| (C) Open interest period. Beginning February 15, 2001,
and continuing through March 15, 2001, interested customers may request
the opportunity to participate in a utility's pilot project by submitting
to the utility through its pilot project Internet website the account
number and zip code information necessary to determine the customer's
ESI. An eligible ESI is one that does not exceed the individual ESI
load cap established in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. By March
21, 2001, the utility shall determine if the non-residential customer
classes are either oversubscribed or undersubscribed, including the
amount of load oversubscribed or undersubscribed, and shall make such
information publicly available through its pilot project Internet
website.
(i) Participant list. The utility shall create a list
of customers eligible to participate in the pilot project, referred
to as the participant list. The participant list shall include each
ESI and related service address, the name in which the customer is
billed, and customer class as defined in this section. No later than
March 21, 2001, the utility shall make available its integrated voice
response (IVR) system or its pilot project Internet website to allow
a customer having an ESI in the lottery to determine whether its ESI
has been selected for the participant list. The participant list for
each customer class shall be provided to the commission no later than
March 21, 2001.
(ii) Oversubscription. On March 21, 2001, if a non-residential
customer class is oversubscribed, the utility shall use a lottery
to develop the participant list. As each ESI is selected through the
lottery, the ESI's load used for the calculation in subparagraph (A)
of this paragraph shall be subtracted from the total amount of load
available for customer choice as determined in subparagraph (A) of
this paragraph. The ESI that causes the 4.0% load limit (i.e., the
5.0% load limit less the 1.0% set-aside) to be reached shall be the
final ESI selected through the lottery; the 4.0% limit may be exceeded
only for the purpose of accommodating the entire load associated with
the final ESI selected, except that such excess shall not cause the
amount of load available for customer choice to be greater than 4.1%.
Once the 4.0% load limit is reached, the selected ESIs shall be included
on the participant list.
(iii) Undersubscription. If a non-residential customer
class is undersubscribed, all eligible ESIs submitted shall be included
on the participant list. Beginning March 21, 2001, any unsubscribed
load will be available for subscription by customers in that customer
class on a first come, first served basis.
(D) Negotiation period. Between March 21, 2001 and
May 10, 2001, customers on the participant list may negotiate and
contract with REPs. A REP shall notify the utility of execution of
a contract. If a customer has not entered into a confirmed REP contract
for a specific ESI by May 10, 2001, that ESI shall be removed from
the participant list, and the load associated with that ESI shall
be added to the amount of available load. On May 11, 2001, the utility
shall post, on its pilot project Internet website, a list of submitted
ESIs that do not match a customer on the participant list. REPs shall
have until May 14, 2001 to correct any ESI listed by the utility on
May 11, 2001. On May 17, 2001, the utility shall determine the amount
of available load for each non-residential customer class and shall
make such determination publicly available through its pilot project
Internet website.
(E) Monitoring and adjusting the amount of available
load. Following the negotiation period, participation shall be allowed
on a first come, first served basis.
(i) As each non-residential customer in a class executes
a contract, the amount of available load for that class shall be decremented
by the amount of the customer's ESI load used for the calculation
in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(ii) The ESI that causes the amount of available load
to reach zero shall be the final ESI selected; the amount of available
load may drop below zero only for the purpose of accommodating the
entire load associated with the final ESI selected, subject to the
limitations described in subparagraph (C)(ii) of this paragraph.
(4) Aggregated load set-aside. Customers participating
in customer choice may use aggregation to the extent they choose,
and may participate by self aggregation or multiple customer aggregation.
For purposes of pilot project administration, aggregators must submit
to the utility their groupings of utility account numbers and associated
zip codes, or ESIs if available, for participation in the pilot project
subject to the 1.0% set-aside. Such groupings (hereafter referred
to as aggregation packets) shall be submitted by customer class as
defined in subsection (d) of this section with a listing of utility
account numbers and associated zip codes.
(A) Set-aside cap. No single aggregation packet may
contain an ESI or ESIs that represent more than 20% of the 1.0% set-aside
for that customer class, with the exception of the residential class.
(B) Registration dates. Aggregators may register non-residential
customer class aggregation packets, subject to the limitation in subparagraph
(A) of this paragraph, with the utility beginning February 15, 2001.
Aggregators may register residential aggregation packets beginning
March 1, 2001.
(C) Undersubscription for all non-residential customer
classes. If an aggregation packet contains non-residential ESIs from
a class that is undersubscribed as of April 2, 2001, then that aggregation
packet shall have a reserved allotment of the 1.0% set-aside until
May 21, 2001. If by May 31, 2001, the 1.0% set-aside for aggregation
in any non-residential class is undersubscribed, then the utility
shall determine the unused class capacity and add it to the amount
of available load for that class. No later than June 10, 2001, the
utility shall make the updated amount of available load publicly available
through the utility's pilot project Internet website.
(D) Aggregation selection process for customer classes.
The eligibility for the 1.0% set-aside for each customer class shall
be determined as follows:
(i) Residential customer class. Beginning on March
1, 2001, an aggregator may accept authorizations from residential
customers to switch providers as a part of an aggregation packet.
Aggregators shall submit aggregated utility account numbers and associated
service address zip codes to the utility for tracking the 1.0% set-aside
on a first come, first served basis. Aggregation packets shall be
accepted until either the 1.0% set-aside is reached or June 15, 2001,
whichever comes first. If the 1.0% set-aside is not fully subscribed
by June 15, 2001, the utility shall determine the unused class capacity
and add that unused capacity to the total amount of available load
for the residential class.
(ii) Non-residential customer classes. The initial
set-aside for each of the non-residential customer classes shall be
1.0% of the eligible load by customer class. To be eligible for the
aggregation participant list, an aggregator must provide utility account
number and service address zip code information, or ESIs if available,
to the utility by April 2, 2001.
(I) Oversubscription for the non-residential, non-demand
metered customer class. If the total number of ESIs in aggregation
packets submitted for the pilot for a non-residential, non-demand
class as of April 2, 2001 exceeds the 1.0% set-aside, then the utility
shall use a lottery to determine the aggregation participant list
for this class. Aggregation packets eligible for the aggregation participant
list shall be selected by the utility by April 5, 2001. As each aggregation
packet is selected through the lottery, the ESI count shall be subtracted
from the total number of ESI available for the 1.0% set-aside. Aggregation
packets shall be selected until none of the 1.0% set-aside is left.
If the last aggregation packet selected causes the 1.0% set-aside
to be exceeded, the selection of the final aggregation packet for
this class shall be done in accordance with subparagraph (E) of this
paragraph. By April 6, 2001, the utility shall determine whether an
aggregation packet has been selected, and shall make such information
publicly available through its pilot project Internet website.
(II) Oversubscription for the industrial demand-metered
and commercial and all other demand-metered classes. If the total
combined load of all aggregation packets submitted for each of the
industrial demand-metered and commercial and all other demand-metered
classes exceeds the 1.0% set-aside as of April 2, 2001, then the utility
shall use a lottery to determine the aggregation participant list
for each customer class. Aggregation packets eligible for the aggregation
participant list shall be selected by the utility by April 5, 2001.
As an aggregation packet is selected through the lottery, the demand
for that ESI used to determine the available capacity for that customer
class shall be subtracted from the total demand amount available for
the 1.0% set-aside. Aggregation packets shall be selected until none
of the 1.0% set-aside is left. If the last aggregation packet selected
causes the 1.0% set-aside to be exceeded, the selection of the final
aggregation packet for the class shall be done in accordance with
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