| (D) Capital additions shall be benchmarked using the 1.5% limitation set forth in PURA §39.259(b). (g) Quantification of net book value of generation assets. (1) For purposes of this section, the net book value of generation assets shall be established as of December 31, 2001, or the date a market value is established through a market valuation method under subsection (f) of this section, whichever is earlier. (2) Net book value of generation assets consists of: (A) The generation-related electric plant in service, less accumulated depreciation (exclusive of depreciation related to mitigation), plus generation-related construction work in progress, plant held for future use, and nuclear, coal, and lignite fuel inventories, reduced by: (i) net mitigation; (ii) the net book value of nuclear generation assets if quantification of ECOM related to those nuclear generation assets is determined pursuant to PURA §39.262(i); and (iii) any generation-related invested capital recoverable through a CTC, exclusive of related carrying costs, projected to be collected through the date of the final order in the true-up proceeding. (B) Above-market purchased power costs arising from contracts in effect before January 1, 1999, including any amendments and revisions to such contracts resulting from litigation initiated before January 1, 1999. (i) The purchased power market value of the demand and energy included in the purchased power contracts shall be determined by using the weighted average costs of the highest three offers from a bona fide third-party transaction or transactions on the open market. (ii) The bona fide third-party transaction or transactions on the open market shall be structured so that the above-market purchased power costs are determined pursuant to subclause (I) or (II) of this clause. (I) A transaction may be structured so the electric utility pays a third party to assume the utility's obligations under the purchased power contract. The weighted average of the three highest offers received in the transaction establishes the above-market purchased power costs. (II) A transaction may be structured so a third party pays the utility to take power under the purchased power contract. The difference between the net present value of obligations under the existing contracts at the utility's cost of capital and the weighted average of the three highest offers received in the transaction establishes the above-market purchased power costs. (C) Deferred debits, to the extent they have not been securitized, related to a utility's discontinuance of the application of SFAS No. 71 ("Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation") for generation-related assets if required by PURA Chapter 39. (D) Capital costs incurred before May 1, 2003 to improve air quality to the extent they have been approved by the commission pursuant to §25.261 of this title (relating to Stranded Cost Recovery of Environmental Cleanup Costs). (E) Any adjustments resulting from the commission's review of the TDU's, APGC's, and AREP's efforts pursuant to subsection (e)(4) of this section. (h) True-up of final fuel balance. (1) An APGC shall reconcile the former electric utility's final fuel balance determined under PURA §39.202(c). (2) The final fuel balance shall be reduced by any revenues collected by the AREP under any commission-approved fuel surcharge, from the date of introduction of competition to the utility's customers through the date of the true-up filing under this section, so long as the fuel surcharge is associated with fuel costs incurred during the time period covered by the final reconcilable fuel balance. (3) If an electric utility or its TDU or APGC is assessed by another utility in Texas a fuel surcharge after 2001 for under-recoveries occurring through the end of 2001, the surcharged utility shall add the amount of surcharges and any associated carrying costs paid after 2001 to its final fuel balance. (4) The final fuel balance, as adjusted by paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, shall include carrying costs on the positive or negative fuel balance equal to: (A) the weighted-average cost of capital approved in the company's unbundled cost of service (UCOS) proceeding, if the period until the date of the final true-up order is greater than one year; or (B) the rate approved in §25.236 of this title (relating to Recovery of Fuel Costs) if the period until the date of the final true-up order is one year or less. (i) True-up of capacity auction proceeds. (1) For purposes of the true-up required by PURA §39.262(d)(2), and as provided for under §25.381(h)(1) of this title (relating to Capacity Auctions), the APGC shall compute the difference between the price of power obtained through the capacity auctions conducted for the years 2002 and 2003 and the power cost projections for the same time period as used in the determination of ECOM for that utility in the proceeding under PURA §39.201. The difference shall be calculated according to the following formula: (ECOM market revenues - ECOM fuel costs) - ((capacity auction price x total 2002 and 2003 busbar sales) - actual 2002 and 2003 fuel costs). For purposes of this paragraph: (A) "ECOM market revenues" shall be the sum of rows 12 through 14 for the years 2002 and 2003 in the "Plant Economics" worksheet of the ECOM model underlying the commission-approved ECOM estimate in the company's UCOS proceeding; (B) "ECOM fuel costs" shall be the sum of rows 33 through 35 for the years 2002 and 2003 in the "Cost Partition" worksheet of the ECOM model underlying the commission-approved ECOM estimate in the company's UCOS proceeding; (C) The "capacity auction price" shall be the APGC's total capacity auction revenues derived from the capacity auctions conducted for the years 2002 and 2003 divided by that APGC's total MWh sales of capacity auction products for the years 2002 and 2003. (2) If, as a result of not having participated in capacity auctions pursuant to §25.381(h)(1) of this title, an APGC is unable to determine a company-specific capacity auction price, the APGC may request in its true-up application a method using prevailing capacity auction prices from other APGCs for the calculation in paragraph (1) of this subsection. (j) True-up of PTB revenues. This subsection specifies how the PTB will be compared to prevailing market prices pursuant to PURA §39.262(e). For purposes of this subsection, the term "small commercial customer" does not include unmetered lighting accounts unless such an account has historically been treated as a separate customer for billing purposes. (1) An AREP is not required to perform the reconciliation described in PURA §39.262(e) for the residential or small commercial customer class if the commission has determined that the AREP has reached the applicable 40% threshold requirements prior to January 1, 2004, pursuant to filing requirements listed in §25.41(l) of this title (relating to Price to Beat) applicable to that class. (2) If an AREP has not reached the applicable 40% threshold requirements prior to January 1, 2004, for either the residential or the small commercial class, or both, the net PTB for each such class must be compared to the market price of electricity for that class in the TDU region for the period January 1, 2002 through January 1, 2004 as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection. (3) The independent third party shall compute the difference between the residential net PTB and the residential market price of electricity on the last day of each calendar-year quarter for the years 2002 and 2003. The price differential for each quarter shall be multiplied by the total kWh consumed by residential PTB customers of the AREP for that quarter. The results shall be summed over the eight quarters within the period from January 1, 2002 through January 1, 2004. (4) The independent third party shall compute the difference between the small commercial net PTB and the small commercial market price of electricity on the last day of each calendar-year quarter for the years 2002 and 2003. The price differential for each quarter shall be multiplied by the total kWh consumed by small commercial PTB customers of the AREP for that quarter. The results shall be summed over the eight quarters within the period from January 1, 2002 through January 1, 2004. (5) For each of the residential and small commercial classes, the AREP shall credit the TDU the lesser of the amounts calculated in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph: (A) $150 multiplied by (the difference between the number of residential or small commercial customers, as applicable, in the TDU Region taking PTB service from the AREP on January 1, 2004 and the number of residential or small commercial customers, as applicable, outside the TDU region being served by the AREP on January 1, 2004, provided that such customers are not receiving POLR service from the AREP); or Cont'd... |
