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TITLE 46 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

3A. Integrated Resource Planning, 46-3A-1 through 46-3A-11.

ARTICLE 4 ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATIONS AND FOREIGN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES

46-3A-9. Recovery of actual cost of certificated demand-side capacity option.

The approved or actual cost, whichever is less, of any certificated demand-side capacity option shall be recovered by the utility in rates, along with an additional sum as determined by the commission to encourage the development of such resources.The commission shall consider lost revenues, if any, changed risks, and an equitable sharing of benefits between the utility and its retail customers.

(Code 1981, §46-3A-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1696, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Authority of commission.

- The commission had authority under O.C.G.A. § 46-3A-9 to allow a utility to recover the costs of demand-side energy conservation programs and interruptible service credits through riders or surcharges outside of a general rate case and the test year statute. Georgia Power Co. v. Georgia Indus. Group, 214 Ga. App. 196, 447 S.E.2d 118 (1994).