Section 57.142. Forecast of energy demand, peak load and number of customers

(a) The Annual Resource Planning Report (ARPR) shall include a forecast of energy demand in megawatt-hours per calendar year.

(1) The data shall include actual data for the past year and estimated data for the ensuing 5 years.

(2) The data shall be displayed by the following component parts:

(i) Residential, commercial and industrial sectors.

(ii) Other demand, including public street and highway lighting, other sales to public authorities and sales to railroads and railways.

(iii) Sales for resale.

(iv) Total consumption, as the sum of (i), (ii) and (iii).

(v) System losses and company use.

(vi) Net energy for load, as (iv) minus (v).

(b) The ARPR shall include a forecast of connected peak load.

(1) The data shall include actual data for the past year and estimated data for the ensuing 5 years.

(2) The data shall be displayed by the following component parts:

(i) Peak loads for both summer and winter seasons, the latter being the winter following the summer of the past year.

(ii) The date and time of the summer and winter peak loads.

(iii) Annual peak load.

(iv) Annual load factor.

(3) The summer season is June through September and the winter season is December through March.

(c) The ARPR shall include a forecast of the number of connected customers.

(1) The data shall include actual data for the past year and estimated data for the ensuing 5 years.

(2) The data shall be displayed by the following component parts:

(i) Residential, commercial and industrial sectors.

(ii) Other, including public street and highway lighting, other sales to public authorities and sales to railroads and railways.

(iii) Total number of customers.

(d) The ARPR shall include an aggregate forecast of energy demand and peak load for the EDC’s control area and appropriate regional reliability council, as defined under § 57.192 (relating to definitions). The data shall include actual data for the past year and estimated data for the ensuing 5 years.

The provisions of this § 57.142 amended February 25, 2000, effective February 26, 2000, 30 Pa.B. 1129. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (205867) to (205868).

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The provisions of this § 57.142 amended under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 501, 524, 1501, 1504 and 2809.