§ 8-1-8.5-3.5 — Forecasting group

Indiana § 8-1-8.5-3.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 1: UTILITIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 8.5: Electric Utility Resource Planning and Certification

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5. (a) To arrive at estimates of the probable
future growth of the use of electricity required by section 3(b)(1) of this
chapter, the commission shall establish a permanent forecasting group
to be located at a state supported college or university within Indiana.
The commission shall financially support the group, which shall consist
of a director and such staff as mutually agreed upon by the commission
and college or university, from funds appropriated to the commission.
(b) The forecasting group shall develop and keep current a
methodology for forecasting the probable future growth of the use of
electricity within Indiana and within this region of the nation. To do
this, the group shall solicit the input of residential, commercial, and
industrial consumers and the electric industry.
(c) The commission shall use the methodology that the forecasting
group devises as the commission's primary methodology in developing
and keeping current the commission's:
(1) analysis of the long range needs for expansion of facilities for
the generation of electricity required by section 3(a) of this
chapter; and
(2) plan for meeting the future requirements of electricity required
by sections 3(e), 3(f), and 3(g) of this chapter.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.88-1985, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.53-1992, SEC.3.