Docket No. 4568 - Review of The Narragansett Electric Company d/b/a National Grid (NGrid) - Review of Electric Distribution Design Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-26.6-24
Status of Docket: Closed.
- Notice of Opening of Docket and Pre-Hearing Conference
- Revised Procedural Schedule
- Technical Record Session Agenda for September 17, 2015 @ 9:00 AM.
- Notice of Technical Session - presentation by National Grid
- National Grid's presentation that was presented at the September 17 Technical Session
- Notice of Hearing - Oral Argument on Motions for Summary Disposition on October 16, 2015 @ 10:00 AM
- Notice of Technical Record Session for November 18, 2015 @ 10:00 AM - presentation by the Intervernors:
- Notice of Hearing - HEARING CANCELLED.
- At open meeting held on January 19, 2016, the PUC unanimously approved National Grid's Unopposed Motion to Withdraw Filing without prejudice. Vote 3-0.
- Order No. 22465 approving National Grid's Motion to Withdraw rate design proposal filed on July 31, 2015. Written Order issued 7/6/16.
National Grid's Rate Design Proposal and Testimony:
- National Grid - Executive Summary of Rate Design Proposal
- National Grid - Rate Design Proposal for new electric distribution rates designed to be revenue neutral to National Grid. In support of the proposal, the filing incorporates the following testimony, exhibits and workpapers:
- Book 1 - Transmittal Letter and Joint Pre-filed Testimony and Schedules of Peter T. Zschokke and Jeanne A. Lloyd
- Book 2 - Workpapers of Peter T. Zschokke and Jeanne A. Lloyd
- National Grid - Entry of Apperance of John K. Habib, Esq. and Nicholas D. Horan, Esq. on behalf of The Narragansett Electric Company d/b/a National Grid
- National Grid - Notice Regarding Access Fee
- National Grid - Joint Rebuttal Testimony of Peter T. Zchokke, Jeanne A. Lloyd and Timothy R. Roughan
- National Grid - Unopposed Motion to Withdraw Filing - The PUC unanimously approved National Grid's unopposed motion to withdraw without prejudice on January 19, 2016 open meeting.
Motion to Intervene filed by:
- Conservation Law Foundation (CLF)
- RI Office of Energy Resources (OER)
- Acadia Center (Acadia)
- RI Energy Efficiency Resources Management Council (EERMC)
- Wal-Mart Stores East, LP and Sam’s East, Inc. (Walmart)
- Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC)
- Green Development, LLC dba Wind Energy Development, LLC (WED)
- The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC)
- The Dept. of Navy (DON)
- Energy Development Partners, LLC
- Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC)
- Hecate Energy LLC and CME Energy (Hecate-CME)
- Forbes Street Solar LLC (12/28/15)
Testimony filed by the Intervenors the Division of Public Utilities & Carriers:
- Acadia's Direct Testimony of Abigail Anthony
- Acadia's Direct Testimony of Abigail Anthony regarding Access Fee
- Acadia's Surrebuttal Testimony of Abigail Anthony
- Energy Developtment Partners' Direct Testimony of Frank Epps regarding Access Fee
- EERMC's Direct Testimony of Scudder Parker
- EERMC's Surrebuttal Testimony of Scudder Parker
- DON's Direct Testimony of Ali Al-Jabir
- DON'S Direct Testimony of Ali Al-Jabir regarding Access Fee
- DON's Surrebuttal Testimony of Ali Al-Jabir
- Hecate-CME Joint Testimony of Nicholas Bullinger (Hecate) and William Martin (CME) regarding Access Fee
- NBC's Direct Testimony of James McCaughey regarding Access Fee
- NBC's Surrebuttal Tesimony of James McCaughey
NECEC's Direct Testimony of Janet Gail Besser - NECEC's Direct Testimony of Janet Gail Besser regarding Access Fee
- NECEC's Surrebuttal Testimony of Janet Gail Besser
- OER's Direct Testimony of Jason Gifford
- OER's Direct Testimony of Marion Gold
- OER"s Direct Testimony of Marion Gold regarding Access Fee
- OER's Surrebuttal Testimony of Mary Gold and Jason Gifford
- TASC's Direct Testimony of Caroline Golin
- TASC's Direct Testimony of Caroline Golin regarding Access Fee
- TASC's Surrebuttal Testimony of Caroline Golin
- Walmart's Direct Testimony of Steve W. Chriss
- WED's Index of Prefiled Direct Testimony and Exhibits :
- WED's Direct Testimony of Michelle Carpenter regarding Access Fee
- WED Exhibit 1 - Beyond Utility 2.0 to Energy Democracy
- WED's Direct Testimony of Karl Rabago regading Access Fee
- WED Exhibit 2 - Resume of Karl Rabago
- WED Exhibit 3 - Table of Formal Testimony of Prior Proceedings of Karl Rabago
- WED Exhibit 4 - Shinning Rewards Report
- WED Exhibit 5 - A Regulator's Guidebook: Calculating the Benefits and Costs of Distribured Solar Generation
- WED Exhibit 6 - Maine PUC Solar Report to Maine Legislature on Value of Distribution Solar Energy
- WED's Surrebuttal Testimony of Michelle Carpenter
- WED's Surrebuttal Testimony of Karl Rabago
- Division of Public Utilities & Carriers (Division) - Direct Testimony of Alvaro Pereira
- Division's Surrebuttal Testimony of Alvaro Pereira
- Division's Surrebuttal Testimony of Richard Hahn
Motions/Objections:
- WED's Motion for Summary Disposition of National Grid's proposed Access Fees
- Acadia's Motion to Amend Procedural Schedule - Motion to Amend was granted
- Acadia, CLF, NECEC and TASC Motion for Summary Disposition of National Grid's proposed Access Fees
- OER's Letter indicating no objection to the Motions for Summary Disposition filed by WED and Acadia
- National Grid's Objection to Motions for Summary Disposition and Memorandum of Law in Support of Objection
- At the hearing held on October 16, 2015, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), by a vote of 2-1, denied, without prejudice, the Motions for Summary Disposition on the basis that there were material issues in dispute and that it was too early in the process to rule on such a Motion where the intervener testimony on the issue had not yet been filed. The PUC has, however, provided additional time to the parties to file testimony related to the Access Fee. The Intervener Access Fee Testimony or Notice of Agreement or combination is due November 23, 2015.
- WED's Renew Motion for Summary Disposition of Access Fees proposed by National Grid (12/21/15)
- National Grid's Objection to WED's Renewed Motion for Summary Disposition and Memorandum of Law in support of objection (12/31/15)
- National Grid - Unopposed Motion to Withdraw Filing
- At open meeting held on January 19, 2016, the PUC unanimously approved National Grid's Unopposed Motion to Withdraw without prejudice. Vote 3-0. As a result, WED's Renew Motion for Summary Disposition was passed.
Public Comments:
- Washington County Regional Planning Council, the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns, and PRISM, the Partnership for RI Streetlights Management
- Northeast Solar & Wind Power, LLC
- Matthew P. Edwards
- Steere Electric LLC
- City of East Providence
Data Requests/Data Responses:
- Public Utilities Commission's (PUC) 1st Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- PUC's 2nd Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- PUC's 3rd Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- Division of Public Utilities (Division) 1st Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- Division's 2nd Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- Division's 3rd Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- National Grid’s Responses to Division's 3rd Set of Data Requests
- Division's 4th Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- DON's 1st Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- National Grid’s Responses to DON's 1st Set of Data Requests
- DON's 2nd Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- National Grid's Responses to DON's 2nd Set of Data Requests
- DON's 3rd Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- National Grid's Responses to DON's 3rd Set of Data Requests
- National Grid's Responses to DON's 3rd Set of Data Requests
- CLF's 1st Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- CLF's 2nd Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- CLF's 3rd Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- NECEC's 1st Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- OER's 1st Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- OER's 2nd Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- OER's 3rd Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- OER's 4th Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- TASC's 1st Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- Walmart's 1st Set of Data Requests to National Grid
- WED's 1st Set of Data Requests to National Grid