PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 2801 edon, complied with this title. Plan amendments may be submitted to the Administrator at any time and the Administrator shall review each such amendment within 120 days after receipt thereof to determine whether the customer in amending its plan has complied with this title. If the Administrator determines that the customer, in developing its plan, revision, or amendment, has not complied witii the requirements of this title, the customer shall resubmit the plan at any time thereafter.)^enever a plan or revision or amendment is resubmitted the Administrator shall review the plan or revision or amendment within 120 days after his receipt thereof to determine whether the customer has complied with this title. "Xb) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL OF INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANS. —The Administrator shall approve an integrated resource plan submitted as required under siusection (a) if, in developing the plan, the customer has: "(1) Identified and accuratelv compared all practicable energy efficiency and energy supply resource options available to the customer. "(2) Included a 2-year action plan and a 5-year action plan which describe specific actions the customer will take to implement its integrated resource plan. "(3) Designated least-cost options' to be utilized by the customer for the purpose of providing reUable electric service to its retail consumers and explain^ the reasons why such options were selected. "(4) To the extent practicable, minimized adverse environmental effects of new resource acquisitions. "(5) In preparation and development of the plan (and each revision or amendment of the plan) has provided for fall public participation, including participation by governing boards. "(6) Included load forecasting. '^7) Provided methods of validating predicted performance in order to determine whether objectives in the plan are being met. "(8) Met such other criteria as the Administrator shall require. ^c) USE OF OTHER INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANS.— Where a customer or ^up of customers are implementing integrated resource planning under a program responding to Federal, State, or other initiatives, including integrated resource planning considered and implemented pursuant to section 111(a) of the Public Utility Regulatory PoUdes Act of 1978, in evaluating that customer's integrated resource plan under this title, the Administrator shall accept such plan as fulfillment of the requirements of this title to the extent such plan substantially complies with the requirements of this title. "(d) COMPLIANCE WITH INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANS. — Within Regulations. 1 year after the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall, by regulation, revise the Final Amended Guidelines and Acceptance Cfriteria for Customer Conservation and Renewable Ener^ Programs published in the Federal Register on August 21, 1985 (50 F.R. 33892), or any subsequent amendments thereto, to require each customer to ftilly comply with the applicable integrated resource plan and submit an annual report to the Administrator (in such form and containing such information as the Administrator may re(iuire) describing the customer's progress to the goals established in such plan. Alter the initial review under subsection (a) 59-194 O—93 3:QL3(Pt. 4)
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