UTC Case Docket Details

Docket Number 960613

Case Docket Details Table
Docket Number UE-960613
Advice
Company Puget Sound Power & Light Company
DBA
Filing Type Contract
Industry (Code) Electric (140)
Status Closed
Lead Staff Hank McIntosh
Filed Date 05/07/1996
Effective Date 07/13/2000
Summary Requests Commission approval of amendment to special contract between the Company and Bellingham Cold Storage.

Event History

  • 06/17/1996 -- End of Pending - Reconsideration
  • 07/12/2000 -- Accepted (Approve the power sale agreement amendments on LSN. (Original effective date 6/8/96))
  • 06/28/2000 -- Re-open (Amendment to the Power Sales Agreement between Puget and Georgia-Pacific West, Inc.; Amendment to the Power Sales Agreement between Puget and Bellingham Cold Storage Company; and Accord and Satisfaction and Agreement Regarding Index on behalf of Puget Sound Energy from Steven Secrist.)
  • 06/07/1996 -- Accepted (Accepted with the following conditions: 1) The pricing in these special contracts, including but not limited to the unbundled rate elements, establishes no precedent in future proceedings. The merits of the unbundled pricing methodology shall be addressed in the Company's pending Schedule 48 filing (Docket UE-960696). 2) The difference between the rates charged in the Bellingham Cold Storage special contract, and the effective tariff rates that would otherwise be applicable to the customers shall be borne by shareholders; any shift of lost margins to other customer classes can only be recovered, if at all on a prospective basis and after a general rate case. 3) Any revenue differential between appropriate tariff rates and the special contract rates addressed by the Commission in Docket UE-960613 shall be reflected as restating adjustments in regulatory reports during the term of the special contract, unless ordered otherwise by the Commission. 4) Commission staff, Public Counsel and the Company shall develop an appropriate procedure for Puget to make additional information on the special contract price elements available during the term of the agreements. 5) After the expiration of the five year power sales agreement, the customer shall have no expectation of access to power resources that it otherwise may be entitled to under RCW 80.28.110.)