{"operation":"document","citation":"4 CCR 723-4 Rule 4761","title":"Filing of DSM Strategic Issues Applications","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Colorado Public Utilities Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"(a) Commencing in 2022, and no less frequently than every four years thereafter unless otherwise directed by the Commission, each utility shall file an application to open a DSM strategic issues proceeding. Strategic issues proceedings shall result in the development of energy savings and peak deman","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4761.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4761.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/co-ccr-4-723-4-4761","source_url":"https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/DisplayRule.do?action=ruleinfo&ruleId=2260&deptID=18&agencyID=96&deptName=Department%20of%20Regulatory%20Agencies&agencyName=Public%20Utilities%20Commission&seriesNum=4%20CCR%20723-4","body":"(a) Commencing in 2022, and no less frequently than every four years thereafter\nunless otherwise directed by the Commission, each utility shall file an application\nto open a DSM strategic issues proceeding. Strategic issues proceedings shall\nresult in the development of energy savings and peak demand reduction goals to\nbe achieved by the utility, taking into account its potential for cost-effective DSM\nas well as the State of Colorado’s greenhouse gas reduction goals in accordance\nwith § 25-7-102(2)(g), C.R.S.\n(b) In its application to open a DSM strategic issues proceeding, the utility shall\nprovide:\n(I) an estimated budget, corresponding energy savings and peak capacity\nreduction goals for all DSM programs;\n(II) funding and cost-recovery mechanisms;\n(III) a proposed methodology for estimating peak demand savings and the\nresulting cost savings;\n(IV) an analysis of the comparative economics of DSM measures and\nprograms, distinguished by the following:\n(A) new construction;\n(B) existing homes and businesses; and\n(C) all building types;\n(V) an analysis of the comparative economics of DSM measures and\nprograms, particularly targeted at the weatherization of existing homes,\nand beneficial electrification;\n(VI) a proposed financial bonus structure for DSM programs implemented by\nthe utility, including any methodologies or formulas used to determine the\nbonus under that structure;\n(VII) for only combined electric and gas utilities, and only for new construction,\na narrative analysis of the impact of the proposed gas DSM measures on\n\nthe comparative economics of beneficial electrification versus the gas\nalternative; and\n(VIII) a cost effectiveness methodology and assumptions that will be in effect\nduring the time period of the goals and budgets set in the strategic issues\nproceeding.\n(c) If the filing of an application to open a strategic issues proceeding overlaps with\nthe filing of a DSM plan application pursuant to paragraph 4752(e), a utility with\n250,000 or more full-service customers may request Commission approval for an\nextension of its currently effective DSM plan until the strategic issues proceeding\nis concluded. The utility will then file a new DSM plan application with proposed\nprograms and measures to meet the energy savings goals and policy goals\nestablished by the Commission in the strategic issues proceeding.\n(d) Notwithstanding the requirements in paragraph 4761(a), for gas utilities with\nfewer than 250,000 full-service customers, the energy savings targets, a budget\nfor gas DSM program expenditures, funding and cost-recovery mechanisms, and\na financial bonus structure may be established in the same proceeding in which\nthe utility’s DSM plan is submitted for approval.\n(e) In its decision addressing the utility’s application, the Commission will establish:\n(I) savings goals for the utility to be addressed by DSM plan filings in\naccordance with rule 4753;\n(II) an estimated budget for DSM program expenditures commensurate with\nthe savings goals;\n(III) a modifying factor to include in the TRC test to account for non-energy\nsocietal benefits (excluding the benefits incorporated in the social cost of\ncarbon, the social cost of methane, and other provisions in these rules;\nand\n(IV) a structure for any gas DSM bonus awarded to the utility in accordance\nwith rule 4760. The bonus structure shall reward the utility’s investment in\ncost-effective DSM programs and shall result in an annual bonus amount\nthat reflects the extent to which the utility has achieved the targets\nestablished in subparagraphs (I) and (II) above.","truncated":false,"body_characters":3583}