PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION Implementation Order [40 Pa.B. 3477]
[Saturday, June 19, 2010]Implementation of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004: Standards for the Participation of Demand Side Management Resources—Technical Reference Manual Update; Doc. No. M-00051865
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) adopted an Order, at its June 3, 2010 public meeting, that adopted the 2010 version of the Energy-Efficiency and DSM Rules for Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, Technical Reference Manual (TRM) as contained in the Annex to the Order entered on June 8, 2010. A copy of the Order can be found on the Commission's web site at http://www.puc.state.pa.us//pcdocs/1081658.docx. A copy of the 2010 version of the TRM can be found on the Commission's web site at http://www.puc.state.pa.us/electric/docs/Act129/Act129_ TRM-2010.doc.
In implementing the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act, 73 P. S. §§ 1648.1—1648.8, the Commission had previously adopted an Energy-Efficiency and DSM Rules for Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, Technical Reference Manual (TRM), entered October 3, 2005. In adopting the original version of the TRM, the Commission directed the Bureau of Conservation, Economics and Energy Planning (CEEP) to oversee the implementation, maintenance and periodic updating of the TRM.
Subsequently, in the Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Program Implementation Order, entered on January 16, 2009 at Docket 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 Docket No. M-00051865, the Commission directed CEEP to update the TRM on an annual basis. The Commission's adoption of the 2010 TRM concludes the current annual update to the TRM.
ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1148. Filed for public inspection June 18, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
