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DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: DAYN HARDIE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: APRIL 28, 2022
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF THE ANNUAL UPDATE TO “SURROGATE
AVOIDED RESOURCE” AVOIDED COST RATES; CASE NO. GNR-E-22-
01.
On April 21, 2022, Commission Staff applied to the Commission requesting the
Commission update inputs to the surrogate avoided resource method (“SAR Method”) model used
by the Commission to calculate published avoided cost rates. Commission Staff’s Application
responds to Commission directive in GNR-E-20-01. See Order No. 34628 at 1 (stating,
“Subsequent annual SAR updates will be initiated with an Application to the Commission.”).
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure establishing a comment deadline of May 23, 2022, and a reply comment
deadline of May 26, 2022. Staff’s proposed schedule is designed to accommodate updated SAR
Method rates by June 1, 2022.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a comment deadline of May 23, 2022, and a reply comment deadline of
May 26, 2022?
__________________________
Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General
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