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PURA Approves Draft Decision for Annual Review of UI’s Rate Adjustments
On March 26, 2026 PURA issued a draft decision for PURA annual review of the rate adjustment mechanisms of UI.
These include bypassable and nonbypassable charges such as the Transmission Adjustment Clause (TAC) rate, Non-Bypassable Federally Mandated Congestion Charge (NBFMCC), Systems Benefit Charge (SBC), and Revenue Decoupling Mechanism (RDM) rates.
Exceptions to the proposed decision are due by April 6, 2026.
The draft decision among other things does the following:
(1) conditionally approves changes to Rate Adjustment Mechanisms (RAM) components, including the Non-Bypassable Federally Mandated Congestion Charge (NBFMCC), Transmission Adjustment Clause (TAC), Systems Benefit Charge (SBC), and the Revenue Decoupling Mechanism (RDM). The newly adjusted rates will be in effect from 5/1/26 – 4/30/27, subject to further adjustments;
(2) directs the utility to implement the Two-Step Analysis described within Section III.C.4, Interim NBFMCC Rate Adjustment Procedures, of the draft decision; and
(3) notes PURA will revisit the issue of potential cost allocation changes in a future RAM proceeding.
