Table 1 Comparison of Proposed GS/GM Increases at Parties’ Settlement Revenue Level to Settlement Increases ($000) Per Settlement Class DLC OSBA OCA DII I&E USS $1,179 $1,155 $1,155 $963 $4,444 $1,836 $1,347 GS $1,952 $1,914 $1,401 $2,146 $2,317 $1,708 $1,531 GM <25 kW $5,069 $4,969 $3,315 $6,473 $4,646 $3,964 $4,218 GM kW ≥25 $775 $760 $773 $957 $1,155 $812 $662 GMH $8,975 $8,798 $6,644 $10,539 $12,562 $8,320 $7,758 TOTAL at 5. Id. As demonstrated in Table 1, OSBA contends the Settlement increases for the small business classes, particularly with respect to the litigation positions of OSBA, OCA and DII, reflect a compromise of the positions. If the commission were to have given equal parties’ weight to those positions, the overall increase to the small business classes (assuming an overall increase of $48 million) would have been (the sum of $6.644 million plus $10.539 million plus $12.562 million divided by 3) $9.915 million, which is $0.940 million or 10.5% greater than provided by the Settlement. Therefore, OSBA concludes that the Settlement revenue allocation provides meaningful benefits to small business customers. Id. 3. GMH Rate Design Concerning the General Service Medium Heating (GMH) rate design, OSBA notes that the Company serves over 97% of its customers on three rate schedules: Rate Service, Rate RH-Residential Service Heating, and Rate GS/GM-General Service Small and Medium. Mr. Kalcic testified that Rate GMH is available to commercial and industrial space heating customers (that would otherwise qualify for service on Rate GS/GM), where heating load compromises at least 25% of a total electric energy requirement customer’s during the heating season. Currently, Rate GMH contains a customer charge, a
Table 1 Comparison of Parties’ Proposed GS/GM Increases at Settlement Revenue Level to Settlement Increases ($000) Class Per Settlement DLC OSBA OCA DII I&E USS GS $1,179 $1,155 $1,155 $963 $4,444 $1,836 $1,347 GM <25 kW $1,952 $1,914 $1,401 $2,146 $2,317 $1,708 $1,531 GM ≥25 kW $5,069 $4,969 $3,315 $6,473 $4,646 $3,964 $4,218 GMH $775 $760 $773 $957 $1,155 $812 $662 TOTAL $8,975 $8,798 $6,644 $10,539 $12,562 $8,320 $7,758 Id. at 5. As demonstrated in Table 1, OSBA contends the Settlement increases for the small business classes, particularly with respect to the litigation positions of OSBA, OCA and DII, reflect a compromise of the parties’ positions. If the commission were to have given equal weight to those positions, the overall increase to the small business classes (assuming an overall increase of $48 million) would have been (the sum of $6.644 million plus $10.539 million plus $12.562 million divided by 3) $9.915 million, which is $0.940 million or 10.5% greater than provided by the Settlement. Therefore, OSBA concludes that the Settlement revenue allocation provides meaningful benefits to small business customers. Id. 3. GMH Rate Design Concerning the General Service Medium Heating (GMH) rate design, OSBA notes that the Company serves over 97% of its customers on three rate schedules: Rate Service, Rate RH-Residential Service Heating, and Rate GS/GM-General Service Small and Medium. Mr. Kalcic testified that Rate GMH is available to commercial and industrial space heating customers (that would otherwise qualify for service on Rate GS/GM), where heating load compromises at least 25% of a customer’s total electric energy requirement during the heating season. Currently, Rate GMH contains a customer charge, a
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