{"data":{"id":"us-mt/69-3-1209","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"69-3-1209","heading":"Electric utility demand-side management programs.","body":"(1) The commission may establish energy savings and peak demand reduction goals for an electric utility, taking into account the utility's cost-effective demand-side management potential and the need for electricity resources.\n(2) The commission shall permit electric utilities to implement cost-effective electricity demand-side management programs and conservation in accordance with 69-3-701 through 69-3-712 and this part to reduce the need for additional resources.\n(3) Every 3 years, an electric utility shall submit a report to the commission describing the demand-side management programs and conservation implemented by the electric utility in the previous year. The report must document:\n(a) program expenditures, including incentive payments;\n(b) peak demand and energy savings impacts and the techniques used to estimate those impacts;\n(c) avoided costs and the techniques used to estimate those costs;\n(d) the estimated cost-effectiveness of the programs;\n(e) the net economic benefits of the programs; and\n(f) any other information required by the commission.","path":["TITLE 69. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 3. REGULATION OF UTILITIES","Part 12. Integrated Least-Cost Resource Planning and Acquisition Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0690/chapter_0030/part_0120/section_0090/0690-0030-0120-0090.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:13Z","sha256":"631fee76065456d4a1968e08c5e8fa3ec3c36285ea1081a4e01262fafadf054f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/69-3-1208","next":"us-mt/69-3-1210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}