North Dakota § 49-22-04 - Ten-year plans - Contents

§ 49-22-04. Ten-year plans - Contents

1. Each utility that owns or operates, or plans within the next ten years to own, operate, or start construction on any facility shall develop a ten-year plan as specified in this section and submit the plan to the commission. Each utility shall file an updated plan on or before July first of each even-numbered year after the year of its initial submission. The ten-year plan may be appropriate portions of a single regional plan or may be jointly prepared and submitted by two or more utilities and must contain the following information: a. A description of the general location, size, and type of all facilities to be owned or operated by the utility during the ensuing ten years, as well as those facilities to be removed from service during the ten-year period. b. An identification of the location of the tentative preferred site for all electric energy conversion facilities and the tentative location of all electric transmission facilities on which construction is intended to be commenced within the ensuing five years and such other information as may be required by the commission. The site and corridor identification shall be made in compliance with the criteria published by the commission pursuant to section 49-22-05.1. c. A description of the efforts by the utility to coordinate the plan with other utilities so as to provide a coordinated regional plan for meeting the utility needs of the region. d. A description of the efforts to involve environmental protection and land-use planning agencies in the planning process, as well as other efforts to identify and minimize environmental problems at the earliest possible stage in the planning process. e. A statement of the projected demand for the service rendered by the utility for the ensuing ten years and the underlying assumptions for the projection, with that 2. information being as geographically specific as possible, and a description of the manner and extent to which the utility will meet the projected demands. f. Any other relevant information as may be requested by the commission. Upon receipt of the ten-year plans the commission shall proceed to assess the impact of the development proposed within the state to ensure that energy conversion facilities and transmission facilities will be sited in an orderly manner compatible with environmental preservation and efficient use of resources. If not previously disclosed in a ten-year plan filing pursuant to subdivision a of subsection 1, the utility owner or operator of an electric energy conversion facility shall notify the commission and the auditor of the county in which the facility is located if the owner or operator considers removing an electric energy conversion facility from service. Upon notice of the removal from service, the commission may request the owner or operator provide the commission with any applicable reliability study developed with a regional transmission organization in conjunction with the considered removal from service and may accept public comment in a format prescribed by the commission.