No CapX 2020

Remember all the hype about Rochester, home of the Mayo Clinic, freezing in the dark on a respirator without a job?

A little birdie sent me this:

Rochester Public Utilities 2009 Electric System Engineering & Operations Report

On p. 18 there’s some important info.  First, the number of customers has increased slightly:

And note that RPU’s peak demand was also in 2006 (I wish they’d go back a lot further):

From the CapX CoN docket, here’s testimony from Amanda King:

Here are the Rochester load specifics in chart form, substation by substation:

King - Schedule 2 - Rochester Substation Loading & Forecast

Here it is as Application, Appendix C-1, just slightly different:

Application-AppC-1_Map-of-Rochester-Area-Summer-Peak-Load-Information_2002-2020

Now look at this - the average MWH/customer:

Here’s some interesting information - their SAIDI, SAIFI and CAIDI reports — what changed in 2002 that dramatically altered the SAIDI statistics going forward:

CAIDI, SAIDI, SAIFI from RPU’s 2009 E&O Report

And the chart that says it all:

All in all, a very interesting report, clear, easy for non-wonks to understand, it’s got a good beat and you can dance to it, I’ll give it a 98!