Or. Admin. Code § 860-089-0350

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 11, November 1, 2024

Section 860-089-0350 - Benchmark Resource Score

(1) Prior to the opening of bidding on an approved RFP, the electric company must file with the Commission and submit to the IE, for review and comment, a detailed score for any benchmark resource with supporting cost information, any transmission arrangements, and all other information necessary to score the benchmark resource. The electric company must apply the same assumptions and bid scoring and evaluation criteria to the benchmark bid that are used to score other bids.

(2) If, during the course of the RFP process, the Commission or the IE determines that it is appropriate to update any bids, the electric company must also make the equivalent update to the score of the benchmark resource.

(3) Before the IE provides the electric company an opportunity to score other bids, the electric company must file with the Commission and submit via a method that protects confidentiality the following information:

(a) The final benchmark resource score developed in consultation with the IE, and

(b) Cost information and other related information shared under this rule.

Or. Admin. Code § 860-089-0350

PUC 4-2018, adopt filed 08/30/2018, effective 8/30/2018

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS Ch. 183, 756, 758, 2016 OL Ch. 28

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 756.040, 758.060, 2016 OL Ch. 28, Sect. 6