2019 IRP meeting schedule and materials
A formal IRP report was not filed by PSE in 2019. The materials on this page document the public process supporting the 2019 IRP process. Between May 2018 and September 2019, ten formal 2019 IRP public participation meetings were held and the meeting record is provided below. In December 2019, a webinar was held concerning the details of the social cost of carbon methodology and related results for scenarios comparing the social cost of carbon adder to a tax.
On October 28, 2019, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Staff filed a Petition for Exemption from WAC 480-100-238 pursuant to WAC 480-07-100 until December 31, 2020. On November 7, 2019 the WUTC held an Open Meeting concerning this matter and subsequently issued Order 2, exempting PSE (and other investor owned utilities in Washington) from WAC 480-100-238.
Pursuant to Order 2, PSE filed an IRP Progress Report on November 15, 2019. On December 10, PSE filed a Revised Progress Report:
- 2019 Progress Report Revision cover letter dated December 10, 2019
- 2019 Progress Report Revision dated December 10, 2019
Documentation of the public participation process for the 2019 IRP is included below. The IRP Advisory Group (IRPAG) and the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) were teams of external stakeholders and regulators who met to provide input during the integrated resource planning process.
The 2021 IRP was filed with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission on April 1, 2021 and is available for review.
IRP public input reports and PSE responses
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Monthly public input reports and responses
- May 2019 IRP public input report and PSE responses
- June 2019: No comments were received during this period.
- July 2019: No comments were received during this period.
- August 2019: No comments related to the IRP received during this period. The one non-IRP question has been addressed.
- September 2019: No comments were received during this period.
- October 2019: No comments were received during this period.
- November 2019 IRP public input report and PSE responses
- December 2019 IRP public input report and PSE responses
- January 2020 IRP public input report and PSE responses
- February 2020: No comments were received during this period.
- March 2020: No comments were received during this period.
2018
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30 May - IRPAG #1 - IRP general process awareness
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | 1300 South Evergreen Park Drive, Olympia, WA 98502
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Pre-TAG #1 meeting Questions and Answers - July 7, 2018
PSE received questions concerning the HDR report prior to the meeting. PSE’s responses are provided below:
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26 July - TAG #1 - Electric resource costs
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | 3000 Landerholm Circle SE Bellevue, WA 98007
- Meeting agenda
- Presentation materials
- Draft stakeholder charter
- PSE 2019 Work Plan, filed July 13, 2018
- HDR presentation slides - electric resource costs
- HDR draft electric resource costs report
- Handout 1: Comparison Generic Resource Costs
- Handout 2: 2019 IRP Generic Renewable Inputs
- Handout 3: 2019 IRP Generic Energy Storage Inputs
- Handout 4: 2019 IRP Generic Thermal Inputs
- Handout 5: Document detailing changes between first issue of HDR draft materials and the TAC meeting
- Handout 6: Letter from Willard Westre to PSE dated June 14, 2018
- Handout 7: Action item report from May 30 IRPAG meeting
- HDR final electric resource costs report
- Final meeting notes
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Post-TAG #1 Questions and Answers - August 16, 2018
PSE received feedback on the HDR report by stakeholders. The feedback was due by August 2 and PSE responded on August 16. The documentation is provided below:
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28 August - IRPAG #2 - electric resource costs, load forecasts and initial resource needs
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | 11100 NE 6th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004
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11 October - TAG #2 - Scenarios including carbon prices, gas prices, power prices, portfolio sensitivities, Gas resource alternatives
9:00 am to 5:00 pm | 11100 NE 6th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004
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06 December - TAG #3 - Draft Conservation Resource Potential Assessment
9:30 am to 3:45 pm | Hilton Bellevue, 300 112 Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98004
2019
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09 January - TAG #4 - System planning (transmission and distribution), Portfolio sensitivities, Load forecast
9:30 am to 4:15 pm | Hilton Bellevue, 300 112 Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98004
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07 February - TAG #5 - Electric resource needs, Resource adequacy, Effective peak capacity of intermittent resources, Electric and gas planning standards
9:30 am to 5:00 pm | Hilton Bellevue, 300 112 Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98004
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22 May - IRPAG #3 - Clean Energy Transformation Act review, 2019 IRP updates, and a listening session that will be attended by a member of PSE’s senior management
Hilton Bellevue, 300 112 Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98004
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29 May - TAG #6 - Clean Energy Transformation Act review, scenarios and sensitivities, upstream gas emissions
Hilton Bellevue, 300 112 Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98004
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06 August - TAG #7 - Energize Eastside, Energy Efficiency - Canceled
Meeting canceled, no content available
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19 September - TAG #8 - Overview of electric and gas portfolio model, Scenario power prices, Flexibility analysis results
Hilton Bellevue, 300 112 Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98004
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11 December - Webinar - Social cost of carbon
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Action items and key communications: August 2018 - October 2019
- PSE 2019 IRP Draft comparison of electric resource costs
- PSE 2019 IRP Draft electric generic resource assumptions
- August 2018 Q&As from Vashon Climate Action Group and PSE responses
- Questions and answers associated with TAG 3 meeting
- Stakeholder emails associated with TAG 4 meeting
- Stakeholder emails associated with TAG 5 meeting
- Draft Loss of Load Probability (LOLP) by Month
- Draft Effective Load Carrying Capability (ELCC) of Batteries by Hours of Storage
- Revised PSE 2019 Work Plan Filing dated February 28, 2019
- Description of the difference between the 2017 and 2019 combined heat and power potential dated March 29, 2019
- PSE and stakeholder communications associated with TAG 6 meeting
- Stakeholder letter regarding upstream gas assumptions dated September 19, 2019
- Stakeholder letter regarding upstream gas assumptions dated September 30, 2019
- Stakeholder communications associated with TAG 8 meeting
- Graph provided by stakeholder showing PSE's system peaks between 1990-2018
- PSE and stakeholder communications regarding peak demand trends and the social cost of carbon dated October 11, 2019
- PSE response to stakeholder letter regarding upstream gas assumptions dated October 17, 2019
- WUTC staff cover letter petition for exemption dated October 28, 2019
- WUTC staff letter petition for exemption dated October 28, 2019
- Stakeholder letter on the Response to the request from CENSE by Puget Sound Energy dated October 29, 2019
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Key communications: November - December 2019
Letter to the WUTC from the Office of the Attorney General Public Council dated November 1, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – IRP must address Listening Session inputs" received November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "IRP Technical Input – Replace coal electricity contracts with renewable energy contracts" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Use High Impact Social Cost of Carbon value" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Answer Energize Eastside questions" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – 2019 IRP Data Request" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Upstream Gas Assumptions in PSE 2019 IRP" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Capacity Factors in Resource Adequacy Analysis" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Gas Conservation" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Transmission Capacity Improvement" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Use latest renewable energy costs for IRP analyses" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Use best public participation practices in engaging the TAG" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Make IRP data available" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Shut down Colstrip" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Don’t replace one fossil fuel with another fossil fuel" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – IRP analyses should meet state CO2 reduction goals" dated November 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "2019 IRP Technical Input – Requesting that Puget Sound Energy treat energy efficiency spending as capital spending" dated November 4, 2019
- WUTC Order 2 issued November 7, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: Conservation and energy efficiency input from TAG member dated November 7, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: Request for consideration concerning deep energy efficiency retrofits from TAG member dated November 7, 2019
- 2021 Progress Report cover letter dated November 15, 2019
- 2021 Progress Report dated November 15, 2019
- November 2019 IRP public input report and PSE responses - including responses to TAG members
- Stakeholder response to PSE 2021 IRP Progress Report dated December 4, 2019
- Stakeholder letter: "Energize Eastside questions" dated December 19, 2019
- Stakeholder email: "Unaddressed November 2019 TAG technical inputs" dated December 28, 2019