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“Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997”

“Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997”. Implementation Issues. Affiliate Transactions. Non-discriminatory Joint Advertising forbidden Use of Logo/corporate name allowed customer information shared the same Utility can’t share ARES info separate books for affiliate.

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“Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997”

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  1. “Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997” Implementation Issues

  2. Affiliate Transactions • Non-discriminatory • Joint Advertising forbidden • Use of Logo/corporate name allowed • customer information shared the same • Utility can’t share ARES info • separate books for affiliate

  3. ARES (Alternative Retail Electric Supplier) certification • Filings with ICC • bond equal to 15% of estimate of payment to Utility • irrevocable letter of credit A- rating • Technical Qualifications

  4. ARES Certification • Differences for • ARES serving non-res. > 15,00 KWH • all retail but not res. • Serve everyone

  5. Delivery Services • Billing & Collection • Payment & Disconnect • Delivery Issues • Ancillary Services

  6. Delivery Issues • Metering • Load Profiling - estimate hourly load • Distribution system losses

  7. Ancillary Services • Scheduling, System control, Dispatch • Regulation & Frequency Response System • Energy Imbalance Service • Operating Reserve - Spinning Reserve • Operating Reserve - Supplemental Reserve

  8. Lottery • 10/1/99 Delivery Services to • non-residential customers > 4 KWH • lottery on random, non-discriminatory basis • can’t exceed 3.5% of total utility system • 3 lotteries • 9.5 MWH lottery • common ownership lottery • general lottery - customers totaling 33% KWH sales

  9. Unbundling • Metering and billing should be unbundled. • Customer handling too vague • implementation deferred until further consideration • 9/1/99 proceeding; 5/1/00 order; 9/1/00 implemented

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