Montana § 69-3-331 Cost Tracking And Recovery

Montana Statutes

§ 69-3-331 — Cost Tracking And Recovery

Montana § 69-3-331

Title 69PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

Ch. 3REGULATION OF UTILITIES

Part 3Ratemaking Procedures

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Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-331 (2026).

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69-3-331 . Cost tracking and recovery.

(1)If the commission approves a cost-tracking adjustment for electricity supply costs for a public utility regulated in accordance with chapter 8 or under this chapter, the cost-tracking adjustment must provide for:

(a)90% customer and 10% shareholder sharing of costs, if cost sharing is required; and

(b)full recovery of costs incurred by a public utility as a result of qualifying small power production facility purchase requirements established in Title 69, chapter 3, part 6.

(2)A cost-tracking adjustment may not include a deadband.

(3)For the purposes of this section, "deadband" means a level of cost recovery variance, including levels of underrecoveries and overrecoveries to be borne by the public utility.

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69-3-331 . Cost tracking and recovery. (1) If the commission approves a cost-tracking adjustment for electricity supply costs for a public utility regulated in accordance with chapter 8 or under this chapter, the cost-tracking adjustment must provide for:
(a) 90% customer and 10% shareholder sharing of costs, if cost sharing is required; and
(b) full recovery of costs incurred by a public utility as a result of qualifying small power production facility purchase requirements established in Title 69, chapter 3, part 6.
(2) A cost-tracking adjustment may not include a deadband.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "deadband" means a level of cost recovery variance, including levels of underrecoveries and overrecoveries to be borne by the public utility.