Rate Case Basics
The regulatory body approves electric delivery rates for NYSEG and RG&E.
What is the New York Public Service Commission?
This category generally covers replacement of deteriorated infrastructure.
What is Asset Condition?
The rate case document the describes each project's scope, need, benefit, risk of no-action, etc.
What is a whitepaper?
The final rate settlement agreement.
What is a JP?
This group ultimately funds approved utility investments through rates.
Who are ratepayers?
This engineering process compares multiple feasible solutions before recommending a project.
What is an alternatives analysis?
CWIP is the acronym used for capital expenditures that have been spent but are not yet in service.
What is Construction Work in Progress?
The individual(s) providing judicial oversight of the rate proceedings.
Who are the ALJs?
This is the filing submitted by a utility seeking approval to change rates.
What is a rate case filing?
This phrase describes the amount of unused capacity available after a solution is installed and is a key factor when comparing alternatives.
What is headroom?
The largest capital spending category submitted in the rate case.
What is the reliability category?
The annual funding amount used to identify the delivery costs charged to rate payers.
What is the revenue requirement?
Under New York law, the Commission generally has this many months to act on a utility rate filing.
What is 11 months?
Planners use this term to describe projects that arise unexpectedly due to customer growth, equipment failures, or newly identified system needs.
What are emergent needs?
This grid modernization project served as the prototype for the CAS planning framework.
What is the Lancaster 21st Century Grid Project?
This term describes spending placed into rates charged to customers.
What is RBA?