Montana § 69-3-1206 Rate Treatment

Montana Statutes

§ 69-3-1206 — Rate Treatment

Montana·Title 69 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS·Ch. 3 REGULATION OF UTILITIES·Part 12 Integrated Least-Cost Resource Planning and Acquisition Act

69-3-1206 . Rate treatment.

(1)The commission may include in a public utility's rates:

(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

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69-3-1206 . Rate treatment. (1) The commission may include in a public utility's rates:
(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.

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