PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION Implementation of Act 129 of 2008 Implementation of Act 129 of 2008: Total Resource Cost (TRC) Test—2012; Doc. No. M-2012-2300653 (May 25, 2012)
Implementation of Act 129 of 2008: Phase II of Act 129; Doc. No. M-2009-2108601 (May 25, 2012)
[42 Pa.B. 3359]
[Saturday, June 9, 2012]Act 129 of 2008 directs use of the TRC test to analyze costs and benefits of energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) plans that certain jurisdictional electric distribution companies (EDCs) are required to file under Act 129. The PA TRC Test was first adopted in 2009 and revised in 2011. A tentative order at these dockets was entered on May 25, 2012, seeking comments on proposed refinements to the PA TRC test for use should an Act 129 Phase II be adopted requiring further EE&C plans from the EDCs.
A copy of the 2012 PA TRC Test tentative order was served on the Office of Consumer Advocate, the Office of Small Business Advocate, the Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, all jurisdictional EDCs, all licensed electric generation suppliers, the Department of Environmental Protection and all parties who commented on the 2011 PA TRC Test Order, Doc. No. M-2009-2108601 (August 2, 2011). Interested parties may file comments on or before 20 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by June 29, 2012, whichever is later. Reply comments are due on or before 10 days after comments are due or by July 9, 2012, whichever is later. An original and three copies of the comments must be filed referencing Doc. No. M-2012-2300653 with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Attention: Secretary, P. O. Box 3265, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3265. Comments and reply comments must be electronically mailed in Microsoft Word document format to Laura Fusare Edinger at ledinger@pa.gov and Louise Fink Smith at finksmith@pa.gov. Attachments may not exceed 3 megabytes. The 2012 PA TRC Test tentative order, the proposed PA TRC Test for Phase II of Act 129 and all filed comments and reply comments related to the tentative order will be published on the Pennsylvania Pubilc Utility Commission's web site. (Go to http://www.puc.state.pa.us/general/search.aspx and use the Search feature for Doc. No. M-2012-2300653.)
The contact person for technical issues related to the 2012 tentative order and the proposed PA TRC Test for Phase II of Act 129 is Laura Fusare Edinger, Bureau of Technical Utility Services, (717) 783-1555, ledinger@pa.gov.
The contact person for legal and process issues related to this tentative order and the proposed PA TRC for Phase II of Act 129 is Louise Fink Smith, Law Bureau, (717) 787-5000, finksmith@pa.gov.
ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-1070. Filed for public inspection June 8, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]
