IV. Next Steps

The Assigned Commissioner and/or assigned ALJ may issue any rulings necessary to acquire information related to a price evaluation tool for utilities' short-term contracts and further development of criteria for evaluating the reasonableness of utilities' bilateral RPS procurement contracts. In addition, the Assigned Commissioner may determine which issues related to implementation of SB 107 should be pursued in this proceeding, and which in R.06-05-027.

We will also turn to the balance of the issues identified in the scoping memo, including the full range of issues associated with RECs and possible use of a procurement entity. The Assigned Commissioner and assigned ALJ may issue any necessary rulings, including an amended scoping memo, and set a schedule, which may include evidentiary hearings, to develop a complete record on those issues.

We intend to finish setting rules for small utilities and multi-jurisdictional utilities soon. That is likely to involve making any necessary minor adjustments to the generally applicable rules set out in our prior decisions and in this order, and integrating the specific provisions of § 399.17 with the overall framework of the RPS program.