§ 158-780. Power pooling and coordination.

(a)

The utility shall demonstrate that its plan has taken full advantage of the economic opportunities for cooperative planning and coordination of pooling of power and purchasing power in order to:

(1)

Obtain economy energy from other entities having lower cost;

(2)

Improve reliability;

(3)

Reduce reserve margins;

(4)

Obtain emergency power;

(5)

Alleviate constraints caused by wheeling arrangements.

(b)

The utility shall fully describe and justify its reserve margin requirement for the planning period.

(Code 1956, § 52-356(d))