N.H. Code Admin. R. Puc 201.06

Current through Register No. 24, June 13, 2024

Section Puc 201.06 - Requests for Confidential Treatment of Documents Submitted by Utilities in Routine Filings

(a) The following shall be the routine filings to which the procedure established by Puc 201.06 and Puc 201.07 applies:

(1) Telephone customer proprietary network information;

(2) Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) capital expense reports;

(3) NHPUC Form T-2 Assessment Reports;

(4) Preliminary and final Wholesale Performance Plan Reports for telecommunications companies containing carrier-specific performance and bill credit calculations;

(5) NHPUC Form T-8 Exchange Eligibility Report;

(6) North American Numbering Plan Administration-designated overseer (Neustar) Months to Exhaust and Utilization Certification Work Sheets;

(7) Neustar Part 1A;

(8) Neustar Part 1B;

(9) New England Power Pool "My Settled Certificates" Reports filed in conjunction with annual Renewable Portfolio Standards Reports;

(10) Listings of prices paid, and bids received, for Renewable Energy Certificates, that identify specific suppliers or dates of purchase;

(11) In cost of gas proceedings:

a. Supplier commodity pricing information related to the unit volumetric and demand cost;

b. Pricing and delivery special terms of supply agreements;

c. Pricing and special terms for storage lease agreements;

d. Natural gas or propane costs and availability relating to hedging;

e. Special terms for hedged natural gas or propane contracts;

f. Supply commodity cost information specific to individual suppliers in supply and demand forecasts; and

g. Responses to data requests related to a. through f. above;

(12) NHPUC Form E-1, Monthly Report on Voltage Complaints;

(13) NHPUC Form E-4, Monthly Report of Electric Meter Complaint Tests;

(14) NHPUC Form E-5, Accident Reports;

(15) In default service proceedings:

a. Default service solicitations;

b. Bidder information;

c. Descriptions of the financial security offered by each bidder;

d. Bid evaluations;

e. Rankings of bidders' financial security;

f. Descriptions of financial security required by bidders;

g. Fuel supplier contracts;

h. Commodity and fuel pricing;

i. Planned generation plant maintenance schedules;

j. Contact lists used during the requests for proposals process;

k. Financial security, pricing and quantity terms of master power agreements and amendments;

l. Renewable Energy Certificate purchase prices, quantities and seller identities under existing contracts;

m. Transaction confirmations;

n. Retail meter commodity cost calculations;

o. Wholesale power purchase prices until made public by other governmental agencies; and

p. Responses to data requests related to a. through o. above.

(16) Utilities' cybersecurity plans;

(17) Utilities' physical security plans;

(18) Competitive Electric Power Supplier (CEPS) sales reports filed pursuant to Puc 2003.03(b);

(19) CEPS aggregator listings filed pursuant to Puc 2003.03(c);

(20) Competitive Natural Gas Supplier (CNGS) sales reports filed pursuant to Puc 3003.03(b) and (c);

(21) CNGS aggregator listings filed pursuant to Puc 3003.03(d);

(22) NHPUC Form E-24, Reports of Gas Meter Complaint Tests, for residential customer reports only; and

(23) NHPUC Form E-37, Quarterly Reports of Equipment Theft, Sabotage and Breaches of Security.

(b) Those parties submitting documents pursuant to Puc 201.06 shall indicate that they are relying on Puc 201.06 and Puc 201.07 in their request for confidential treatment.

(c) For paper filings made pursuant to this rule outside of an adjudicative proceeding or special contract filing, parties shall file one public paper copy and one confidential paper copy. For electronic filings, both a public and confidential version shall be prepared and submitted. Filings made in an adjudicative proceeding shall comply with Puc 203.02.

(d) The commission shall make a determination regarding requests for confidential treatment of documents or portions of documents submitted pursuant to Puc 201.06 upon request for release of those documents to the public submitted pursuant to Puc 201.07.

(e) Prior to commission determination regarding confidential treatment, documents submitted to the commission pursuant to Puc 201.06 shall be:

(1) Treated as confidential by the commission and any other party that may receive them; and

(2) Maintained by the commission, and any parties receiving a copy of the documents, according to such conditions as the commission determines are necessary to preserve such confidentiality.

N.H. Code Admin. R. Puc 201.06

#9897, INTERIM, eff 3-26-11, EXPIRED: 9-22-11

New. #10101, eff 3-24-12

Amended byVolume XXXV Number 14, Filed April 9, 2015, Proposed by #10797-A, Effective 3/18/2015.