- Within one hundred eighty days after August 9, 2017, the commission shall open a nonadjudicatory proceeding to evaluate investor-owned utilities’ current service extension policies for serving new load applications; except that gas-only, investor-owned utilities are not subject to the commission’s nonadjudicatory proceeding. Based on the commission’s evaluation, the commission shall issue a decision containing recommendations to investor-owned utilities for potential implementation.
- In the commission’s nonadjudicatory proceeding, the commission shall consider, without limitation, the following information from investor-owned utilities:
- The utilities’ general load extension procedures used by the utility and requesting customers, including:
- The use of construction agreements, revenue assurance agreements, assignment of estimated costs, predevelopment system investment protocols, and options for cost and schedule transparency; and
- Potential system automation benefits to enhance clarity of the requirements and process;
- Equitable allocation of costs associated with an extension of facilities and any other factors affecting the cost of an extension of facilities; and
- Variables that affect time lines for construction and implementation of an extension of facilities.
- The utilities’ general load extension procedures used by the utility and requesting customers, including:
- Within ninety days after the conclusion of the nonadjudicatory proceeding, the commission may promulgate rules consistent with the findings of the nonadjudicatory proceeding.
Source: L. 2017: Entire section added, (SB 17-271), ch. 310, p. 1673, § 1, effective August 9.