DR 97-238
Connecticut Valley Electric Company Inc.
1998 Conservation and Load Management Filing
Order Approving Procedural Schedule
O R D E R N O. 22,842
January 27, 1998
APPEARANCES: Ransmeier & Spellman by R. Matthew Cairns,
Esq. for Connecticut Valley Electric Company Inc. and James C.
Cunningham and Michelle A. Caraway for the Staff of the New
Hampshire Public Utilities Commission.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On November 14, 1997, Connecticut Valley Electric
Company Inc. (CVEC) filed with the New Hampshire Public Utilities
Commission (Commission) a petition for approval of its 1998
Conservation and Load Management (C&LM) Proposal for C&LM
Percentage Adjustment (C&LMPA) Effective January 1, 1998. The
proposed C&LMPA includes no direct program spending. The 1998
C&LMPA includes recovery of C&LM costs, net revenue loss,
incentive share and current interest.
By Order No. 22,810 (December 24, 1997), the Commission
scheduled a prehearing conference for January 13, 1998, set
deadlines for intervention requests and objections thereto,
outlined a proposed procedural schedule, and required the Parties
and Commission Staff (Staff) to summarize their positions with
regard to the filing for the record. No party filed for
intervention. The Office of the Consumer Advocate (OCA) is a
statutorily recognized intervenor.
At the prehearing conference, CVEC and Staff agreed to
the proposed procedural schedule as outlined in Order No. 22,810
with one modification. The proposed schedule is as follows:
Responses to Oral Data Requests January 20, 1998
Propounded at the 1st
Technical Session
Data Requests by Staff and January 26, 1998
Intervenors
Company Data Responses February 2, 1998
Technical Session February 9, 1998
Testimony by Staff and February 13, 1998
Intervenors
Data Requests by the Company February 23, 1998
Data Responses by Staff and March 2, 1998
Intervenors
Settlement Conference March 9, 1998
Filing of Settlement Agreement,
if any March 18, 1998
Hearing March 24, 1998
In accordance with Order No. 22,810, CVEC and Staff
stated their positions with regard to the filing for the record.
CVEC stated that it seeks approval of its petition as submitted.
CVEC stated that it is not aware of any intervention and that it
did not anticipate opposing intervenors if any party appeared.
Staff stated its concerns as those outlined in Order
No. 22,810: (1) the review of the calculation for net revenue
loss relative to kilowatt hour savings and amounts; (2) CVEC's
phase out of monitoring and evaluation activities during 1997;
(3) the review of calculations for incentive amounts; (4) the
overcollection of 1997 approved C&LMPA rates; (5) compliance with
the Commission's Final Plan in DR 96-150 issued February 28,
1997; and (6) the calculation of the overall C&LMPA. Staff also
stated that it was concerned with CVEC's interest in an
accelerated recovery mechanism for collecting net revenue loss.
The Hearing Examiner's Report was issued on January 13,
1998. The Hearing Examiner recommended that the Commission issue
an order establishing the proposed procedural schedule, as
amended, as the Commission calendar permits.
II. COMMISSION ANALYSIS
We find the proposed procedural schedule to be
reasonable and will, therefore, approve it for the duration of
the proceeding.
Based upon the foregoing, it is hereby
ORDERED, that the procedural schedule delineated above
is APPROVED.
By order of the Public Utilities Commission of New
Hampshire this twenty-seventh day of January, 1998.
Douglas L. Patch Bruce B. Ellsworth Susan S. Geiger
Chairman Commissioner Commissioner
Attested by:
Thomas B. Getz
Executive Director and Secretary