The Minnesota PUC published a 2018 Order establishing a range of $9.05 to $43.06 per short ton of CO2 e, which will be used by 2020 in evaluating and selecting resource options in all commission proceedings.
In 2017, the Colorado Public Utility Commission (PUC) ordered Xcel to use the social cost of carbon Energy Resource Plan (ERP) that would guide utility investments through 2024.
The Commission has put forward a proposed decision requiring utilities to use the IWG’s Social Cost of Carbon estimates for a Societal Cost Test in Integrated Resource Planning.
Sheds light on where state regulators have been legislatively granted the ability to value climate impacts in resource planning.
Describes IRP requirements in three states, Arizona, Colorado, and Oregon, which updated their regulations governing the planning process.
Establishes a Least Cost Procurement mandate, requiring utilities to acquire all cost-effective energy efficiency with input and review from the Energy Efficiency and Resource Management Council.
Requires that electric and gas utilities procure all cost-effective energy efficiency, which requirements the state’s PUC administers on a three-year planning cycle.
Minnesota’s PUC approved a time-of-use pilot program proposed by X-Cel Energy expected to drive greater use of renewables and reduce peak demand. The two-year, 17,500-customer plan is intended to use three price tiers and drive more off-peak use.
In November 2017, National Grid filed a plan to implement an opt-out time varying rates program by 2022. In August 2018, the Commission requested development of the advanced metering functionality deployment plan that would support the rates.
Tucson Electric Power in Arizona received received approval for a new optional time-of-use rate which became the default rate for new customers starting in January 2019.