The Public Service Department today released an addendum to the 2011 Electric Plan. Pursuant to section 202(g) of Title 30, the Department has reviewed the 2011 Electric Plan and determined the need to update the plan by incorporating guidelines for electric distribution utilities in the preparation of integrated resource plans (IRPs) and providing general information regarding the process the Department uses to determine whether a proposal is consistent with the Electric Plan under section 202(f). Integrated resource plans are documents developed by each utility that describe the utilitys plan to meet the publics need for energy, after safety concerns are addressed, at the lowest present value life cycle cost, including economic and environmental costs.
The Department released a Request for Information and corresponding RFI draft of the addendum in August, and received comments from utilities, organizations, and members of the public. The Department then released a final draft in December, solicited public comment, and held two public meetings. The final document released today reflects comments received through that process.
The final addendum is available for download at http://publicservice.vermont.gov/publications/electric_plan
Public Service Department releases final addendum to the 2011 Electric Plan
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