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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 20-1601

NOTICES

PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC
UTILITY COMMISSION

Tentative Order; Implementation of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004: Standards for the Participation of Demand Side Management Resources—Technical Reference Manual 2021 Update; Doc. No. M-2019-3006867

[50 Pa.B. 6516]
[Saturday, November 14, 2020]

 In implementing the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act, 73 P.S. §§ 1648.1—1648.8, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) had originally adopted the Technical Reference Manual (TRM), in an Order entered on October 3, 2005, at Docket No. M-00051865. Subsequently, in the Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Program Implementation Order, entered on January 16, 2009, at Docket No. M-2008-2069887, the Commission adopted the TRM as a component of the EE&C Program evaluation process. In the January 16, 2009 Implementation Order, the Commission also noted that the TRM will need to be updated and expanded to fulfill the requirements of the EE&C Program. We last updated the TRM on August 8, 2019. In Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program, Implementation Order, at Docket No. M-2020-3015228, entered June 18, 2020 (Phase IV Implementation Order) at 97-100, we noted that the 2021 TRM would be applicable for the entirety of Phase IV but reserved the right to implement a mid-phase TRM update if needed.

 The Commission on October 29, 2020, adopted the 2021 TRM Update Amendment Tentative Order to propose several revisions to the 2021 TRM to ensure that the TRM is up to date and better aligns with the Phase IV EE&C Program. A copy of the Tentative Order, TRM Volumes 1—3, and Appendices A, C, and D can be found on the Commission's web site as follows:

 Tentative Order: https://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1682671.docx

 TRM Volume 1: https://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1682725.docx

 TRM Volume 2: https://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1682727.docx

 TRM Volume 3: https://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1682729.docx

 Appendix A: https://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1682731.xlsx

 Appendix C: https://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1682732.xlsx

 Appendix D: https://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1682733.xlsx

 Interested parties have 30 days from the date the notice of this Tentative Order is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin to file written comments referencing Docket No. M-2019-3006867 with the Commission, elec-tronically through the Commission's e file System. Interested parties have 50 days from the date the notice of this Tentative Order is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin to file written reply comments referencing Docket Number M-2019-3006867 with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, electronically through the Commission's e file System. E-filing information can be found at https://www.puc.pa.gov/filing-resources/efiling/.

 The contact person for technical issues related to the Tentative Order and the proposed amended 2021 TRM is Regi Sam, Bureau of Technical Utility Services, rsam@pa.gov. The contact person for legal and process issues related to the Tentative Order and the proposed amended 2021 TRM is Adam Young, Law Bureau, adyoung@pa.gov. A Word-formatted copy of filed comments and reply comments is to be electronically mailed to Regi Sam, Bureau of Technical Utility Services, at rsam@pa.gov. Attachments may not exceed three megabytes.

ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-1601. Filed for public inspection November 13, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]



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