Minnesota Administrative Rules

7690.1400 PROPOSED PROJECT CHANGES; SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEDURES.

Upon the commissioner's own motion or upon the motion of a utility or other person, the commissioner may add a new project or modify, expand, or terminate an existing conservation improvement program before the program's expiration date. The moving party must give notice of the motion to the parties on the service list for the affected utility's conservation improvement program. A change may be required to make a project more effective, to reach more participants, to reduce unnecessary or ineffective expenditures, to expand, change, or reduce the geographic area or target group that the project covers, or to change the time period during which the project would be in effect. For a new project modification or an existing project termination, whether by a utility or an interested party, the filing requirements and the review and decision process are specified in part 7690.1430. For other program changes, the department shall allow 15 days for written comments on the proposal. The time period allowed for written comments begins on the date that the proposed change is filed with the department. The department shall allow ten days from the filing of the comments for written reply comments. These proposed program changes, comments, and responses must be filed with the Public Utilities Commission, the department, and interested parties on the utility's conservation improvement service list. The commissioner shall issue a written decision, including the commissioner's reasons for the decision, within 35 days from the date reply comments are due.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216B.08; 216B.241

History:

10 SR 1266; 14 SR 2193; 22 SR 1402

Published Electronically:

January 19, 2005