Case Details

- Case Details:

Case Number:

2022-00052

Case Status:

Open

Utility/Industry Type :

Electric

Utility/Industry Subtype :

Transmission and Distribution Utilities (T and Ds)

Case Type :

COMMISSION INITIATED

Case Subtype :

RULEMAKING

Pertaining to Utility/Company :

ME PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

Case Title :

COMMISSION INITIATED RULEMAKING AMENDMENTS TO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION UTILITY SERVICE STANDARDS CHAPTER 320

Initiating Filer :

Commission, MPUC

Case Start Date :

2/22/2022

Assigned Staff :

Derek.D.Davidson,
Eric.J.Bryant,
Faith.Huntington,
LYNN.A.FORTIN,
Nora.Healy,
liz.wyman,
Sally.Zeh,
Margaret.Priest,
Margrethe.Heimgartne,
Michael.Simmons

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Filings (20) Data Requests (0)Public Comments (1) Active Party and Notification List (605) Assigned Staff (10)

Item No.	Date Filed	Description Of Filing	Filing Party	Filed By	No of Attachments	Deleted Filings
20	4/27/2022	Supplemental Comments of Central Maine Power Company	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Hevey, Richard	1
19	4/27/2022	EMEC Comments	EASTERN MAINE ELECTRIC CO-OP, INC	Hallowell, Scott	1
18	4/27/2022	Versant Power Supplemental Comments	VERSANT POWER	Silver Karsh, Arielle	2
17	4/27/2022	OPA Comments	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	PUBLIC ADVOCATE, OFFICE OF THE	1
16	4/27/2022	Supplemental Comments	AARP MAINE	Alexander, Barbara Reid	1
15	4/11/2022	Transcript 4/7/22	Commission Staff, CMS	Commission Staff, CMS	1
14	4/4/2022	Initial Comments of CMP	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills	1
13	4/3/2022	VBLPD's Response 2022-00052	VAN BUREN LIGHT & POWER DISTRICT	Schofield, Bill	1
12	4/2/2022	AARP Comments	AARP MAINE	Alexander, Barbara Reid	1
11	4/1/2022	MEW Comment	MADISON ELECTRIC WORKS	Berry, Martin W	1

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Posted By	Posted Date	Comments	Attachment(s)
Gerry Runte Worthington Sawtelle LLC PO Box 32, York ME 03909 Phone No.: 207 361 7143	4/7/2022	The Commission's rulemaking simply does not go far enough in terms of establishing performance metrics. SAIFI and CAIDI are relatively meaningless metrics inasmuch as they average a year's performance over a large geographic area and fails to take into consideration the detailed level of analysis current technology avails. ONe could envision great performance on circuits in Portland cancelling out abysmall performance in rural areas. Maine has the highest penetration of smart meters in the country and significant substation automation. The combination of the two allows for very accurate assessments of perfomance in real time at the circuit level. The data is already there. Why not leverage it to establish meaningful standards? More importantly, why try and reinvent the wheel here when at least 16 other states have made tremendous strides in establishing 21st century performance based ratemaking? The PUC needs to look very carefully at leading states such as Hawaii. Hawaiian Electric Company is required to submit a 5-year plan that begins with fixed rates the first year and limits annual rate increases to three factors: inflation; unforeseen events; and a "productivity factor." The productivity factor is based on how Hawaiian Electric does in terms of customer experience, utility performance and desired societal outcomes. Their report card includes the following metrics: Customer Experience: affordability, reliability, interconnection and customer engagement Utility Performance: Cost control, effectiveness of integrating distributed energy resources; grid investment efficiency Advanced societal outcomes: customer equity; GHG reduction; promotion of EVs' capital formation; resilience. Hawaii is just an example. Other models merit examination, such as MN and the UK. The proposed standards are reminiscent of standards that were promoted in the 1990's, standards that utilities sometimes gamed to their advantage. Maine can do much better than this.

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Notification List Active Party List

Name of Person/Company	Representing Company	Mailing Address	Email/Phone/Fax
Link, Ryan		PO Box 6806 Portland ME 04103	Email ID: rlink@3degreesinc.com Phone Ph: 804-938-8993 Fax:
Capage, Adam		319 SW Washington St. Portland OR 97204	Email ID: honsrud@3degreesinc.com Phone Extn: 0 Fax:
Beck, Gordon		PO Box 176 Northeast Harbor ME 04662	Email ID: gordonmbeck@gmail.com Phone Ph: 646-996-3090 Fax:
Cough, Kate		P.O. Box 75 Mount Desert ME 04660	Email ID: kaitlin.cough@gmail.com Phone Fax:
Friedmann MR, Gary		7 Pine St Bar Harbor ME 04609	Email ID: gary@garyfriedmann.com Phone Ph: 207-460-7362 Fax:
Label, Mark			Email ID: mlebel@acadiacenter.org Phone Fax:
Meil, Kathleen		P.O. Box 583 Rockport ME 04856	Email ID: kmeil@acadiacenter.org Phone Ph: 207-236-6470 Fax:
Marks, Jeff			Email ID: jmarks@acadiacenter.org Phone Fax:
Tully, Oliver			Email ID: otully@acadiacenter.org Phone Fax:
Malone, Leslie		8 Summer St. PO Box 583 Rockport ME 04856	Email ID: lmalone@acadiacenter.org Phone Ph: 401-276-0600 Extn: 0 Fax:

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Staff Name	Role
Bryant, Eric	Hearing Examiner
Davidson, Derek	Staff Analyst
FORTIN, ETHELYN	Support Staff
Healy, Nora	Hearing Examiner
Heimgartner, Margrethe	Staff Analyst
Huntington, Faith	Staff Analyst
Priest, Margaret	Support Staff
Simmons, Michael	Staff Analyst
Wyman, Liz	Reviewer
Zeh, Sally	Staff Analyst

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