TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE

SUBTITLE B - REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER XVII - RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

PART 1710 - GENERAL AND PRE - LOAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES COMMON TO ELECTRIC LOANS AND GUARANTEES

subpart e - LOAD FORECASTS

1710.207 - RUS criteria for approval of load forecasts by distribution borrowers not required to maintain an approved load forecast on an ongoing basis.

Load forecasts submitted by distribution borrowers that are unaffiliated with a power supply borrower, or by distribution borrowers that are members of a power supply borrower that has a total utility plant less than $500 million and that is not itself a member of another power supply borrower with a total utility plant of $500 million or more must satisfy the following minimum criteria: (a) The borrower considered all known relevant factors that influence the consumption of electricity and the known number of consumers served at the time the study was developed; (b) The borrower considered and identified all loads on its system of RE Act beneficiaries and non-RE Act beneficiaries; (c) The borrower developed an adequate supporting data base and considered a range of relevant assumptions; and (d) The borrower provided RUS with adequate documentation and assistance to allow for a thorough and independent review.