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Stipulation In Support In Utility’s Electric Security Plan
Excerpts from RESA brief:
{***} “Although the overwhelming majority of parties to the proceeding support the Stipulation, the three environmental groups that intervened in the case repeat their many time rejected request that the Commission institute an unlawful and unreasonable nonbypassable energy efficiency and peak demand reduction (“EE/PDR”) portfolio plan. The law and many Commission orders over the past five years have made clear that with the end of the statutorily mandated EE/PDR portfolio plans, that individual customers’ respective sustainable energy preferences should be met with products and services available in the competitive marketplace. 2 Nonetheless, the environmental groups presented a single witness who did almost no independent analysis while also relying on extra record material that has not been demonstrated as accurate or complete. The result is that none of the evidence introduced at hearing contradicts the conclusion that the Stipulation passes the three-prong test. Therefore, the Commission should adopt the Stipulation.”
Excerpt from Walmart’s brief:
{***} “In this case, the parties opposing the Stipulation do not take issue with what is included in the Stipulation, but rather what is not included. For example, ELPC and OEC object to the exclusion of certain demand side management (“DSM”) programs that were proposed in the Company’s original application. See Testimony of Bradley Cebulko in Opposition to the Stipulation (“Cebulko Opposition Testimony”), p. 3, lines 9-23; p. 5, lines 3-6. Likewise, NEP argues that the Stipulation should be amended to add a new section that provides an option for customers to purchase equipment from the Company, offsetting the costs of Rider DCI. See Testimony of Frank Lacey in Opposition to the Stipulation, (“Lacey Opposition Testimony”), p. 32, line 6 to p. 33, line 16. While these provisions may serve to create more customer benefits, that is not the standard employed by this Commission. Indeed, the Commission previously stated that the question under the second part of the three-part test is not whether there are additional or different mechanisms or provisions that would benefit ratepayers and the public interest, but whether the Stipulation, as a package, benefits ratepayers and the public interest.9
There is no doubt the Stipulation satisfies the Commission standard as there are benefits to customers and the public interest.” {***}
See all briefs at main docket link below:
RESA Brief (02/24/2025)
Walmart’s Initial Brief (02/24/2025)
24-0278-EL-SSO
(Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. – SSO-Standard Service Offer)
