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Integrated Resource Planning

The Energy Planning and Management Program requires Western customers to periodically submit Integrated Resource Plans (IRP) or an approved alternative - Minimum Investment Report, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Report or Small Customer Plan. The IRP must evaluate the full range of alternatives to provide adequate and reliable service to a customer’s electric consumers at the customer’s or member’s lowest system cost.

Following a public process that began Aug. 21, 2007, Western recently adopted three revisions to its IRP rules. The changes are:

Eliminating the requirement that members of a member-based association (MBA) unanimously approve the MBA's IRP
Encouraging customers to cooperate on preparing regional IRPs
Making customers' current IRPs more accessible to the public by placing them on Western's or the customer's Web site

Submit your annual IRP update online

Western now offers step-by-step online reporting tools to streamline the process of submitting your annual integrated resource plan. Even if your reporting deadline isn't coming up, take a moment to explore these pages. Your suggestions for refining and improving these programs are always welcomed.

Compliance training program – Guidelines for submitting your IRP, covering what each plan and annual report must contain by law; how Western reviews plans, evaluates compliance and monitors implementation.
Data collection program – Standardized, pre-approved format for submitting the annual reports and alternative plans (Small Customer Plan, Minimum Investment Report or Energy Efficiency and/or Renewable Energy Report).

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Reporting instructions

It is not mandatory for customers to use the IRP data collection program, just easier! If you would prefer to submit your report manually, contact your Energy Services representative to get the appropriate forms.

Below are more resources to help customers effectively plan to meet their consumers' needs:

Criteria
FOIA information
History
2007 Annual Report (2.6 mb pdf)
Customer Annual IRP Accomplishments
Resource Planning Approval Criteria (10 CFR Part 905) (149 kb pdf)
Other Western Publications

For further information and assistance on your own IRP, please contact your regional representative.

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