FERC-733 Survey

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC-731 Demand Response/Time-Based Rate Programs and Advanced Metering

Form Approved
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Expires on: 03/31/2013

SURVEY QUESTIONS
Note: Terms shown in bold-blue are defined in the glossary.
Q1. Please provide the following identification and contact information:
Entity Identification: Enter the full legal name of the industry participant (entity) for which the survey is being completed.
Enter your entity's ID number (shown in the email you received. If you don't know your ID number, please contact FERC
at 1-888-595-9617). Choose from the drop-down menu, the type of entity for whom you are filing.
Entity Name:

Entity ID No.:
Entity Type:

Survey Contact:
First Name:

Last Name:

Email address:

Title:

Phone No.:

Fax No.:

Address 1:

Address 2:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Country:

First Name:

Last Name:

Email address:

Title:

Phone No.:

Fax No.:

Address 1:

Address 2:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Country:

Survey Contact’s Supervisor:

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Q2. Enter the state and report, for each of the three customer sectors shown, the total number of your entity's advanced

meters being used for advanced metering purposes and the total number of all meters being used by your entity. Do not
sum entries from different customer sectors. Report the data as of the end of calendar year 2011.

Note: Advanced meters measure and record usage data at a minimum, in hourly intervals, and provide usage data to both
consumers and energy companies at least once daily. Data are used for billing and other purposes. Advanced
meters include basic hourly interval meters and extend to real-time meters with built-in two-way communication
capable of recording and transmitting instantaneous data.
Residential

State

Number of
advanced
meters

Total number of
meters
(all types)

Commercial and Industrial
Number of
advanced
meters

2

Total number
of meters
(all types)

Other

(for example,transportation,
agricultural)

Number of
advanced
meters

Total number
of meters
(all types)

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FERC-731 Demand Response/Time-Based Rate Programs and Advanced Metering

ENTITIES WITHOUT DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS OR TIME-BASED RATES/TARIFFS
If the entity for which you are providing information OFFERS demand response programs or time-based rates/tariffs,
please SKIP Q3 and answer the questions that follow beginning with Q4.
Note: A demand response program includes a company's service/program/tariff related to demand response, or the change in

customer electric usage from normal consumption patterns in response to changes in the price of electricity over time or in
response to incentive payments designed to induce lower electricity use at times of high wholesale market prices, or a change
in electric usage by end-use customers at the direction of a system operator or an automated preprogrammed control system
when system reliability is jeopardized.

Q3. Enter the number of retail electric customers and retail electric meters your entity has as of the end of calendar
year 2011, by customer sector, ONLY if the entity for which you are filing DOES NOT offer any demand response
programs or time-based rates/tariffs.
Enter the information separately for each regional entity in which your entity operates. If entities are split across regional
entity boundaries, please fill out one row per regional entity.
NERC Regional
Entity

Commercial and
Industrial

Residential
Customers

Meters

Customers

Meters

Other

(for example, transportation,
agricultural)

Customers

Meters

If the entity for which you are providing information DOES NOT offer any demand response or time-based rates/tariffs, YOU ARE
FINISHED WITH THE SURVEY after answering this question. Please submit it to FERC as specified in the instructions.
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ENTITIES WITH DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS OR TIME-BASED RATES/TARIFFS
Q4. For those retail customers that are provided data concerning the amount and frequency of their electricity use which is
measured at least hourly, please provide the number of customers who have the capability to receive these data via each
of the following methods.
Customer Sector

Via the Internet

On their Bills/Invoices

Residential
Commercial and Industrial
Other (for example,
transportation, agricultural)

4

Via a Display Unit

(e.g., an In-Home Display
Monitor)

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FERC-731 Demand Response/Time-Based Rate Programs and Advanced Metering

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Q5. Provide your entity's near- and long-term plans for new demand response programs and time-based rates/tariffs.
Only list programs in the year in which they are planned to begin. Do not list programs in more than one time period.
New Programs and Tariffs
planned to begin during
Calendar Year
2012
Program Type

Number of
Programs

New Programs and Tariffs
planned to begin during
Calendar Years
2013 and 2014
Average
Number of
Potential Peak
Programs
Reduction
(MW)

Potential Peak
Reduction
(MW)

Direct Load Control
Interruptible Load
Critical Peak Pricing with Controls
Load as Capacity Resource
Spinning Reserves
Non-Spinning Reserves
Emergency Demand Response
Regulation Service
Demand Bidding and Buyback
Time-of-Use Pricing
Critical Peak Pricing
Real-Time Pricing
Peak Time Rebate
System Peak Response
Transmission Tariff
Other (Describe below)
Description of Other Program Type:
Description of Potential Peak
Reduction estimation method
(optional):

5

New Programs and Tariffs
planned to begin during
Calendar Years
2015 through 2017
Average
Number of
Potential Peak
Programs
Reduction
(MW)

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Q7. Provide your entity's number of retail customers, by
customer sector, for the state and NERC regional entity

Q6. Please list each state within each NERC regional entity in
which your entity operates.

NERC Regional Entity

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(selected in Question 6) in which your entity operates.

State

Residential

6

Commercial and
Industrial

Other

(for example, transportation,
agricultural)

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FERC-731 Demand Response/Time-Based Rate Programs and Advanced Metering
Q9. Provide the following information for each demand response program
your entity offered to wholesale customers and curtailment service
providers during calendar year 2011, for the regional entity and state:

NERC Regional entity:
state:

WHOLESALE PROGRAM/TARIFF

Program name (If the entity offered more than one program, complete Q9, then click the Add Page button at the bottom of

the form. Enter data for the next program on the new page. Respondents filing a paper version of this form should make copies
of and complete Q9 for each program offered by the entity.)

Program description (include website address if available)
Program type (From the drop-down list provided, choose the program that most closely matches the one offered by your

entity. If the entity offers more than one program for the selected customer sector, complete Q9, then click the "Add Page" box at
the bottom of the form. Enter information for another program on the new page. For paper filers, please see the list of program
types on the last page of the glossary.)

Potential peak reduction (MW)
Realized demand reduction attributed to program in 2011 (MW)
Minimum reduction required for participation (MW)
Response time (hours)
Energy payment for MWh curtailed ($/MWh)
Minimum payment rate ($/MWh)
Capacity payment rate ($/kW-month)
Minimum duration of event (hours)
Maximum duration of event (hours)
Specific event limits (Number)
Bid limit (maximum acceptable bid) ($/MWh)
Program start date (MM/YYYY)
Program end date (MM/YYYY)
Minimum term (years)
Are participants in the program excluded from taking part in other demand response programs?
May participants in this program be charged penalties? (Y or N)
Add Page

Click this button to create another WHOLESALE PROGRAM/TARIFF page (like this one).

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Del Page

Yes/

No

Yes/

No

Click this button to delete this page.