Section R14-2-2410. Cost Recovery

A.      An affected utility may recover the costs that it incurs in plan- ning, designing, implementing, and evaluating a DSM pro-

gram or DSM measure if the DSM program or DSM measure is all of the following:

1.        Approved by the Commission before it is implemented,

2.        Implemented in accordance with a Commission-approved program proposal or implementation plan, and

3.        Monitored and evaluated for cost-effectiveness pursuant to R14-2-2415.

B.       An affected utility shall monitor and evaluate each DSM pro- gram and DSM measure, as provided in R14-2-2415, to deter- mine whether the DSM program or DSM measure is cost- effective and otherwise meets expectations.

C.      If an affected utility determines that a DSM program or DSM measure is not cost-effective or otherwise does not meet expectations, the affected utility shall include in its annual DSM progress report filed under R14-2-2409 a proposal to modify or terminate the DSM program or DSM measure.

D.      An affected utility shall recover its DSM costs concurrently, on an annual basis, with the spending for a DSM program or DSM measure, unless the Commission orders otherwise.

E.       An affected utility may recover costs from DSM funds for any of the following items, if the expenditures will enhance DSM:

1.        Incremental labor attributable to DSM development,

2.        A market study,

3.        A research and development project such as applied tech- nology assessment,

4.        Consortium membership, or

5.        Another item that is difficult to allocate to an individual DSM program.

F.       The Commission may impose a limit on the amount of DSM funds that may be used for the items in subsection (E).

G.      If goods and services used by an affected utility for DSM have value for other affected utility functions, programs, or ser- vices, the affected utility shall divide the costs for the goods and services and allocate funding proportionately.

H.      An affected utility shall allocate DSM costs in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

I.        The Commission shall review and address financial disincen- tives, recovery of fixed costs, and recovery of net lost income/ revenue, due to Commission-approved DSM programs, if an affected utility requests such review in its rate case and pro- vides documentation/records supporting its request in its rate application.

J.        An affected utility, at its own initiative, may submit to the Commission twice-annual reports on the financial impacts of its Commission-approved DSM programs, including any unre- covered fixed costs and net lost income/revenue resulting from its Commission-approved DSM programs.

Historical Note

New Section made by final rulemaking at 16 A.A.R.

2254, effective January 1, 2011 (Supp. 10-4).