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Office of Consumer Services, OCS experts press PSC to require quantified cost–risk analysis before approving RMP’s expanded plan
Summary
OCS witnesses and outside experts told the Utah PSC the record lacks a quantified cost-vs-risk (cost-benefit) analysis; they urged the commission to reject the revised 2023 plan or limit recovery now and to require a risk‑informed benefit‑cost analysis for future plans
Office of Consumer Services witnesses and consultants told the Utah Public Service Commission the record in RMP’s Wildland Fire Protection Plan docket lacks the quantified cost–versus‑risk evidence the commission needs to decide whether to allow recovery of substantially higher wildfire spending.
OCS summary: OCS witness Bela Bastag and consultants Dennis Stevens and Paul Álvarez argued that the company did not include a cost‑effectiveness analysis sufficient to permit the PSC to find the plan appropriately balances implementation cost with wildfire risk. The OCS recommended the commission reject the revised 2023 WMP or, if the commission does not reject it, limit the 2025 test‑year amounts for ratemaking and deny recovery now for deferred 2021–2023 costs that exceed the previously approved 2020 plan.
Why it matters: Multiple OCS witnesses said the statutory standard — that the plan be…
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