Section 4901:5-5-05 - Energy and demand forecasts for electric utilities(A) General guidelines.(1) The reporting person shall, upon request, provide or cause to be provided data on the use of the electric utility's distribution lines and facilities.(2) The reporting person shall, upon request, specify in detail the methodology employed to produce monthly forecasts of energy and peak load for the current year and one year in the future.(3) The reporting person shall, upon request, supply to the commission additional data and maps of distribution lines and facilities.(B) Distribution energy data and peak demand forecast forms. The distribution forecast shall be submitted by electric utilities in an electronic form prescribed by the commission or its staff through the following forms:
(1) Form FE-D1: "Electric Utility Ohio Service Area Energy Consumption Forecast."(2) Form FE-D2: "System Service Area Energy Consumption Forecast."(3) Form FE-D3: " Electric Utility Ohio Seasonal Peak Load Demand Forecast."(4) Form FE-D4: "System Seasonal Peak Load Demand Forecast."(5) Form FE-D5: "Monthly Net Energy for Load Forecast."(6) Form FE-D6: "Monthly Internal Peak Load Forecast."(C) Substantiation of the planned distribution system. The reporting electric utility shall, upon request, submit substantiation of distribution development plans.
(D) Each electric utility which seeks recovery of project costs through division (B)(2) of section 4928.143 of the Revised Code shall be prepared to file a forecast report that includes data used in all forecasts being used to justify cost recovery as well as a narrative description of the reason for the requested cost recovery. The initial forecast filing shall note this request for cost recovery in a cover page. The commission shall request all information required to evaluate the forecast filing supporting the request for cost recovery under divisions (B)(2)(b) and (B)(2)(c) of section 4928.143 of the Revised Code.Ohio Admin. Code 4901:5-5-05
Effective: 6/5/2023
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 05/25/2028
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4935.04, 4901.13
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4935.04
Prior Effective Dates: 11/20/1987, 01/15/1990, 08/17/1990, 03/24/1997, 09/18/2000, 05/31/2007, 12/10/2009