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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20260625Final Approved Tariffs.pdf IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Third Revision Sheet 90 Approved Effective Canceling June 25,2026 July 1,2026 I.P.U.C. No.28 Second Revision Sheet 90 CommisQGn Secretary AVISTA CORPORATION d/b/a Avista Utilities SCHEDULE 90 ELECTRIC DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IDAHO 1. PURPOSE To provide conditions applicable to the programs and services (hereafter collectively referred to as "Programs")funded under the Company's tariff Schedule 91, "Demand Side Management Rider Adjustment" (DSM Rider). These Programs include both energy efficiency and demand response opportunities intended to promote the efficient use of electrical energy by providing Customers with access to incentives, information, assistance or products that promote conservation/energy efficiency decisions or investments. 2. AVAILABILITY Programs are available to all residential, commercial, and industrial retail electric distribution Customers specified within Schedule 91, and are limited to end uses where electricity, as served by the Company, is the energy source. Customers receiving electric distribution service provided under special contract and/or Customers not otherwise specified under Schedule 91 are not eligible for Programs unless specifically stated in such contract or other service agreement with the Company. Facilities-based Programs are available to owners of facilities and may also be provided to tenants who have obtained appropriate owner consent. 3. PARTICIPATION AND FUNDING Customer participation under this schedule shall be based on eligibility requirements contained herein, with resource acquisition deemed cost-effective as defined by a Utility Cost Test (UCT) at the portfolio level, unless otherwise described. The Company may provide partial funding for the installation of electric efficiency measures and may provide other Programs to Customers for the purpose of identification and implementation of cost-effective electric efficiency or demand response measures as described in this schedule. The broad availability of this tariff does not preclude the Company from targeting measures, markets and specific Customer segments as part of an overall effort to increase the cost- effectiveness and access to the benefits of electric efficiency/conservation. Programs may take the form of monetary incentives or non-monetary incentives, as further defined within this tariff, with funding for such Programs provided by surcharges collected through the DSM Rider. DSM Rider funding is not responsible for system resource costs such as demand response incentives, though administration of these Programs may be funded through the DSM Rider. Issued June 1, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Third Revision Sheet 90A Approved Effective Canceling June 25,2026 July 1,2026 I.P.U.C. No.28 Second Revision Sheet 90A CommiQgAn Secretary AVISTA CORPORATION d/b/a Avista Utilities SCHEDULE 90 — continued Participation in Programs assumes Customer agreement and permissions in allowing the Company to utilize energy-use or electricity demand data for incentive calculation and evaluation purposes. Additional Customer participation related to Programs, such as feedback via survey or interviews, may be requested. A Customer is solely responsible for, and assumes all liabilities associated with, any independent third-party contracting necessary to enable the Customer's participation in Programs, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Company. 4. MEASURES Electric efficiency measures with verifiable energy savings and demand response measures intended to achieve capacity reductions are eligible for Programs; measure eligibility may not apply to all customer segments. Final determination of applicable measure eligibility will be made by the Company. Eligible energy efficiency technologies may include, but are not limited to, energy- efficient appliances, assistive technologies, controls, motors, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, lighting, maintenance, monitoring, new technologies, and shell measures. Eligible demand response Programs may employ a variety of methodologies and technologies, including both Company- owned and those owned, leased or maintained by the Customer or by a third-party service provider. Customers who participate in demand response Programs offered under this schedule consent to make temporary, systematic reductions in end-use electric loads. Programs provided may be incentive-based, where the Company provides the Customer incentives for performance. Market transformation ventures will be considered eligible for funding to the extent that they improve the adoption of electric efficiency measures that are not fully accepted in the marketplace. These market transformation efforts may include efforts funded through regional alliances or other similar opportunities. Issued June 1, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Substitute Seventh Revision Sheet 90B Approved Effective Canceling June 25,2026 90Bluiy 1,2026 I.P.U.C. No.28 Sixth Revision Sheet 90B Commission Secretary AVISTA CORPORATION d/b/a Avista Utilities SCHEDULE 90 — continued 5. INCENTIVES AND NONMONETARY ASSISTANCE a. FUNDING The Company shall offer incentives for projects based upon the incremental capital cost associated with the energy efficiency of the project, with energy savings calculated using the current energy rates. Incentives will be paid up to a maximum of the incremental measure cost, in accordance with the following provisions: i. The Company will make adjustments, if necessary, to the percent of incremental cost paid to attempt to obtain the greatest energy savings at the lowest cost. ii. Fuel-conversion incentives are available only for conversion to natural gas with an end-use efficiency of 44% or greater. iii. Low-income measures provided through energy efficiency programs delivered by Community Action Agencies (CAAs)—contracted by the Company to serve limited income or vulnerable customer segments, including CAA administration costs and health and human safety measures — that have a TRC of 1.0 or higher, are incentivized at 100% of the project cost. For measures that have a TRC of less than 1, the project is incentivized at an amount equal to the present value of avoided cost. The Company will actively pursue electric efficiency or demand response opportunities that may not fit within the prescribed Programs described in this tariff. In these circumstances, the Customer and the Company will enter into a site- specific (efficiency Programs) or bi-lateral (demand response) service agreement. Issued June 12, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Fifth Revision Sheet 90C Approved Effective Canceling June 25,2026 90CJuly 1,2026 I.P.U.C. No.28 Fourth Revision Sheet 90C Commission Secretary AVISTA CORPORATION d/b/a Avista Utilities SCHEDULE 90 - continued b. NON-MONETARY ASSISTANCE Non-monetary assistance is service that does not involve the granting of direct monetary incentives to the Customer. This type of assistance is available across all applicable Customer segments. This assistance may be provided in various ways that include, but are not limited to, the following: i. Educational, training or informational activities that enhance resource efficiency. This may include technology or customer- segment specific seminars, literature, trade-show booths, advertising or other approaches to increasing the awareness and adoption of resource efficient measures and behaviors. ii. Financial activities intended to reduce or eliminate the financial barriers to the adoption of resource efficiency measures. This may include programs intended to reduce the payment rate for resource efficiency measures, direct provision of leased or loaned funds or other approaches to financial issues by better than existing market terms and conditions. iii. Product samples may be provided directly to the customer when resource efficient products may be available to the utility at significantly reduced cost as a result of cooperative buying or similar opportunities. iv. Technical Assistance may consist of engineering, financial or other analysis provided to the customer by or under the direction of, Avista Corporation staff. This may take the form of design reviews, product demonstrations, third-party bid evaluations, facility audits, measurement and evaluation analysis, project management or other forms of technical assistance that addresses the cost-effectiveness, technical applicability or end-use characteristics of customer The Company may also provide funding for Programs supporting or enhancing local, regional or national electric efficiency market transformation efforts. Issued June 1, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Substitute Sixth Revision Sheet 90D Approved Effective Canceling June 25,2026 90Djuiy 1,2026 I.P.U.C. No.28 Fifth Revision Sheet 90D Commission Secretary AVISTA CORPORATION d/b/a Avista Utilities SCHEDULE 90 - continued 5. BUDGET AND REPORTING Surcharges levied within Schedule 91 will be used to fund the electric efficiency programs defined within this tariff as well as the administrative costs expended in support of electric energy efficiency and demand response programs. The Company will manage these programs to obtain resources that are cost- effective from a UCT perspective and achievable through utility intervention. Schedule 91 will be periodically reviewed and revised as necessary to provide adequate funding for electric efficiency efforts. 6. GENERAL RULES AND PROVISIONS Service under this schedule is subject to the General Rules and Provisions contained in this tariff and is limited to facilities receiving electric service from the Company. All installations and equipment must comply with all local code and permit requirements applicable and be properly inspected, if required, by appropriate agencies. The Company may establish specifications regarding any electric efficiency measures and modifications to be effected under this schedule and may conduct inspections to insure that such specifications are met. Issued June 12, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Sixteenth Revision Sheet 91 Approved Effective Canceling June 25, 2026 July 1, 2026 I.P.U.C. No.28 Fifteenth Revision Sheet 91 Commission Secretary AVISTA CORPORATION d/b/a Avista Utilities SCHEDULE 91 DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT RIDER ADJUSTMENT - IDAHO APPLICABLE: To Customers in the State of Idaho where the Company has electric service available. This Demand Side Management (DSM) Rider or Rate Adjustment shall be applicable to all retail customers for charges for electric energy sold and to the flat rate charges for Company-owned or Customer-owned Street Lighting and Area Lighting Service. This Rate Adjustment is designed to recover costs incurred by the Company associated with providing energy efficiency and demand response services and programs to customers, in accordance with the Company's tariff Schedule 90, "Electric Demand Side Management Programs". MONTHLY RATE: The energy charges of the individual rate schedules are to be increased by the following amounts: Schedule 1 0. 722 ¢ per kWh Schedule 25 0.373 ¢ per kWh Schedule 11 & 12 0.382 ¢ per kWh Schedule 25P 0.303 ¢ per kWh Schedule 21 & 22 2.022 ¢ per kWh Schedule 31 & 32 0.705 ¢ per kWh Schedules 41 - 49 2.708 ¢ per kWh SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Service under this schedule is subject to the Rules and Regulations contained in this tariff. The above Rate is subject to increases as set forth in Tax Adjustment Schedule 58. Issued June 1, 2026 Effective July 1, 2026 Issued by Avista Utilities By Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs plc