Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/500

 92 STAT. 3132

16 USC 2643.

PUBLIC LAW 95-617—NOV. 9, 1978 (4) any other data or information which the Secretary determines would assist such authorities and utilities in carrying out the provisions of this title. (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide such technical assistance as he determines appropriate to assist the State regulatory authorities in carrying out their responsibilities under subtitle B and as is requested by any State regulatory authority relating to the standards established by subtitle B. (c) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of subsection (b) not to exceed $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980. SEC. 133. GATHERING INFORMATION ON COSTS OF SERVICE. (a) INFORMATTON REQUIRED To B E G A THE R E D. — E a c h electric u t i l i t y

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shall periodically gather information under such rules (promulgated by the Commission) as the Commission determines necessary to allow determination of the costs associated with providing electric service. For purposes of this section, and for purposes of any consideration and determination respecting the standard established by section 1 1 1 (d)(2), such costs shall be separated, to the maximum extent practicable, into the following components: customer cost component, demand cost component, and energy cost component. Rules under this subsection shall include requirements for the g a the r i n g of the following information with respect to each electric utility— (1) the costs of serving each electric consumer class, including costs of serving different consumption patterns within such class, based on voltage level, time of use, and other appropriate factors; (2) daily kilowatt demand load curves for all electric consumer classes combined representative of daily and seasonal differences in demand, and daily kilowatt demand load curves for each electric consumer class for which there is a separate rate, representative of daily and seasonal differences in d e m and; (3) annual capital, operating, and maintenance costs— (A) for transmission and distribution services, and (B) for each type of generating u n i t: and (4) costs of purchased power, including representative daily and seasonal differences in the amount of such costs. Such rules shall provide that information required to be gathered under this section shall be presented in such categories and such detail as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. (b) COMMISSION RULES.—The Commission shall, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, by rule, prescribe the methods, procedure, and format to be used by electric utilities in gathering the information described i n this section. Such rules may provide for the exemption by the Commission of a n electric utility or class of electric utilities from gathering all or part of such information, in cases where such utility or utilities show and the Commission finds, after public notice and opportunity for the presentation of written data, views, and arguments, that gathering such information is not likely to carry out the purposes of this section. The Commission shall periodically review such findings and may revise such rules. (c) F I L I N G AND PUBLICATION.—Not later than two years after the date of enactment of t h i s Act, and periodically, but not less frequently than every two years thereafter, each electric utility shall file with— (1) the Commission, and (2) any State regulatory authority which has ratemaking authority for such utility,

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