Montana Code 69-3-1206. Rate treatment
69-3-1206. Rate treatment. (1) The commission may include in a public utility‘s rates:
Terms Used In Montana Code 69-3-1206
- Abandonment costs: means the costs incurred for resources acquired and abandoned pursuant to a plan. See Montana Code 69-3-1203
- commission: means the public service commission provided for in 2-15-2602. See Montana Code 69-1-101
- Plan: means an integrated least-cost resource plan submitted by a utility in accordance with this part and the rules adopted under this part. See Montana Code 69-3-1203
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
- Public utility: means a public utility, as defined in 69-3-101, that provides electric or natural gas service. See Montana Code 69-3-1203
(a)the cost of resources acquired in accordance with a plan;
(b)demand-side management programs established and implemented in accordance with 69-3-1209;
(c)the cost-effective expenditures for improving the efficiency with which the public utility provides and its customers use utility services;
(d)the costs of complying with the planning requirements of this part; and
(e)the costs of complying with a competitive solicitation process conducted in accordance with 69-3-1207.
(2)The commission may adopt rules establishing criteria governing the extent of recovery of abandonment costs.
(3)The commission may not approve a bonus or adder in the cost of a new resource acquired after April 28, 2021, to provide additional compensation for costs such as environmental externalities unless the bonus or adder is necessary to compensate for a real and actual cost required by existing regulation or existing law.