by consumers.
"Base year" is the period from which required curtailment is
				calculated. It is normally the twelve-month period immediately preceding
				imposition of state-initiated load curtailment.
"Critical load consumer" includes consumers that supply
				essential services relating to public health, safety, welfare, or energy
				production, and includes but is not limited to those consumers listed in
				RCW
				   43.21G.030.
"Curtailment" means electric load reduction, irrespective of
				the means by which that reduction is achieved.
"Curtailment target" is the maximum amount of energy that a
				consumer may use and still remain in compliance with the state curtailment
				request or order; the curtailment target is figured individually for each
				consumer.
"Direct service industries" means industries, primarily
				aluminum plants, that receive electric power directly from the Bonneville Power
				Administration (BPA).
"Excess power consumption" is that amount of electric energy
				consumed during any billing period which is above the consumer's calculated
				curtailment target. It is calculated as one of two values:
*Actual or estimated load minus curtailment target; or
*Weather-normalized load minus curtailment target. Under
				mandatory curtailment, if a consumer's electric energy consumption exceeds the
				threshold consumption level, all excess power consumption is subject to penalty
				unless exempted (see WAC
				194-22-110, mandatory curtailment
				enforcement).
"General use customer" refers to any nonresidential consumer
				who purchased and consumed five average megawatts or less during the base
				year.
"Major use consumer" refers to any consumer who purchased and
				consumed over five average megawatts during the base year.
"Minimum audit level" is the minimum percentage of consumers in
				each consuming sector that must be audited each billing period under mandatory
				curtailment. The minimum audit level is set by the state and subject to
				change.
"Region" includes the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and
				those portions of Montana that are west of the continental divide and/or within
				the control area of the Montana Power Company.
"Regional curtailment plan for electric energy, May 22, 1992"
				is the model document on which this plan is based. The regional curtailment
				plan for electric energy and appendices are a policy document the state will
				use to guide implementation of this plan. Where there are discrepancies, this
				chapter applies.
"Regional load" is the electric load placed by ultimate
				consumers within the region on their respective utility suppliers.
"State" means the department of community, trade, and economic
				development. Other state agencies which may participate in curtailment
				activities include: The office of the governor; the utilities and
				transportation commission; and the joint senate and house energy and utilities
				committee established during energy emergencies.
"State contacts" refers to individuals who represent the state
				of Washington in connection with curtailment issues.
"State-initiated" refers to actions taken by the state to
				implement load curtailment.
"Threshold consumption level" is the maximum amount of energy
				that a consumer can use during mandatory load curtailment without being subject
				to enforcement measures (see WAC
				194-22-110, mandatory curtailment
				enforcement) taken under this plan. The threshold consumption level is set by
				the state and subject to change.
"Utility contacts" refers to individuals representing utilities
				in connection with curtailment issues.
"Utility coordinator" is the director of the northwest power
				pool.
"Utility curtailment reports" are reports summarizing
				curtailment data, which must be submitted monthly to the state and the utility
				coordinator. Reporting requirements are provided by the state to
				utilities.
"Weather-normalization" is the procedure used to reflect the
				impact of weather on utility load levels, sometimes referred to as
				"weather-adjustment."
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.21F.045. 99-21-008, §
										194-22-020, filed 10/8/99,
				  effective 11/8/99; 94-20-103, §
										194-22-020, filed 10/4/94,
				  effective 11/4/94.