33 Implementation of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004: standards for the participation of demand side management resources—technical reference manual 2013 update; doc. no. M-2012-2313373?

Implementation of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004: Standards for the Participation of Demand Side Management Resources—Technical Reference Manual 2013 Update; Doc. No. M-2012-2313373

[43 Pa.B. 118]
[Saturday, January 5, 2013]

Implementation Order

 The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) on December 20, 2012, adopted the 2013 version of the Energy-Efficiency and DSM Rules for Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, Technical Reference Manual (TRM). A copy of the Order, the TRM and the TRM appendices can be found on the Commission's website as follows:

 Order: http://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1205387.docx

 TRM: http://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1205383.docx

 Appendix C: http://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1205405.xls

 Appendix D: http://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1205397.xls

 Appendix E: http://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1205380.xlsx

 In implementing the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act (73 P. S. §§ 1648.1—1648.8), the Commission had initially adopted the TRM on October 3, 2005. Subsequently, in the Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Program Implementation Order, entered on January 16, 2009 at Doc. No. M-2008-2069887, the Commission adopted the TRM as a component of the EE&C Program evaluation process. In that Implementation Order, the Commission also noted that the TRM will need to be updated and expanded to fulfill the requirements of the EE&C Program.

 In the Order entered June 1, 2009, at Doc. No. M-00051865, the Commission directed that the TRM be updated on an annual basis. The Commission's adoption of the 2013 TRM concludes the current annual update to the TRM.

ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-33. Filed for public inspection January 4, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]