| (4) Resource procurement plan. The utility shall explain
how it intends to secure the renewable energy needed to meet its
projected customer demand for the first two years the tariff is in
effect; disclosure of this material may be protected if the commission
determines it involves confidential competitive business information.
(j) Education program. Each utility that offers a renewable
energy tariff shall also design and implement a customer education
program about renewable energy. The utility shall provide educational
materials to all of its customers on renewable resources as supply-side
options and as demand-side options. Each utility shall inform its
customers of the utility's generation mix and generation emissions.
This information shall be comprehensible and succinct. Customer educational
materials shall be sent to customers during the initial tariff offering
in conjunction with the initial renewable energy marketing materials,
and shall be distributed at least annually.
(k) Criteria for educational materials.
(1) Educational materials may include the utility's
name and the name of the utility's commission-approved program with
information on how to participate, but shall otherwise not be used
to promote the utility or any of its other service offerings in any
way.
(2) Educational materials should include information
on renewable energy technology applications as defined in §25.5
of this title, as well as information regarding the potential for
renewable energy technology development in the State of Texas. It
should include information on renewable resources both for supply-
and demand-side applications, including off-grid and peak-shaving
uses.
(3) The utility's generation mix shall be disclosed
to all customers in table form as a component of the tariff's educational
campaign. Disclosure statements shall indicate the utility's generation
mix in percentages rounded to the nearest whole number for the previous
calendar year using the following categories: coal and lignite, natural
gas, nuclear fuel, renewable resource, and fuel oil and other.
(4) The utility's generation emissions, as well as
nuclear waste, shall be disclosed in total and shall include emissions
associated with the utility's power purchases to the extent that this
information is available. Disclosure statements shall indicate the
utility's average monthly generation emissions or average nuclear
waste per customer for each customer class and by MWh generated for
the previous calendar year, based on the average emissions or nuclear
waste by fuel type, for: nitrogen oxide (NOx ),
sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon dioxide
(CO2), particulate matter, and nuclear
waste.
(5) Each utility shall file these materials with the
commission as part of its tariff-filing package for approval.
(l) Cost recovery. Utilities shall be allowed to recover
costs incurred through the tariff in the following manner:
(1) Marketing and administration costs. Program marketing
and administration costs may be included within the premium for renewable
energy, and shall not exceed 20% of the total revenues collected from
the renewable energy price in the first two years that the tariff
is in effect and 10% in subsequent years. Prudently incurred marketing
and administration costs in excess of these limits may be recoverable
through base rates pursuant to §23.21(c)(1)(E) of this title
(relating to Cost of Service).
(2) Education program costs. All prudently incurred
costs of commission approved customer education materials and activities
shall be recoverable and allocated among all customers through base
rates.
(m) Commission review. The commission will periodically
review each utility's renewable energy tariff and activities to ensure
that new renewable energy resources are deployed in/or next to the
State of Texas and that program participants are receiving appropriate
benefits from participation.
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