{"data":{"id":"us-mt/69-3-712","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"69-3-712","heading":"Commission to include conservation and demand-side management programs in rate base -- rate of return.","body":"(1) In order to encourage the purchase of or investment in conservation by a utility, the commission may include conservation purchases or investments and demand-side management programs eligible under 69-3-702 and in compliance with criteria adopted under 69-3-711 and 69-3-1201 through 69-3-1209 in a utility's rate base.\n(2) In establishing the rate of return, the commission may allow an increment of up to 2% added to the rate of return on common equity permitted on the utility's other investments.\n(3) The commission shall allow the rate of return increment provided for in subsection (2) for a period not to exceed 30 years after the conservation is first placed in the rate base.\n(4) The commission shall prescribe amortization periods for conservation that is included in a utility's rate base.","path":["TITLE 69. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 3. REGULATION OF UTILITIES","Part 7. Conservation Purchases or Investments by Utilities"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0690/chapter_0030/part_0070/section_0120/0690-0030-0070-0120.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:11Z","sha256":"0f511692479b8cfa8beaac459cb2cd6c7b89f7b1f4f56751d0b76c7bbaf93ecd","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/69-3-711","next":"us-mt/69-3-713"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}