RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission (SCC) invites persons and organizations interested in energy conservation to submit comments on determining practical conservation and demand response targets for the state’s three generating electric utilities.

In the 2009 session of the Virginia General Assembly, the SCC was directed to conduct a proceeding to determine achievable, cost-effective energy conservation and demand response targets that can realistically be accomplished in the Commonwealth through demand-side management portfolios administered by Dominion Virginia Power, Appalachian Power, and Kentucky Utilities.

The Commission will examine the range of consumption and peak load reductions that each utility can potentially achieve, the range of costs that consumers would pay to achieve those reductions, and the range of financial benefits or savings that could be realized if the targets were met over a 15-year period. The SCC also will determine a just and reasonable ratemaking methodology to be employed to quantify the cost responsibility of residential, commercial, and industrial customers to pay for utility-administered demand-side management programs.

Written comments on the issue must be submitted by July 31, 2009. All correspondence should be sent to the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission, Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, VA 23218, and refer to case number PUE-2009-00023.

Interested persons desiring to submit comments electronically may do so at the SCC’s website:http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Click on the PUBLIC COMMENTS/NOTICES link and then the SUBMIT COMMENTS button for case number PUE-2009-00023.

The SCC will convene a public hearing to receive evidence from interested parties and SCC staff at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23, 2009. It will be held in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, in downtown Richmond. The SCC intends to webcast the audio portion of the hearing via the Internet. Instructions can be found on the SCC website at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

The SCC will submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by November 15, 2009.

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Case Number PUE-2009-00023