Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part VIII - PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION › Section 480-100-650 - Reporting and compliance

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
Clean energy compliance report.
Unless otherwise ordered by the
				commission, each electric utility must file a clean energy compliance report
				with the commission by July 1, 2026, and at least every four years thereafter.
				The report must:
(a) Demonstrate whether and
				how the utility met its interim tar-gets.
(b) Demonstrate whether and how the utility
				met its specific tar-gets.
(c)
				Demonstrate whether and how the specific actions the utility took made progress
				toward meeting the clean energy transformation standards at the lowest
				reasonable cost.
(d) Demonstrate
				whether and how the utility met its statutory obligations under
				RCW
				19.405.040(1) and
				19.405.050(1)
				through the acquisition of the electricity and associated RECs or nonpower
				attributes. This requires the utility to demonstrate that the electricity the
				utility reports for compliance is:
(i) From a
				generating facility located within the utility's service area or balancing
				authority area; or
(ii) Acquired by
				the utility at one of the following points of delivery:
(A) The transmission or distribution system
				of an electric utility;
(B) The
				transmission system of the Bonneville Power Administration;
(C) The transmission system of any entity
				that is a participant in a centralized organized market located in the Western
				Interconnection in which the electric utility is a participant; or
(D) Another point of delivery designated by
				the electric utility for the purpose of subsequent delivery to the electric
				utility.
(e)
				Demonstrate whether and how the specific actions the utility took are
				consistent with the requirements in WAC 480-100-610(4)(c) including, but not
				limited to:
(i) Providing updated customer
				benefit indicator values;
(ii) An
				analysis that the distribution of benefits and reductions of burdens have
				accrued or will reasonably accrue to intended customers, including highly
				impacted communities and vulnerable populations.
(f) Provide a description of the utility's
				equity advisory group process, customer engagement and outcomes, and how the
				utility's efforts are consistent with the requirements in WAC 480-100-655 for
				the development or update of customer benefit indicators related to WAC
				480-100-610(4)(c).
(g) Include the
				actual incremental cost of compliance as required in WAC
				480-100-660(5).
(h) Include all of
				the information found in the annual progress report as described in subsection
				(4) of this section for the fourth year of the CEIP.
(i) Include a summary of the data in the
				annual progress reports described in subsection (4) of this section.
(j) Document the use of any alternative
				compliance options as described in
				RCW
				19.405.040(1)(b), or any
				request for a temporary exemption per
				RCW
				19.405.090(3).
(k) Include a description of the public
				participation opportunities the utility provided and the feedback the utility
				received during the implementation period, including whether and how public
				participation influenced the utility's decisions and actions.
(l) Include the data input files made
				available to the commission in native format and in an easily accessible format
				as an appendix.