Docket No. 4770 - The Narragansett Electric Co.

The Narragansett Electric Co. - Application for Approval of a Change in Electric and Gas Base Distribution Rates

I.  National Grid initial rate application Link to Proceeding relating to National Grid's initial rate application submitted on November 29, 2017 - Rate Year 1, including the Amended Settlement Agreement approved by the PUC on August 24, 2018. (time period November 29, 2017 through August 21, 2018)

Rhode Island Energy's Tariff Advice Filing to Revised Existing Electric and Gas Tariffs - purpose of filing is to replace references to National Grid with The Narragansett Electric Company or the Company for effect September 1, 2022  (7/25/22)

Rhode Island Energy's Tariff Advice filing to Revise the Company's Qualifying Facilities Power Purchase Rate, R.I.P.U.C. No. 2276 for Effect February 1, 2025. This Tariff would supersede the Company's Qualifying Facilities Power Rate R.I.P.U.C. No. 2256 (12/12/24)

• Tariff effective by Operation of Law on February 1, 2025
  
  II. Public Utilities Commission Report and Orders:
• Report and Order No. 23823 issued to National Grid and the Parties accepting the Amended Settlement Agreement submitted in Docket No. 4770 relating to the Company's request to change base distribution rates for both electric and gas operations, and Docket No. 4780 relating to the proposed Power Sector Transformation Vision and Implementation Plan. Order issued 5/5/20.
• Order No. 23615 approving National Grid's March 1, 2019 Excess Deferred Income Tax True-Up Filing. 
• Order 23864 approving National Grid’s Incentive Mechanism Factor of $0.00005 per kWh effective July 1, 2020.
• Order No. 23889 approving National Grid’s Electric Base Distribution Rates for Rate Year 3 Compliance Filing for effect on September 1, 2020.
• Order No. 24088 approving National Grid’s Performance Incentive Factor effective July 1, 2021
• Order No. 24284 ruling to not extend the DCFC pilot and close sub-docket 4770-A without prejudice.
• Order 24454 approving the Company’s 2021 PIM Annual Report and Performance Incentive Factor (PIM) Factor filing for effect July 1, 2022.
• Order No. 25205 on Miscellaneous Modifications to Reporting Requirements Contained in the Amended Settlement Agreement approved August 24, 2018

III. National Grid's Compliance Rate Filings (pursuant to Settlement Agreement approved by the PUC at the August 24, 2018 Open Meeting Decision) below:

Compliance Rate Filings (Rate Year 1):

• Procedural Schedule
• Notice of Hearing on May 6, 2019 at PUC's office
• National Grid's Excess Deferred Income Tax True-Up Filing Transmittal (3/1/19) consists of the following
  • Book 1 of 2 - Joint Pre-Filed Direct Testimony of Pamela Bushmich, Melissa Little, Michael Pini and Robin Pieri, and Supplemental Compliance Attachments
  • Book 2 of 2 - Supplemental Compliance Attachments 16, 17, 19 & 31
• Division's Testimony of David Effron (4/15/19)
• National Grid's Joint Rebuttal Testimony (4/19/19)
• National Grid's Revised Joint Direct Testimony, redlined to show the changes from the Company’s joint direct testimony filed with the PUC March 1, 2019 (4/29/19)
• Division's Surrebuttal Testimony of David Effron(4/30/19)
• National Grid's Response to Division's Data Request 1 (4/24/19)
• National Grid's Response to Division's DIV 1-1 (4/30/19)
• PUC Order No. 23615 approving National Grid's March 1, 2019 Excess Deferred Income Tax True-Up Filing. Order issued 6/12/19.
• National Grid's Excess Deferred Income Tax True-Up Second Compliance Filing (5/30/19) Approved at PUC's June 17, 2019 Open Meeting
• Division's Memorandum on National Grid's Second Compliance Filing (6/14/19)
• National Grid’s Performance Incentive Mechanism (PIM) Compliance Filings::
  • Mid-Year Report for period January 2019 through June 2019
  • 2019 Performance Incentive Mechanism Annual Report
  • National Grid's proposed Performance Incentive Factor Filing effective July 1, 2020 (2/28/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC Data Request (5/20/20)
  • Division's Position Memorandum re: Performance Incentive Factor (6/11/20)
  • PUC Order 23864 approving National Grid’s Incentive Mechanism Factor of $0.00005 per kWh effective July 1, 2020.

Compliance Rate Filings (Rate Year 2):

• National Grid's Compliance Filing for Approval of a Change in Electric and Gas Base Distribution Rates for Rate Year 2 including testimony and supporting schedules explaining and itemizing the change in revenue requirement effective September 1, 2019 submitted in accordance with Article II, Section C.3. of the Amended Settlement Agreement (5/31/19)
• Procedural Schedule for Rate Year 2
• National Grid's Supplemental Compliance Filing to the May 31, 2019 (7/25/19)
• Division's Memorandum on NGrid's Compliance Filing (7/31/19)
• National Grid's Supplemental Compliance Filing - corrected Summary of Retail Delivery Rates, RIPUC No. 2095 (8/19/19)
   
• National Grid's Performance Incentive Mechanism (PIM) Compliance Filings:
  • National Grid's 2020 Performance Incentive Mechanism (PIM) Annual Report (3/1/21)
  • National Grid's PIM Factor Filing (3/1/21)
  • Division's Position Memorandum on National Grid's PIM (6/21/21)
  • Order No. 24088 approving National Grid’s Performance Incentive Factor effective July 1, 2021 (7/14/21)
  • National Grid's Performance Incentive Mechanism Midyear Report January 2021 - June 2021 (9/1/21)

Compliance Rate Filings (Rate Year 3):

• National Grid's Compliance Filing for Approval of a Change in Electric and Gas Base Distribution Rates for Rate Year 3. The filing includes testimony and supporting schedules explaining and itemizing the change in revenue requirement effective September 1, 2020. (6/1/20)
• Procedural Schedule for Rate Year 3
• National Grid's Supplemental Compliance Filing (7/27/20)
• Division's Memorandum on Rate Year 3 Compliance Filing (7/28/20)
• National Grid's response to PUC Data Request 1 (8/5/20)
• National Grid's response to PUC Data Request 2-1 (8/18/20)
• PUC Order No. 23889 approving National Grid’s Electric Base Distribution Rates for Rate Year 3 Compliance Filing for effect on September 1, 2020.
• National Grid’s response to PUC Data Request 3 (9/17/20)
• National Grid's response to PUC Data Request 3-10 (9/18/20)
   
• National Grid - Notification of agreement between the Company and the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers regarding an extension of the term of the Multi-Year Rate Plan (7/15/21)
   
• National Grid's Performance Incentive Mechanism (PIM) Compliance Filings:
  • National Grid's 2021 Performance Incentive Mechanism (PIM) Annual Report (3/8/22)
  • Division's Memorandum (6/2/22)
  • PUC Order 24454 approving the Company’s 2021 PIM Annual Report and Performance Incentive Factor (PIM) Factor filing for effect July 1, 2022 (7/27/22)
     
  • Performance Incentive Mechanism Annual Report & notice regarding the Performance Incentive Factor for Calendar Year 2022 (3/15/23)
  • Performance Incentive Mechanism Midyear Report - Period January 1, 2023 through June 30, 2023 (9/1/23)
  • Performance Incentive Mechanism Annual Report Calendar Year 2023 (3/1/24)
• Rhode Island Energy's Performance Incentive Mechanism (PIM) Compliance Filings:
  • Performance Incentive Mechanism Midyear Report - Period January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024 (9/10/24) 
    • Revised Performance Incentive Mechanism Midyear Report - Period January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024 - Corrected Table 8 (9/24/24)

IV. Tariff Advice Filings - Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC), Electric Transportation Initiative (ETI) & Advanced Meter Functionality (AMF):

• 4770-A Request to Continue Direct Current Fast Charging Discount (DCFC) Pilot beyond Rate Year 3
  • National Grid's Tariff Advice to revise the Company's Direct Current Fast Charging Discount (DCFC) Pilot Provision, effective August 1, 2021 (filed 7/1/21)
  • National Grid's responses to PUC Data Request 1 (7/19/21)
  • Division's Memorandum on Company's Tariff Advice (7/22/21)
  • Office of Energy Resources' Position Memo (7/22/21)
  • National Grid's Revised DCFC Tariff - Compliance (7/30/21)
  • Procedural Schedule
  • Notice of Workshop
  • National Grid's DCFC Discount Pilot testimony of Anthony Carloni and Melissa Little (11/3/21)
  • PUC Order No. 24284 ruling to not extend the DCFC pilot and close sub-docket 4770-A without prejudice. Order issued 12/29/21 
• 4770-B Electric Vehicle Topics 
  • National Grid's Electric Transportation Initiative (ETI) Rate Year 1 Annual Report (10/31/19)
    • National Grid's Response to PUC's Data Request Set 1 regarding ETI Annual Report (12/23/19)
  • National Grid's Electric Transportation Initiative (ETI) Rate Year 2 Annual Report (10/30/20)
  • Procedural Schedule
  • National Grid's Electric Transportation Initiative (ETI) Rate Year 3  Annual Report and testimony Anthony Carloni and Melissa Little (11/3/21)
    • National Grid's response to PUC Set 1 Data Requests (12/13/21)
    • National Grid's response to PUC Set 2 Data Requests (2/4/22)
  • Rhode Island Energy Electric Transportation Initiative (ETI) Rate Year 4 Annual Report (10/31/22)
  • Rhode Island Energy Electric Transportation Initiative (ETI) Rate Year 5 Annual Report (11/15/23)
  • Rhode Island Energy Electric Transportation Initiative (ETI) Rate Year 6 Annual Report (10/31/24)
• Advanced Net Metering Functionality 
  • Workshop Notice for November 1, 2022 @ 9:30 AM
  • Rhode Island Energy's workshop presentation and follow-up
• Responses to Data Request on other Company's Tariffed Matters:
  • RI Energy's response to PUC Data Request Set 1 regarding e-183 Undergrounding and Customer Credit (RIPUC No. 1185) (8/23/22)

V.  Electric and Gas Earnings Reports:

• National Grid's Electric earnings report for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2018 (filled 5/1/19)
• National Grid's Gas earnings report for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2018 (5/1/19)
   
• National Grid’s Electric Earnings Report for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2019 (5/6/20)
• National Grid's Revised Electric Earnings Report (6/24/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 1-1 (7/7/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 1 (7/27/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 2 (8/24/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 2-7
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 2-4
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 2-6
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 3 (10/13/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 3 (3-7, 3-8, 3-17 & 3-19 ) (10/14/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 3 (3-10, 3-11 & 3-25) (10/20/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 3 (3-14 & 3-16) (10/20/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 3 (3-18 & 3-20 ) (10/21/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 4 (Part 1) (11/20/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 4 (Part 2) (11/25/20)
  • National Grid's response to PUC data request 5 (12/22/20)
  • National Grid's Motion Objecting to the PUC data request 5-9 (11/14/20)
    • National Grid's supplemental response to PUC data requests 5-9 (3/23/21)
       
• National Grid’s Gas Earnings Report - Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2019 (5/1/20)
• National Grid's Revised Gas Earnings Report - Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2018; First Gas Revised Earnings Report - Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2019; and Second Gas Revised Earnings Report – Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2019 (10/5/20)
   
• National Grid's Electric Earnings Report for twelve months ended December 31, 2020 (5/4/21)
  • National Grid's response to PUC Data Request re: 2020 Earnings (6/1/21)
• National Grid's Gas Earnings for twelve months ended December 31, 2020 (5/4/21)
   
• RI Energy's Electric Earnings for twelve months ended December 31, 2021 (5/9/22)
• RI Energy's Gas Earnings for twelve months ended December 31, 2021 (5/9/22)
  • RI Energy's response to Division Data Request 1 (6/28/22)
  • RI Energy's response to Division Data Request 2 (8/5/22)
     
• RI Energy's Energy Earnings Report - Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2022 (6/30/23)
• RI Energy's Revised Electric Earnings Report - Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2022 (6/19/24)
• RI Energy's Gas Earnings Report - Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2022 (6/30/23)
• RI Energy's Revised Gas Earnings Report - Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2022 (6/19/24)
  • RI Energy's responses to PUC's Data Requests-Complete Set (8/12/24) 
     
• RI Energy's Motion for Extension of Time to Submit 2023 Earnings Reports and to Change the Submission Date for Future Earnings Reports (6/24/24)
• RI Energy's Electric Earnings Report - Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2023 (7/15/24) 
• RI Energy's Gas Earnings Report - Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2023 (7/15/24)
  • RI Energy's responses to PUC's Data Requests-Complete Set (8/12/24)
     
• National Grid's letter to update on the status of the Block Island Transmission System (BITS) Surcharge (2/2/22)

VI.  Low-Income Monthly Reports and Related Reports: 

• Low-Income Monthly Reports
• Customer Count and Usage Data Quarterly Report 

VII.  Other Compliance Reports:  Link to other reporting requirement and notifications (includes GBA, Cyber Security, RFPs, Miscellaneous)

• RI Energy's Motion for Relief From Quarterly Reporting Requirements for the Gas Business Enablement Program and Cyber Security and Information Services Technology Modernization Programs (4/26/24) Granted by the Commission at an Open Meeting held on May 9, 2024.

VIII.  Update on Power Sector Transformation (PST) Advisory Group:

• National Grid's Update on the Establishment and Status of the Power Sector Transformation Advisory Group pursuant to Article II, Section A.17.e of the Amended Settlement Agreement in Docket No. 4770) (1/14/19)
  • Workshop Notice held on April 9, 2019 at PUC's office
    • Stream https://video.ibm.com/recorded/121117785
    • ​​National Grid's workshop presentation
    • Division's workshop presentation
  • Workshop Notice for September 24, 2020 at PUC's office
    • National Grids' workshop presentation

XI. Docket No. 4780 - Power Sector Transformation Panel Supporting The Narragansett Electric Co. d/b/a National Grid's Power Sector Transformation Vision and Implementation Plan