Section 3 AAC 46.240 - Approval, rejection, or suspension of an integrated resource plan(a) Not later than 45 days after receipt, the commission will approve, reject, or suspend an integrated resource plan or plan update filed under a petition letter from an electric reliability organization.(b) If the commission approves an integrated resource plan, the commission will issue an approval order within the 45-day statutory notice period under AS 42.05.780(b).(c) If an electric reliability organization submits an integrated resource plan or plan update that does not meet all of the form and filing requirements provided under statute, 3 AAC 46.220, and 3 AAC 46.230, and the commission does not waive requirements under 3 AAC 46.220(b) or 3 AAC 46.230(b), (1) the commission may reject the filing; unless the electric reliability organization perfects the filing, a rejected filing is void;(2) for a rejected integrated resource plan or plan update, the statutory notice period under AS 42.05.780(b) begins only after the filing is supplemented, within a period specified by the commission, to comply with all applicable requirements; if an electric reliability organization(A) fails to supplement a rejected integrated resource plan or plan update in order to comply with all applicable requirements within the period specified by the commission, the commission will close the integrated resource plan or plan update and return it to the electric reliability organization;(B) refiles an integrated resource plan or plan update that has previously been rejected, the commission will renumber the integrated resource plan or plan update with the next available petition letter number and treat it as a new filing.(d) The commission may suspend an integrated resource plan filed under 3 AAC 46.220 - 3 AAC 46.260 to investigate (1) whether the proposed integrated resource plan adequately meets the reliability requirements at the greatest value and has evaluated a full range of cost-effective alternatives and options as required under AS 42.05.780(a); or(2) the sufficiency and completeness of filings made to meet the requirements of 3 AAC 46.220 and 3 AAC 46.230.(e) In an order returning an integrated resource plan to the electric reliability organization for modification, the commission will specify the returned plan's statutory, regulatory, or other deficiencies. Eff. 3/11/2022, Register 241, April 2022 Authority:AS 42.05.141
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