Rule 515-7-2-.04 - Minimum Filing Requirements(1) On or before August 1 of each year, each Utility shall file with the Commission its Gas Supply Plan for the following Recovery Year. Such filing shall be in addition to any compliance filing the Commission may require for the current Recovery Year. The Utility shall include with such filing the Adjustment Factors it proposes for recovering its Purchased Gas Costs during such following Recovery Year, together with the calculation that produced such factors.(2) As part of its annual gas Supply Plan and Adjustment Factor filing, each Utility shall include the following as minimum filing requirements: (a) A five year forecast. This forecast need not be in the same detail as the Recovery Year forecast. Nevertheless, there must be sufficient information in this forecast to enable the Commission to evaluate the reasonableness of the Utility's long-term contracts and the effectiveness of any IRP applicable to the Utility.(b) A summary of the impact of any IRP on the Supply Plan. In view of the relative importance of capacity costs to the Utility's Adjustment Factor, the emphasis of this section of the Supply Plan shall reflect the success of reducing peak load requirements and improving load factors.(c) The Utility's most recent 12-month actual data pertaining to requirements and gas supply costs, together with an explanation of how such data support the reasonableness of the Utility's forecast for the Recovery Year. Actual data shall include the following:
1. Actual firm and interruptible sales and transportation volumes by rate schedule or customer class.2. For the Utility's most recent peak day, a summary of: (i) The gas supply, storage, and transportation options in the applicable Supply Plan that were available and utilized; and(ii) The actual throughput to firm and interruptible customers, which in the case of firm customers shall be broken down by rate schedule or customer type, and in the case of interruptible customers shall be broken down by sales and transportation volumes.3. A complete history of the Utility's capacity release and acquisition activity during the historic period, including for each transaction: (i) The applicable pipeline, quantity, price, release period, and revenues or costs;(ii) The maximum lawful rate for capacity release on the pipeline;(iii) Whether recall conditions were placed on the release and whether the capacity was recalled prior to the expiration of the release period;(iv) Whether the capacity release had been prearranged at a price other than the maximum lawful price and had not been subject to bid; and(v) Whether the capacity release had been listed on the pipeline's bulletin board.4. The utilization of all firm capacity and all contracted supply the Utility purchased from pipelines individually and well-head purchases in the aggregate. The pipeline information shall include data separately stated for all firm transportation and storage contracts.5. End-of-month storage level by storage service.(d) A Gas Supply Plan and Adjustment Factor for the Recovery Year, which shall consist of at least the following: 1. For the Utility's Gas Supply Plan design day, monthly and annual requirements: (i) Detailed description of forecast methodology(ies);(ii) Level of projected requirements of firm and interruptible customers, which in the case of firm customers shall be broken down by rate schedule or customer class, and in the case of interruptible customers shall be broken down by sales and transportation volumes;(iii) Supply options selected to meet requirements; and(iv) Projected utilization of supply options selected to meet requirements.2. Summary of all individual contracts with interstate pipelines, gas suppliers, or any other party whose contract, or purchase agreement, affects the Utility's Gas Supply Plan and Adjustment Factor. At a minimum, summaries will include: parties, terms, volumes (annual, seasonal, daily and minimum purchases requirement), prices and rates, and description of all services provided. Summaries of storage services shall include a description of the method of transportation to and from storage, and whether transportation services are included in the contracts with the storage services. Exceptions to this filing requirement are:
(i) Short term (31 days or less) gas supply contracts; and(ii) Contracts that contain "Trade Secret" documents.(iii) With respect to the "Trade Secret" contracts, the Utility must state the number of "Trade Secret" contracts, state reasons why they are "Trade Secret" documents, provide a summary of these contracts in aggregate form, and flow the Commission Staff (or Staff representatives subject to appropriate confidentiality agreements) to review these contracts as part of the Supply Plan review. With respect to the short term contracts, the Utility must state the number of short term contracts and provide a summary of these contracts in aggregate form.3. The proposed utilization of all projected capacity and gas supply the Utility will purchase from pipelines and producers. This information will be provided on a contract-by-contract basis. "Trade Secret" contract information can be provided in aggregate.4. An explanation of how the Utility determined any estimated Gas Supply Realignment (GSR) and transition costs, including the levels of such costs, the outstanding balance at the commencement of the Recovery Year and the expected outstanding balance at the end of the Recovery Year.5. Projected end-of-month storage levels by storage service.6. A disaggregation of the commodity and demand charges reflected in the Adjustment Factors. At a minimum, the actual pipeline rates for each service shall be shown, and commodity costs shall be stated separately for projected gas costs, variable pipeline costs and fuel rates. Pipeline fuel costs should be shown as they are projected to be incurred, either as gas delivered in kind or as the dollar amount expected to be paid by the Utility to the pipeline.(e) The requirements of O.C.G.A. § 46-2-25 shall not apply to filings made pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 46-2-26.5 and this Rule.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 515-7-2-.04
Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 125, 1907, pp. 72-81; 1922, pp. 142-147; 1956, pp. 104, 105; 1964, pp. 338; 1965, p. 283; 1975, Sec. 2, pp. 404-412; 1994, p. 630, Sec. 2.
Original Rule entitled "Minimum Filing Requirements" adopted. F. May 19, 1995; eff. June 8, 1995.