What must an IRP include?

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 10

(a) (b) (1) (i) Supply-side options include, but are not limited to, purchased power contracts and conventional and renewable generation options. (ii) Demand-side options alter the customer's use pattern to provide for an improved combination of energy services to the customer and the ultimate consumer. (iii) Considerations that may be used to develop potential options include cost, market potential, consumer preferences, environmental impacts, demand or energy impacts, implementation issues, revenue impacts, and commercial availability. (iv) The IRP discussion of resource options must describe the options chosen by the customer, clearly demonstrating that decisions were based on a reasonable analysis of the options. The IRP may strike a balance among the applicable resource evaluation factors. (2) (i) The IRP must state the time period that the action plan covers, and the action plan must be updated and resubmitted to Western when this time period expires. The customer may submit a revised action plan with the annual IRP progress report discussed in § 905.14. (ii) For those customers not experiencing or anticipating load growth, the action plan requirement for the IRP may be satisfied by a discussion of current actions and procedures in place to periodically reevaluate the possible future need for new resources. The action plan must include a summary of: (A) Actions the customer expects to take in accomplishing the goals identified in the IRP; (B) Milestones to evaluate acco

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 10:§ 905.11