Total Resource Cost Test and Program Administrator Cost Test Sample Clauses
The Total Resource Cost Test and Program Administrator Cost Test are evaluation methods used to assess the cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency programs. The Total Resource Cost Test measures whether the total benefits of a program, including energy savings and avoided costs, outweigh the total costs incurred by both the utility and participants. The Program Administrator Cost Test, on the other hand, focuses solely on the costs and benefits from the perspective of the program administrator or utility. These tests help ensure that only programs providing net positive value are implemented, thereby protecting ratepayers and guiding efficient allocation of resources.
Total Resource Cost Test and Program Administrator Cost Test. The Parties agree that for portfolio and program level cost effectiveness reporting, the Company will use line loss factors based on marginal energy and peak line loss rates. Such marginal loss rates will be based on weighted average annual energy and weighted average system peak hour demand losses on Ameren’s system multiplied by an assumed 1.5 to 1 marginal to average loss rate multiplier. The Company will also report joint total resource cost test (“TRC”) and Program Administrator Cost Test (“PACT”) results (including both benefit-cost ratios and net present value of benefits, costs and net benefits) for each program and its portfolio as part of its Plan filing and any ex-post cost effectiveness reporting. TRC and PACT results will include electric and gas savings where applicable. The Company agrees to present TRC and PACT results both with and without non- energy impacts (“▇▇▇▇”), when available, and will include ▇▇▇▇ specified within the Illinois Technical Reference Manual (“IL-TRM”) in both sets of calculations. Finally, the Company agrees to present portfolio TRC and PACT test results both with and without the Income Qualified initiative.
Total Resource Cost Test and Program Administrator Cost Test. The Company will also report joint total resource cost test (“TRC”) and Program Administrator Cost Test (“PACT”) results (including both benefit-cost ratios and net present value of benefits, costs and net benefits) for each program and its portfolio as part of its Plan filing and any ex-post cost effectiveness reporting. TRC and PACT results will include electric and gas savings where applicable. The Company agrees to present TRC and PACT results both with and without non- energy impacts (“▇▇▇▇”), when available, and will include ▇▇▇▇ specified within the Illinois Technical Reference Manual (“IL-TRM”) in both sets of calculations. Finally, the Company agrees to present portfolio TRC and PACT test results both with and without the Income Qualified initiative. Ameren will document the avoided cost methodology, assumptions and sourcing information for the plan within Appendix F of the filing package. Ameren shall incorporate and leverage IRA rebates as program design is determined and funds become available in all efficiency and electrification programs, particularly IQ programs, which those rebates could potentially support. The parties agree to meet to negotiate recognition of the energy savings impacts that leveraging of IRA rebates could have in the 2026-2029 plan cycle once Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“IEPA”) program guidelines are established. Such negotiations shall include potential revisions to savings goals, with a compliance filing to follow. Ameren shall not reduce or shift IQ budget dollars to other programs as a result of incorporation of IRA rebates in IQ programs.