- Cowlitz PUD

Provide information and analysis that assist the District’s Board ofCommissioners to determine a long-term resource portfolio strategy.Develop and implement a comprehensive IRP process at the District,including:o Cross-functional participation by District staff,o Active participation by the Board, ando Opportunities for public involvement.• Develop and implement an integrated portfolio analysis framework that:o Can be used to evaluate a variety of resource strategies,o Identifies key risks and analyzes the potential impacts on resourcestrategies,o Integrates long-term planning for conservation resources withinthe District’s overall electric resource portfolio, ando Considers a range of alternative forms of power purchases undera new long-term contract with the Bonneville Power Administrationo Develops a strategy for meeting legislated mandates, such as arenewable portfolio standard,Legislative requirementsThe Washington State Legislature passed HB 1010 in the 2006 regular session,which is a law that stipulates that all utilities in the state must complete aresource plan by September 1 st , 2008. Utilities with more than 25,000 customersare required to develop a more detailed plan, describing the mix of energy supplyresources. The plans must be submitted to the Washington State Department ofCommunity, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) who will then aggregatethem into a single report for the state legislature. The goal of this law is toencourage the development of “reliable energy resources for affordable andreliable electricity”. The legislature feels that resource planning is an essentialpart of meeting this goal.The legislation defines an IRP as a plan describing the mix of generationresources, and improvements in the efficient generation, transmission,distribution and use of electricity that will meet current and future needs at thelowest reasonable cost to the utility and its ratepayers and that complies with therequirements in the legislation by including, at a minimum:a. A range of forecasts of future customer demand using methods thatexamine the effect of economic forces on the consumption of electricityand that address changes in the number, type, and efficiency of electricalend-uses;13