D.P.U. 21-50: Technical conference agenda

Agenda for July 24, 2023 technical session.

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Agenda

I. Introduction

On June 27, 2023, the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) issued a Hearing Officer Memorandum announcing a virtual technical conference on Monday, July 24, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to discuss the Department’s December 28, 2022 Interlocutory Order and Draft Policy on Enhancing Public Awareness and Participation (Draft Policy). Public Access Inquiry, D.P.U. 21-50, Hearing Officer Memorandum (June 27, 2023). The agenda is listed below.  

II. Agenda

• Welcoming remarks and guidelines for participation
• Tiering: Discuss the following tiering:
  • Tier 1 - Significant policy changes, big policy cases, fundamental changes to process
    • Base distribution rate cases
    • Significant notices of Inquiry: such as D.P.U. 20-80 Future of Gas Docket, D.P.U. 23-50, Basic Service Investigation
    • Mergers
    • Zoning exemptions
    • Proceedings that have a significant geographic specific impact on an environmental justice (EJ) population that is not shared by the rest the service territory. A tier 2 or tier 3 proceeding with a significant geographic-specific impact on an EJ population not shared by the rest of the service territory would rise to the tier 1 level
  • Tier 2 - Majority of cases with hearings
    • Advisory rulings
    • Rulemakings
    • Energy efficiency (EE) plans and term reports
    • Forecast and supply plans
    • Net metering (non-reconciling factors)
    • Municipal aggregations
    • Grid modernization plans and term reports
    • Financings
    • Electric vehicle plans
    • Long-term renewable contracts
    • Gas system enhancement plans (GSEP)
  • Tier 3 - Cases without the need for hearings
    • Assessments
    • Depreciation
    • Basic service filings
    • Consumer complaints; transportation network company driver appeals; dig safe adjudicatories; competitive supplier complaints
    • Special contracts
    • Emergency response plans
    • Gas adjustment factor filings
    • Service quality
    • Arrearage management plans
    • Reconciling mechanisms: true-ups, pension adjustment factors, revenue decoupling adjustment factors, EE reconciling factors, EE surcharges, net metering recovery surcharges, grid modernization filings, electric vehicles, GSEP reconciliation filings
    • Broker/retailer licenses
    • Informational/administrative filings
• Outreach: Explore how outreach will be accomplished in accordance with the case tiering above, including the following topics:
  • Distribution company coordination with stakeholders;
  • Communications with municipal and community leaders;
  • Email and text distribution lists; and
  • Translation and interpretation. 
• Plain language summaries with filings 
• Next steps 

Hearing officer memorandum and guidelines for technical session 

Date published:	July 28, 2023