Accordingly, the OCA recommends that PPL be directed to work with the stakeholder group to develop a data center program with the goal of beginning the program by September, 2013. OCA St. No. 1 at 8. PPL responds that it does not support the development of a specific program for data centers as its Phase II Plan already addresses the types of load represented by these facilities in its Prescriptive Equipment Programs, which offer rebates for all types of buildings and space types, including data centers. In addition, PPL states that to the extent that more efficient servers replace the energy intensive servers currently in place at data centers, such servers could qualify for incentives under the Custom Incentive Program. PPL MB at 37. PPL contends that a Company’s “adding new program specifically for data centers, which would include the same measures available to all other building/space types, would unnecessarily increase administrative Id. at 38. costs.” PPLICA agrees with the Company that Customer Incentive Program PPL’s already provides the necessary framework for a data center to participate in its Phase II Plan. PPLICA RB at 9. As PPLICA asserts: Considering the resources available to data centers through existing programs, the potential for increased PPL’s administrative costs, and the reasonableness of initially PPL’s proposed program budgets, the Commission should deny proposal or, alternatively, order PPL to accommodate OCA’s the additional program only to extent [sic] possible without further increasing the initial Large C&I Phase II EE&C budget allocation. at 10. Id.
Accordingly, the OCA recommends that PPL be directed to work with the stakeholder group to develop a data center program with the goal of beginning the program by September, 2013. OCA St. No. 1 at 8. PPL responds that it does not support the development of a specific program for data centers as its Phase II Plan already addresses the types of load represented by these facilities in its Prescriptive Equipment Programs, which offer rebates for all types of buildings and space types, including data centers. In addition, PPL states that to the extent that more efficient servers replace the energy intensive servers currently in place at data centers, such servers could qualify for incentives under the Company’s Custom Incentive Program. PPL MB at 37. PPL contends that “adding a new program specifically for data centers, which would include the same measures available to all other building/space types, would unnecessarily increase administrative costs.” Id. at 38. PPLICA agrees with the Company that PPL’s Customer Incentive Program already provides the necessary framework for a data center to participate in its Phase II Plan. PPLICA RB at 9. As PPLICA asserts: Considering the resources available to data centers through PPL’s existing programs, the potential for increased administrative costs, and the reasonableness of PPL’s initially proposed program budgets, the Commission should deny OCA’s proposal or, alternatively, order PPL to accommodate the additional program only to extent [sic] possible without further increasing the initial Large C&I Phase II EE&C budget allocation. Id. at 10.