Title 9 Part 7856

This Subchapter sets forth information filing requirements applicable to major energy suppliers, as determined by the board. Separate filing requirements are established in Parts 7857 through 7863 of this Title for electricity; natural gas; petroleum; coal; steam; biogas, biofuels, and biomass; and end-use energy efficiency, renewable and emerging technology industries. The board may require a single, comprehensive submission from industry groups, trade associations, or combinations of such groups and associations in place of submissions by individual member companies.

Major energy suppliers or industry groups, trade associations or combinations of such groups and associations shall file in electronic form the specified information as requested by the board, or by the chair as authorized by the board, in a format that the chair deems appropriate on the schedule set by the chair. The board shall seek to obtain relevant information under this Subchapter C of this Chapter from entities that are members of the board, including the bulk system operator, before requiring filings from major energy suppliers or industry groups, trade associations or combinations of such groups and associations. To the extent possible, the board will rely on publicly available data in developing the plan.

Where this Subchapter requires the submission of historic or forecast data, such information must be provided for the planning period established by the board.

At the request of the board, all major energy suppliers shall provide a company name, a contact person, and such contact person's address, phone number, and electronic mail address and, at the discretion of the board, the number of current employees. The contact person shall be a person who is authorized to represent and act on behalf of the major energy supplier for purposes of complying with the requirements of this Chapter.

The board may require the submission by major energy suppliers of labor market information, including but not limited to labor market characteristics such as jobs, staffing patterns, skill requirements, educational and training needs, earnings, career ladder opportunities, occupational trends and labor supply/demand assessment, in order to inform the coordination of energy policy and workforce utilization activities, and to ensure that the operation and necessary expansion of the energy sector is not inhibited by a shortage of skilled workers.