USER`S GUI - Institute of Public Utilities
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1. I QUARTERLY BULLETIN ABSTRACT Quarterly Bulletin No 18 April 1984 p 67 GEORGIA PSC Order on Reconsideration Georgia Power Company Docket No 3397 0 1 17 84 30 pages Test Year 12 months ended 3 31 84 Rate of Return Approved 12 234 Retun on Equity Requested 16 502 Approved 15 50 Summary Denies motion for reconsideration of case but detemines that a more complete explanation of commissions rationale is appropriate Removes nuclear fuel purchase from rate base because neither the fuel nor the plant are used and useful to the ratepayers Finds that Company has made two errors in its lead lag study Finds that estima tion of cost of coal is exaggerated and that reserves are excessive PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND t MENU TOPICS 1 CLASSIFICATIONS 2 ELECTRIC UTILITIES 3 FUEL EXPENSES 4 FOSSIL FUELS PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND q 30 5 5 A Sample Session A sample session accessing the bibliographic retrieval service using commands is shown in the following example the first part of the example all asbtracts under the menu classification for electric utilities Power Generation Transmission 8 Distribution Plant is selected by using the command A The second part of the example accesses the abstracts related to t2. telephone case concerning bypass please contact me at 614 999 1111 LINE NO 4 eec 72 CHARACTER amp YOUR BULLETIN 1 APRIL 22 1984 JOHN DOE 2 IF ANYBODY HAS A COPY OF THE STAFF REPORT USED IN THE LAST OHIO BELL 3 TELEPHONE CASE CONCERNING BYPASS PLEASE CONTACT ME AT 614 999 1111 DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES NO CR PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO MAIN MENU OR COMMAND r 04 02 84 BULLETIN BOARD 13 27 08 RXXAERARARARARARA APRIL 22 1984 JOHN DOE IF ANYBODY HAS A COPY OF THE STAFF REPORT USED IN THE LAST OHIO BELL TELEPHONE CASE CONCERNING BYPASS PLEASE CONTACT AT 614 999 1111 k kk k k k k k K k kr k k k k k k k k K k k k k k k k k k K k k k k k k k k k k k k kak k k kok k kO k k k k k 5k k kok k k k k kh k ik k PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO MAIN MENU OR COMMAND q 16 CHAPTER 4 NRRI NEWS NRRI News provides information on the activities of The National Regulatory Research Institute NRRI These may include progress on research projects employment of new staff members and topics under investigation by the institute This service allows you to keep informed on NRRI activities and for NRRI to provide better service to NRRI constituents NRRI News 8 1 Entering Commands To select this option from the main menu type a 2 and a carriage return NOIS will display the first 18 lines of the news
3. E A VS SS SSS TS SHS SL VS AS x x s EEE SPECIFIC ORDER TOTAL 29 50 IS THIS THE CORRECT ORDER lt YES gt CR PLEASE ENTER THE SHIPPING ADDRESS 1 NAME john doe 2 STREET 1267 apple road 3 CITY ridgetown 4 STATE ohio 5 ZIP 43256 61 6 AREA CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER 524 456 0000 VERIFY SHIPPING ADDRESS 1 JOHN DOE 2 STREET 1267 APPLE ROAD 3 CITY RIDGETOWN 4 STATE OHIO 5 ZIP 43256 6 TELEPHONE NUMBER 524 456 0000 IS THIS THE CORRECT ADDRESS lt YES gt CR IS THE BILLING ADDRESS THE SAME AS THE SHIPPING ADDRESS lt YES gt CR ORDERS ARE SHPPED 4TH CLASS DO YOU WANT SPECIAL SHIPPING SERVICES 5 00 SURCHARGE PER ORDER lt NO gt yes SHIP VIA 1 U S MAIL FIRST CLASS INVOICED 2 U S MAIL EXPRESS MAIL CHARGES INVOICED 3 AIR COURIER DELIVERY CHARCES COLLECTED SELECT SHIPPING 2 TOTAL ORDER 34 50 DO YOU WANT TO BE INVOICED lt NO gt yes YOU WILL BE INVOICED FOR 34 50 DO YOU NEED COPY OF THE ANNUAL PURLICATIONS LIST NO yes THANK YOU 62 9 4 Searching for a Publication Search facilities are provided to find a publication by matching words in the publication description with a set of key words search is performed over all publications When a publication is found you have the option to order it To use this feature type the command S and carriage return fol
4. ee EST ud dd Ea 1 Ze EE EE x Sl GAS ELECTRIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS WATER UTILITIES UTILITIES UTILITIES UTILITIES N _ ER CORPORATE CORPORATE RATE OF POWER NON FUEL FUEL STRUCTURE PERFORMANCE RETURN GENERATION EXPENSES EXPENSES A d e o dii 1 1 CONVERSION FUEL ADJUSTMENT FOSSIL NUCLEAR INVENTORY FUEL Or FUELS CLAUSE FUELS FUELS MANAGEMEMENT COSTS FOSS LOL 23 55 ABSTRACTS Fig 5 1 Menu Structure 24 04 08 84 BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL 11 26 04 CLASSIFICATIONS 1 GAS UTILITIES 2 ELECTRIC UTILITIES 3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES 4 WATER UTILITIES 5 REGULATORY AGENCIES MAKE A SELECTION STEP 2 After the principal topic area is selected an area topic submenu will appear on the user s screen this example the user would select the fuel expenses option 11 CLASSIFICATIONS ELECTRIC UTILITIES LIST OF CLASS A AND B ELECTRIC UTILITIES LIST OF RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES LIST OF MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITIES e LIST OF FED ELEC SYS 4 POWER MARKETING AUTHORITIES INDUSTRY WIDE ISSUES CORPORATE STRUCTURE CORPORATE PERFORMANCE RATE OF RETURN FINANCING amp CAPITAL STRUCTURE POWER GENERATION TRANSMISSION amp DISTRIBUTION PLANT GENERATION TRANSMISSION amp DISTRIBUTION NON FUEL EXPENSE 11 FUEL EXPENSES 12 NON PLANT NON FUEL EXPENSES PRESS ENTER FOR MORE SELECTIONS 2 Y Oh
5. 1 in this example The first 16 rows are displayed starting at the specified cell position COMMAND display al A B ITEMS Bell Telephone Bell Telephone 1981 1981 1 BALANCE SHEET ASSETS 2 Communication Plant 3 telephone plant in service 412 447 740 5 682 446 300 4 telephone plant under construction 22 932 080 117 419 280 5 property held for future telephone use 29 488 254 192 6 telephone plant acquisition adjustment 0 0 7 satellite earth stations 0 0 8 9 TOTAL COMMUNICATION PLANT GROSS 435 409 410 5 800 120 300 l0 less depreciation reserve 83 254 576 970 801 920 115 amortization reserve 0 0 12 earth station depreciation 8 amortiz 0 0 13 14 TOTAL COMMUNICATION PLANT NET 352 154 880 4 829 319 200 15 16 Investments aud Funds PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR TYPE Q TO QUIT 40 HELP This command provides access the help facility in order to instruct the user using the worksheet LIB This command lists all words used in a command sentence and word abbreviations LIST data item ranges This command list worksheet labels for the utility companies and row data items Up to 10 ranges can be specified with a dash used to separate the first and last item in a range series of ranges are separated by commas COMMAND list company a c COMPANY NAMES A Bell Telephone Co of Nevada B Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvan a C Chesapeake amp Potomac Tel
6. Regulation and a copy of Unplanned Shutdowns Allocating the Burden A11 of your entries are underlined 04 02 84 ORDER NRRI PUBLICATIONS 16 01 45 YOU CAM ORDER NRRI PUBLICATIONS THROUGH YOUR TERMINAL ALL ORDERS ARE BILLED AGAINST YOUR COMPUTER ACCOUNT UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IF FUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE YOU WILL BE INVOICED TYPE HELP FOR ASSISTANCE OR QUIT TO COMPLETE ORDER NO DESCRIPTION PRICE x ES z lt z zx zz E z Z er zx A 0200000002409 z e mg 2 r zz gt x x ST zz m zx 1 NRRI 83 6 DEREGULATION OF THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY 9 25 PERSPECTIVE OF STATE REGULATION NRRI OCCASIONAL PAPER NO 6 2 NRRI 82 3 FUNDING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DECOMMISSIONING 11 25 3 NRRI 82 2 THE APPROPRIATENESS AND FEASIBILITY OF VARIOUS 11 25 METHODS OF CALCULATING AVOIDED COSTS 4 NRRI 81 19 UNPLANNED SHUTDOWNS ALLOCATING THE BURDEN 11 00 MAKE A SELECTION OR COMMAND 60 HOW MANY COPTES 2 MAKE A SELECTION OR COMMAND HOW MANY COPIES 1 MAKE A SELECTION OR COMMAND q VERIFY PUBLICATION ORDER QTY DESCRIPTION PRICE 2 NRRI 83 6 UNIT PRICE 9 25 18 50 DEREGULATION OF THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE OF STATE REGULATION NRRI OCCASIONAL PAPER NO 6 1 NRRI 81 19 UNIT PRICE 11 00 11 00 UNPLANNED SHUTDOWNS ALLOCATING THE BURDEN 2
7. Previous List the previous page display of the data base Beginning Go to the beginning of the data base End List the last page of the data base Search Search for a set of key words List List current page of publications Order Code Order publications by specifying publication code 69
8. IRI ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICE VERSION 1 0 PILOT PROGRAM MICHAEL D WONG PROJECT MANAGER THE NATIONAL REGULATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2130 NEIL AVENUE COLUMBUS OHIO 43210 614 422 9404 APRIL 1984 THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED BY THE NATIONAL REGULATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE NRRI WITH FUNDING PROVIDED BY PARTICIPATING MEMBER COMMISSIONS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS NARUC THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF THE AUTHORS DO NOT NECESSARILY STATE OR REFLECT THE VIEWS OPINIONS OR POLICIES OF THE NRRI THE NARUC OR NARUC MEMBER COMMISSIONS PREFACE The National Regulatory Research Institute NRRI is assessing the need for a computer service providing information on regulatory actions and issues The objectives of the NRRI Online Information Service NOIS are to expand the NRRI information services increase the information exchange between commissions create an NRRI central data bank and improve NRRI marketing capabilities To test this new service a pilot program is being implemented to determine the feasibility of providing this service to state commissions The pilot program is being offered to all state commissions free of charge for a three month trial period The pilot will provide you with a sample of each data base within the service If the pilot is successful it will be fully implemented early in 1985 with a more extensive data base This User s Guide introduces the online
9. Idaho Supreme Court Order Utah Power and Light Opinion No 188 12 14 83 20 pages PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND 23 QUARTERLY BULLETIN ABSTRACT Quarterly Bulletin No 18 April 1984 p 69 IDAHO PUC Idaho Supreme Court Order Utah Power and Light Opinion No 188 12 14 83 20 pages Summary Company appealed to Idaho Supreme Court a Commission decision on its request for a 52 49 percent rate increase Court notes that the following issues are challenged Commission s formula to calculate rate base Commission s refusal to include construction work in progress property held for future use and certa n coal inventor es in rate base Commission s adjustment of allowance for maintenance and operation Commissions rejection of an attrition allowance and Commission s reduction of Company s request for a return on equity PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND 29 5 4 Searching for Abstracts search is performed by matching a set of words to the descriptions in the menus The search uses the tree structure of the menu to determine the search path Menu descriptions which lie in the path of search is examined for a match All words must match for a successful search Part of a word can be specified by using hyphen such as TRANS FUEL and CLAUSE following is an example of a search MAKE A SELECTION 8 ENTER WORDS FOR SEARCH fuel FOSSIL FUELS
10. form and return it to the following address Michael D Wong NRRI Online Information Service The National Regulatory Research Institute 2130 Neil Ave Rm 418 Columbus Ohio 43210 65 THE NATIONAL REGULATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICE COMPUTER ACCOUNT APPLICATION FORM DATE MONTH DAY YEAR ORGANIZATION TITLE NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP TELEPHONE HOW MANY ACCESS CODES maximum 10 LIST ALL USERS FOR THIS ACCOUNT AND THEIR 3 LETTER PASSWORD User Name Password e 0 Y OQ 0 N pa e RETURN TO Michael D Wong NRRI Online Information Service The National Regulatory Research Institute 2130 Neil Ave Rm 418 Columbus Ohio 43210 66 APPENDIX B SUMMARY OF COMMANDS The following is a summary of commands used to access the NRRI Online Information Service Use it as a fast reference when you are using these services Remember press the ATTENTION or BREAK key any time to stop processing the current service and it will return you to a previously accessed menu Service Command Function Bulletin H Help This lists all commands Board Q Quit Returns you to main menu Restart Restarts the display of the bulletin board P Post Posting a bulletin on the bulletin board NRRI H Help This lists all commands News Q Quit Returns you to main menu R Restart Restarts the display of the news starting at the first page S Search Search the News for set of
11. requires a special telephone connector plug usually located in a wall outlet This may not be available if you are currently using a key phone system You should contact your local telephone company for information on how to use a direct connect modem with your telephone system printer is optional but recommended in receiving hard copy of all information displayed on the terminal The printer should have a standard RS 232C port to connect to the second RS 232C port on the terminal There is one precaution you need to take when you purchase a printer The printer must have the capability to print faster than the rate characters are received by the terminal For example suppose your terminal is receiving data at 120 characters per second using a 1200 baud modem you would have to purchase a printer that prints more than 120 characters per second You can also use a microcomputer to access the service The microcomputer would be used as a terminal by using the proper communications software Because of the variety of microcomputers we will not discuss this in any detail You should contact your microcomputer support representative for more information in using your microcomputer as a terminal If you have questions about equipment please call us at 614 422 9404 1 2 Setting Up an Account To set up a NOIS account an application form is provided for you at the end of this User s Guide with the following information See Appendi
12. words List List current page of the news Previous List the previous page of the news B Beginning to the beginning of the news E End List the last page of the news 67 Service Bibliographic Retrieval A Computer Software Catalog abstracts only Industry Data Worksheets Command O mn ca m DISPLAY HELP LIB LIST COMPANY LIST ITEMS SCREEN QUIT Function Help Lists all commands Quit Returns you to the previous menu Main Menu Returns you to the main menu Search Search abstract classifications using a set of keywords Window Sets the number of lines in the abstract to be displayed A11 Start displaying all abstracts classified for all menu selections Previous Go to previous menu List List menu selections Help Lists all commands Quit Returns to menu List List 16 lines of abstract Topics List menu topics selected to access abstract display worksheet data access help feature list library of command words list company information list data item information Sets display screen format Return to menu 68 Service Command Data Base of Lists Q Ordering Publications Function Help This lists all commands Quit Returns you to main menu Restart Restarts the display of the data base Search Search NRRI News for a set of words List List current page displayed by the data base
13. 1 Setting Up a Worksheet 6 2 Data Manipulation in a Worksheet 6 3 Data Analysis DATA BASE OF LISTS so 2 a 7 1 Entering Commands 7 2 Sample Session E 04 7 3 Searching for Items in a Data Base iii gt SOFTWARE iv Page 10 LL 13 13 14 17 17 18 20 23 27 28 30 31 35 35 39 42 49 49 50 53 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page 8 COMPUTER MODELS amp do 2 gt 3 55 9 ORDERING NRRI PUBLICATIONS 57 OL Ordering 20001104 101155 ud e s fe Bee a Sw eS 28 Entering 8 S A 59 9 3 Sample Session x s i e a AA 60 94 4 Searching for a Publication a lt lt 63 9 5 Ordering by Publication Code es e 63 Appendix A COMPUTER ACCOUNT APPLICATION FORM s 65 B SUMMARY COMMANDOS ow a A 67 Lv INTRODUCTION The National Regulatory Research Institute NRRI provides state regulatory commissions with technical assistance and expert policy research on regulatory issues As commissions tackle more complex issues their demand for timely and accurate information increases Taking a bold step forward into the information age NRRI has established the NRRI Online Information Service NOIS to specialize in providing information and computer r
14. CONTINUE OR COMMAND q 26 For the complete article on which the abstract is based you would refer to the NRRI Quarterly Bulletin For the documents themselves you should contact a representative from the Quarterly Bulletin 3 2 Entering Commands To select this option from the main menu type a 3 for the Bibliographic Retreival or a 4 for the Computer Software Catalog and a carriage return NOIS will display the first menu of information classifications This menu represents the most aggregated classifica tion in the data base As you proceed through the menus you define a more narrow scope of the data base the following examples the Bibliographic Retrieval service will be shown Access to the Computer software Catalog is identical using the same commands and procedures The bibliographic retrieval is accessed in the following example 04 04 84 ee NRRI ON LINE INFORMATION SERVICE 09 12 21 MAIN MENU 1 BULLETIN BOARD NRRI NEWS BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE CATALOG INDUSTRY DATA DATA BASE OF LISTS COMPUTER MODELS ORDER NRRI PUBLICATIONS END SESSION 0 Oh bb D A SELECTION 3 04 04 84 BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL 09 12 37 CLASSIFICATIONS GAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC UTILITIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES WATER UTILITIES REGULATORY AGENCIES in Ww e MAKE SELECTION 27 Im response t
15. I ON LINE INFORMATION SERVICE 13 23 51 MAIN MENU BULLETIN BOARD NRRI NEWS BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE CATALOG INDUSTRY DATA DATA BASE OF LISTS COMPUTER MODELS ORDER NRRI PUBLICATIONS END SESSION MAKE A SELECTION 1 0 Y hn ARKRRAARAARAR ARARAROL 02 84 BULLETIN BOARD 13 24 1 1 A XARXARRARARARA K kk k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k kk k k k k k kk k k k k k k kk ek kk k k k k kk Kk k k k k k k k kk kk k k k k PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO MAIN MENU OR COMMAND h TO USE AND ACCESS THE BULLETIN BOARD TYPE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SINGLE LETTER COMMANDS Q QUIT AND RETURN TO MAIN MENU R RESTART THE BULLETIN BOARD P POST A NEW BULLETIN PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO MAIN MENU OR COMMAND p WRITE YOUR OWN BULLETIN YOU CAN HAVE UP TO 16 LINES OF TEXT EACH LINE CAN HAVE AS MANY AS 72 CHARACTERS AS SHOWN BELOW oo Y 2 Ut N t 13 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR TYPE 0 TO QUIT CR k BEGIN ENTERING BULLETIN TYPE A SLASH IN COLUMN 1 WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED TYPE LINE NO 1 er 72 CHARACTER pril 22 1984 john doe TYPE LINE NOs 2 ee 72 CHARACTER Ano y copy of the orati need i the Tast onto bell TYPE LINE NO 3 72 CHARACTER
16. ILITY COMPANIES ALL COMPANIES BELL SYSTEM American Telephone and Telegraph Co Bell Operating Companies AT amp T Long Lines Department AT amp T General Department Bell Telephone of Nevada Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania DO 4 ln amp F QQ NH Chesapeake 8 Potomac Telephone Co 10 Chesapeake 8 Potomac Telephone Co of Maryland 11 Chesapeake 4 Potomac Telephone Co of Virginia 12 Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia 13 Cincinnati Bell Inc 14 Diamond State Telephone Co 15 Illinois Bell Telephone Co 16 Indiana Bell Telephone Co Inc SELECT COMPANY OR COMMAND 7 YEARS AVAILABLE FOR Bell Telephone Co of Nevada 1981 SELECT A YEAR OR COMMAND 1981 TRANSFERRING DATA IN YEAR 1981 TO COLUMN d SELECT A YEAR OR COMMAND 37 UTILITY COMPANIES 23 e DD wo Y OQ th w N m T GA we m O 15 16 ALL COMPANIES BELL SYSTEM American Telephone and Telegraph Co Bell Operating Companies AT amp T Long Lines Department AT amp T General Department Bell Telephone Co of Nevada Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone Co Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone Co of Maryland Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone Co of Virginia Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia Cincinnati Bell Inc Diamond State Telephone Co Ill
17. ON PLANT GROSS 7 197 594 6100 10 less depreciation reserve 1 292 298 2860 11 amortization reserve 0 0000 12 earth station depreciation 5 amortization reser 0 0000 13 14 TOTAL COMMUNICATION PLANT NET 5 905 297 1800 15 16 Investments and Funds PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR TYPE lt Q gt UIT 4 COMMAND 284 A 11 Telephone of Nevada 22 932 080 0000 Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania 117 419 280 0000 Chesapeake 5 Potomac Telephone 24 329 808 0000 D Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone Co of Maryland 37 909 232 0000 COMMAND 204483 85 A Bell Telephone Co of Nevada 22 946 066 9689 11 Telephone Company of Pennsylvania 117 441 634 9376 Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone Co 24 334 244 8269 D Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone Co of Maryland 37 910 934 2661 46 COMMAND 50 lt gt 5 1 BALANCE SHEET ASSETS 2 Communication Plant 3 telephone plant in service A Bell Telephone Co of Nevada 206 690 6552 B Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania 23 977 5211 C Chesapeake Potomac Telephone Co 28 844 0597 D Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone Co of Maryland 3 708 5611 4 telephone plant under construction A Bell Telephone Co of Nevada 4 759 6093 B Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania 552 1470 PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR TYPE lt Q gt UIT OR lt N gt EXT CR C Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone Co 664 2122 D Chesapeake amp Potomac Telep
18. R A QUARTERLY BULLETIN ABSTRACT Quarterly Bulletin No 18 April 1984 p 65 CONNECTICUT DPUC Decision Connecticut Light and Power Copmany Docket No 83 07 15 12 8 83 83 pages Test Year 12 months ended 12 31 82 Rate Base Requested 1 955 294 000 Approved 52 025 259 000 Revenue Increase Requested 167 418 000 Approved 99 382 000 Rate of Return Requested 12 63 Approved 12 22 Return on Equity Requested 17 00 Approved 15 902 Summary Finds that Company s electric construction program 18 well managed and that the nuclear program continues to follow guideliens set forth in an earlier order Says that gas construct on program 18 unacceptable however Holds insufficient attention is being paid to conservation of natural gas but that a reasonable proportion of Company s conservation effort is devoted to larger municipalities Allow a limited amount of CWIP in rate base PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND t MENU TOPICS l CLASSIFICATIONS 2 ELECTRIC UTILITIES 3 POWER GENERATION TANSMISSION amp DISTRIBUTION PLANT 4 CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND CR 32 QUARTERLY BULLETIN ABSTRACT Quarterly Bulletin No 18 April 1984 p 69 IDAHO PUC Idaho Supreme Court Order Utah Power and Light Opinion No 188 12 14 83 20 pages Summary Company appealed to Idaho Supreme Court a Commission decision on its request for 52 49 percent rate increas
19. SSWORD ABC UNIVERSITY ID 123456789 151234 LOGON IN PROGRESS 14 34 09 ON MARCH 21 1984 READY STEP 4 When the computer says READY you can begin to use NOIS Type exec nois and a menu of services will be displayed for your selection as shown below exec nois 04 02 84 NRRI ON LINE INFORMATION SERVICE 09 10 09 MAIN MENU BULLETIN BOARD NRRI NEWS BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE CATALOG INDUSTRY DATA DATA BASE OF LISTS COMPUTER MODELS ORDER NRRI PUBLICATIONS END SESSION MAKE A SELECTION M N Oh WH nr D D D a 2 3 Overview of Services The online service will be offering eight different services 1 an electronic bulletin board 2 access to NRRI news 3 a bibliographic retrieval system 4 a computer software catalog 5 a set of list formatted data bases 6 industry data bases 7 high powered computer models and 8 the ability to order NRRI publications ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD A bulletin board gives users the ability to post messages for everyone to see provides a method for users to communicate with each other about current issues and events The bulletin board will be cleared of all messages every two weeks NRRI NEWS This service informs users about information on current research and events occurring at The National Regulatory Research Institute BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL A bibliographic retrieval system has bee
20. TA 11 09 11 DATA BASES 1 FCC STATISTICS OF COMMUNICATION COMMON CARRIERS MAKE A SELECTION 1 There are no limits to the number of worksheets you can construct However you are charged for the storage of each worksheet This cost is minimal Note no charge during pilot program A worksheet is created to work with a single data base and can use data only from that data base Worksheets are grouped together according to the data base in which they were formed The following steps would be used in developing a worksheet STEP 1 Enter the worksheet name The name could represent a new or old worksheet STEP 2 Load data from data base by selecting the utility company and year of data 11 data items are loaded into a worksheet column starting at the first available column STEP 3 After completing the loading process you will be in a mode to manipulate the data in the worksheet Each piece of data is stored in a cell with 40 000 cells located a worksheet of 400 rows and 100 columns Here is an example of setting up a worksheet name MYDATA for the data base Statistics of Communication Common Carriers 04 08 84 INDUSTRY DATA 13 27 45 DATA BASES 1 FCC STATISTICS OF COMMUNICATIONS COMMON CARRIER MAKE A SELECTION 1 ENTER WORKSHEET NAME myda ta 36 IS THIS NEW WORKSHEET Y N y INITIALIZING WORKSHEET DO YOU WANT TO LOAD DATA INTO WORKSHEET MYDATA Y N UT
21. TS line You can communicate with the computer at character transmission rates of 300 baud and 1200 baud however the number of 1200 baud lines is limited and they may be busy This chapter tells you how to begin using NOIS The seven chapters that follow provide an introduction to each type of service offered 22 1 Configuring Your Terminal All terminals require that they be configured properly to communicate with any computer system Configuring a terminal can be very difficult and may require some technical assistance You should refer to the terminal s instruction manual for detailed information The following settings of key parameters are required for proper terminal communications at 300 or 1200 baud l Transmission Rate 300 baud or 1200 baud 2 Receiving Rate 300 baud or 1200 baud 3 Number of Stop Bits 1 bit 4 Parity OFF or NONE 5 Data Length 8 bits 6 Most Significant Data Bit O bit 7 XON XOFF or YES 8 Local Echo OFF or NO 9 End of Message character Carriage Return or Hex code 13 10 Full or Half Duplex FULL 11 Originate or Answer Originate 2 2 Sample Terminal Session sample terminal session is presented to instruct you in accessing NOIS You will be dialing the main computer system at 614 422 1111 for 300 baud or 614 422 3070 for 1200 baud using the public telephone network If you have access to our 800 number it will be supplied to you when you receive your access codes and passw
22. Ww N t pa MAKE SELECTION 11 29 STEP 3 Finally the user would select the specific topic area of interest fossil fuels 4 ELECTRIC UTILITIES x FUEL EXPENSES 1 CONTRACT NEGOTIATION AND ADMINISTRATION CONVERSION OF FUELS FUEL ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE FOSSIL FUELS NUCLEAR FUELS FUEL COSTS PURCHASED POWER 0 4 Oh un t MAKE A SELECTION f 4 STEP 4 Reference to cases in the NRRI Quarterly Bulletin that discussed fossil fuel expenses would appear one by one on the screen as shown below FOSSIL FUELS eRe eK I RTO FRIIS RA RERARRARRAR RRA III IIS IIIT IIIS RARE RRA RARA RRA RARA ERR IA QUARTERLY BULLETIN ABSTRACT Quarterly Bulletin No 18 April 1984 p 67 GEORGIA PSC Order on Reconsideration Georgia Power Company Docket No 339U 1 17 84 30 pages Test Year 12 months ended 3 31 84 Rate of Return Approved 12 23 Return on Equity Requested 16 50 Approved 15 504 Summary Denies motion for reconsideration of case but determine that a more complete explanation of Commission s rationale 15 appropriate Removes nuclear fuel purchase from rate base because neither the fuel nor the plant are used and useful to the ratepayers Finds that Company has made two errors in its lead lag study Finds that estimate of cost of coal is exaggerated and that reserves are excessive PRESS ENTER TO
23. and then ask you for a response to one of the following questions PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO MAIN MENU COMMAND or PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND You have the option to press ENTER or type a command Commands are executed by typing a single letter and a carriage return The news is listed by pages each page consists of 18 lines of text The following commands are available L7 Commands Function Q Help This lists all commands Quit Returns you to main menu Restart Restarts the display of the news starting at the first page Search Search the News for a set of words List List current page of the news Previous List the previous page of the news Beginning Go to the beginning of the news End List the last page of the news 4 2 Sample Session The following is a sample session accessing the NRRI News All of your entries are underlined 04 02 84 ON LINE INFORMATION SERVICE 09 10 09 1 A e CO Y Oh w P e o BULLETIN BOARD NRRI NEWS BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE CATALOC INDUSTRY DATA DATA BASE OF LISTS COMPUTER MODELS ORDER NRRI PUBLICATIONS END SESSION MAKE SELECTION 2 16 kkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkk kkkkkkkkkk NRRI NEWS XRXAARAXARKAR RR LANA RARA ARE Online Information Service Available Starting April 16 state commissions can try out the new NRRI Onl ne In
24. arch will begin where the display of the text ends It will try to match each word in the text with one of the keywords search will terminate when a match occurs To start the search at the beginning of the text type the command B and a carriage return execute the search command type the S command and a carriage return If the search is successful the location of the text will be printed and 18 lines of text will be printed The text where the word was found will be located in the 9th line of the listed text Here is an example PRESS ENTER TO RETURN OR COMMAND PRESS ENTER TO RETURN OR COMMAND 5 ENTER WORDS FOR SEARCH emp 9Y SEARCH FAILED ENTER WORDS FOR SEARCH models SEARCH SUCCESSFUL AT models as well as the ability to order NRRI publications The pilot HFK TK KKK KR k k k k k k ke k RAR RARA k k k k k k Kk k k k RARA RARA RA dek e kk ek kk ke feasibility of providing an information service to the regulatory community The NOIS will offer the following services a bulletin board NRRI news bibliographic retrieval of regulatory information a computer software catalog a database of technical and financial data a list format database for miscellaneous items the NRRI s computer models as well as the ability to order NRRI publications The pilot program will last approximately three months or until its funding is exhausted If your state commission is inter
25. blications can be ordered and credited to your account for fast delivery using this service You have the option to be invoiced and the ability to the select various shipping options 2 4 Using the Online Service The online service displays menus and prompts for you to make a selection or enter a command Prompts also request information to execute a task A default answer for a prompt is given in brackets lt 2 For example the following prompt asks you if the order for publications is correct IS THIS THE CORRECT ORDER YES If you press the ENTER key the answer yes is assumed and processing continues some terminals the ENTER key is also labeled the RETURN key The ENTER key will be used here as the standard notation for executing a carriage return carriage return is represented by the notation CR in this User s Guide 11 The online service uses a set of single letter commands to supplement the menu selections It provides you the option of performing tasks such as searching for text by keywords paging within a data base or determining system status set of standard commands is used throughout the service as responses to prompts as listed below Command Function HELP Lists the available commands Quit Ends processing and returns you to the last menu displayed ENTER key Pressing the ENTER key continues processing by using the default entry specified in the prompt BREAK
26. e Court notes that the following issues are challenged Commission s formula to calculate rate base Commission s refusal to include construction work in progress property held for future use and certain coal inventories in rate base Commission s adjustment of allowance for maintenance and operation Commission s rejection of an attrition allowance and Commission s reduction of Company s request for a return on equity PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND q ELECTRIC UTILITIES POWER GENERATION TRANSMISSION 8 DISTRIBUTION PLANT 1 CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS 2 ALLOWANCE FOR FUNDS USED DURING CONSTRUCTION 3 RATE BASE 4 CAPITALIZATION 5 ABANDONMENT OF PLANT 6 DECOMMISSIONING OF PLANT 7 PREMATURE RETIREMENT OF PLANT MAKE A SELECTION lun ABANDONMENT OF PLANT KKK KKK AIK IK A KARA RARA RARA RARA RARA RARA RAARRRARA RE RA RARA RARA RRA ek ERK RAR QUARTERLY BULLETIN ABSTRACT Quarterly Bullet n No 18 April 1984 p 72 IOWA SCC Proposed Decision and Order Union Electric Company Docket No RPU 83 14 12 28 83 15 pages Test Year 12 months ended 12 31 82 Rate Base Approved 60 081 000 Revenue Increase Requested 6 170 000 Approved 2 180 000 Rate of Return Approved 11 30 Return on Equity Requested 18 00 Approved 14 80 Summary Stipulation among parties to case resolved all but three issues rate of return and capital structure the proper federal income tax rate aud nuclear plant ca
27. ect of a story on ABC s Good Morning America news program in January The study prepared by PRESS ENTER TO RETURN OR COMMAND q 21 CHAPTER 5 BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE CATALOG The bibliographic retrieval and computer software catalog are data bases of abstracts from the NRRI Quarterly Bulletin and the NARUC Computer Software and Data Base Catalog These two data bases use the same access method and commands procedures The access method involves a series of menus displaying the type of information available for retrieval The menus are linked in a tree like structure with the final menus accessing the appropriate group of abstracts You can gain access to information by making selections from the menu or by specifying a set of keywords for a search operation 5 1 Introduction lo get an idea of how this service would work here is a conceptual view The following example is a simple overview of accessing the data base of abstracts from the NRRI Quarterly Bulletin Suppose you wanted to learn about recent commission actions on treatment of fossil fuel expenses by an electric company The menu strucure for this inquiry is shown in figure 5 1 For access you would take the following steps STEP 1 Select the principal topic area from the main menu Since this is an electric case the electric utilities principal topic area would be chosen 2 23 CLASSIFICATIONS glee
28. eed at least the following equipment l a computer terminal 2 modem 3 an interfacing cable The costs will range between 700 to 3000 depending on the level of sophistication and quality of the equipment The computer terminal can be a display terminal with a Cathode Ray Tube CRT and a keyboard a printing terminal or a personal microcomputer It should provide at least one standard RS 232C communications port for a modem and optional communications port for a printer The system configuration is shown in figure 1 2 Telephone Network NRRI Online Information Service Fig 1 1 Communications Link to the NRRI Online Information Service pr 232 Cable gt Y Modem AAA RS 232 UY Computer Terminal E Printer Fig 1 2 System Configuration modem 15 a device which translates the computer s digital signal into an analog signal for transmission over the telephone network Characters can be transmitted at 300 baud approximately 30 characters per second or 1200 baud approximately 120 characters per second depending on the capabilities of the modem modem also has a standard RS 232C port for connecting it to the terminal using a cable Modems come in two types an acoustic coupler or a direct connection modem Using an acoustic coupler modem is the easiest method Connection is made by placing the handset of the telephone into the acoustic coupler modem direct connection
29. ephone Co COMMAND list items 1 10 30 k ITEM DESCRIPTIONS 4 BALANCE SHEET ASSETS Communication Plant telephone plant in service 1 2 3 4 telephone plant under construction 5 property held for future telephone use 6 telephone plant acquisition adjustment Satellite earth statis TOTAL COMMUNICATION PLANT GROSS 10 less depreciation reserve ITEM DESCRIPTIONS 30 all other current assets SCREEN number of columns This commands determines the screen format when displayed The format is determined by specifying the numbers of the columns displayed Following is an example of setting the screen to display 3 columns COMMAND Screen 3 USING SCREEN FORMAT NO 3 COMMAND QUIT This commands ends worksheet processing and returns the user to the data base menu 6 3 Data Analysis The worksheet contains a mathematical interpreter to perform calculations over rows and columns You can access this facility by typing a and the formula instead of a command in response to the prompt COMMAND as shown below COMMAND formula definition The mathematical interpreter allows you to construct complex arithmetic expressions to analyze worksheet data All data are stored in cells and represented by their cell variable such as and CD34 42 The interpreter has five arithmetic operations exponentiation 1 multiplication division addition and sub
30. esources to regulatory agencies NOIS is currently supported on the Ohio State University OSU main computer system Access to NOIS can be accomplished by calling the main computer system using an inward WATS line an 800 toll service to communicate with the OSU mainframe computer via your computer terminal or microcomputer system NOIS will be providing you services to exchange information to access NRRI s data bases to execute computer models and to order NRRI publications Services on NOIS are available to all state utility regulatory commissions This User s Guide contains information required to connect your terminal to the OSU main computer system and the commands and menu options available to access NRRI s information and computer services CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED The NRRI Online Information Service NOIS provides you access to NRRI data bases and computer resources using an inexpensive computer terminal service is easy to use with no special training required 11 services are accessible by selecting options from a set of menus Other options are available to you by entering a single letter command such as 0 for quit this will return you to a previous menu 1 1 What Type of Equipment Do You Need You will be communicating with the online service using a computer terminal or microcomputer system linked together by the public telephone network as shown in figure 1 1 To access the service you n
31. ested in participating 20 contact Michael Wong for more information at 614 422 9404 during business hours Research Advisory Committee Looks at 1985 Project Proposals The NRRI s Research Advisory Committee met in Columbus in February to talk about the progress of fiscal year 1984 projects and to discuss possible fiscal year 1985 projects The Comm ttee meets next on April PRESS ENTER TO RETURN OR COMMAND S ENTER WORDS FOR SEARCH models SEARCH SUCCESSFUL AT Developing Microcomputer Models for Electric Utility Analysis Develops ARARARRKARRA RA RARA AA KK AA Technical Assistance to the FERC in the Use of the Ceres Program Includes development of a new production cost algorithm to simulate hydroelectric plants creation of new user options to the FERC s specifications and training staffers to use the program This project has been completed Developing Microcomputer Models for Elecric Utility Analysis Develops three microcomputer based programs and relevant documentation for electric utility analysis Both the programs and draft documentation were completed at the end of March NRRI Publications Given National Attention Studies prepared by NRRI researchers have received national attention recently The NRRI s study of telephone access charges see NRRI Quarterly Bulletin 17 p 1 was the subj
32. eyenne Wyoming 82002 Area Code 307 777 7427 22 John R Dick Smyth Chairman Charles E Ned Johnson Deputy Chairman Nels J Smith Commissioner a ss ssa s F ND OF DATABASE sscaY s s a PRESS ENTER TO RETURN OR COMMAND q 7 3 Searching for Items in a Data Base The Data Base of Lists provides the option to search for words in the data base A search is perfomed by specifying a set of keywords The search will begin where the display of the data base ends It will try to match each word in the data base with one of the keywords The search will terminate when a match occurs To start the search at the beginning of the data base type B for the command and a carriage return To execute the search command type S for the command and a carriage return If the search is successful the location of the data base will be printed and 16 lines of the data base will be printed The data base where the word was found will be located in the 8th line of the listed data base Here is an example PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND 8 ENTER WORDS FOR SEARCH maryland SEARCH SUCCESSFUL MARYLAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PAGE 28 NARUC MEMBERSHIP LIST Augusta Maine 04333 Area Code 207 289 3831 53 Peter A Bradford Chairman 289 3831 David Moskovitz Commissioner Cheryl Harrington Commissioner 289 3831 MARYLAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 231 East Baltimore Street Bal
33. formation Service NOIS service is avallable for the commissions free of charge through either a terminal or microcomputer system The NOIS is being offered as a pilot program to determine the feasibility of providing an information service to the regulatory community The NOIS will offer the following services a bulletin board NRRI news a bibliographic retrieval of regulatory information a computer software catalog a database of technical and financial data a list format data base for miscellaneous items the NRRI s computer models as well as the ability to order NRRI publications The pilot program will last approximately three months or until its funding is exhausted If your state commission is interested n participating contact Michael Wong for more information at 614 422 9404 during business hours PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND h gt TO ACCESS NRRI NEWS TYPE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SINGLE LETTER COMMANDS 0 QUIT AND RETURN TO MAIN MENU R RESTART THE DISPLAY OF NRRI NEWS P GO TO THE PREVIOUS PAGE NRRI NEWS 6 SEARCH NRRI NEWS FOR SET OF WORDS B GO TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NRRI NEWS E GO TO THE END OF THE NRRI NEWS L LIST CURRENT DISPLAY OF THE NRRI NEWS PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND 19 4 3 Searching for a News Item The NRRI News service provides the option to search for words in the text A search is performed by specifying a set of keywords se
34. he Abandonment of Plant by selecting menu item 5 from the Power Generation Transmission A Distribution of Plant menu All of your entries are underlined 04 04 84 BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL 09 27 50 CLASSIFICATIONS 1 GAS UTILITIES 2 ELECTRIC UTILITIES 3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES 4 WATER UTILITIES 5 REGULATORY AGENCIES MAKE A SELECTION 2 CLASSIFICATIONS ELECTRIC UTILITIES 1 LIST OF CLASS AND B ELECTRIC UTILITIES 2 LIST OF RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES 3 LIST OF MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILTIES 4 LIST OF FED ELEC SYS amp POWER MARKETING AUTHORITIES 5 INDUSTRY WIDE ISUES 6 CORPORATE STRUCTURE 7 CORPORATE PERFORMANCE 8 RATE OF RETURN FINANCING amp CAPITAL STRUCTURE 9 POWER GENERATION TRANSMISSION amp DISTRIBUTION PLANT 10 GENERATION TRANSMISSION amp DISTRIBUTION NON FUEL EXPENSE 11 FUEL EXPENSES 12 NON PLANT NON FUEL EXPENSES PRESS ENTER FOR MORE SELECTIONS 2 MAKE A SELECTION 9 31 ELECTRIC UTILITIES Z gt zz E x x lt ry z z POWER GENERATION TRANMISSION amp DISTRIBUTION PLANT 1 CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS 2 ALLOWANCE FOR FUNDS USED DURING CONSTRUCTION 3 RATE BASE 4 CAPITALIZATION 5 ABANDONMENT OF PLANT 6 DECOMMISSIONING OF PLANT 7 PREMATURE RETIREMENT OF PLANT MAKE A SELECTION CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS KK IK IR KKK RARA TEE RARA RARA RARA RARA LARA RII BRR KTR deck AKI IK aede
35. head Price Deregulation Gas and Electric Utility Rate Design Power Pooling Gas Marginal Cost Pricing Computerized Utility Analyses Utility Operating Efficiency Forecasting and Planning Fuel Adjustment Clauses Regulatory Incentives Cogeneration and Avoided Costs Cost Overruns in Utility PLant Construction Regional Multistate Regulation Funding Nuclear Decommissioning Commission Ordered Management Audits Water Regulation and Rate Design Measured Rate Telephone Service Quality of Telephone Service Telephone Market Structure Analyses Computer Based Telephone Cost Studies 57 Divestiture Telephone Access Charges Small Water Utility Regulation Electric Generation Deregulation Deregulation of CPE Publications can be ordered through the online service You have Che option of being invoiced or having it charged against your computer account NOTE During the pilot all orders will be invoiced orders will be processed immediately 9 1 Ordering Publications Ordering publications using the online service is simple using the following steps All the necessary information is prompted for you and then later printed for your verification STEP STEP 1 Select publications and the number of copies 2 Verify order and costs STEP 3 Enter and verify the shipping address STEP 4 Is the billing address the same as the shipping address it s different en
36. hone Co of Maryland 85 3996 5 property held for future telephone use Bell Telephone Co of Nevada 9 6202 B Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania 1 1160 C amp Potomac Telephone Co 1 3425 D Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone Co of Maryland 0 1726 6 telephone plant acquisition adjustment 11 Telephone Co of Nevada 0 0000 B Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania 0 0000 8 Potomac Telephone Co 0 0000 D Chesapeake 8 Potomac Telephone of Maryland 0 0000 PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR TYPE lt Q gt UIT OR lt N gt EXT 3 COMMAND quit 47 CHAPTER DATA BASE OF LISTS The online service provides a set of miscellaneous data bases for general interest These data bases are in a list format This format allows the data base to be easily generated and installed To access information in a data base you would list the data base on your terminal Other options are available to you such as paging and word search The simplicity of these data bases allows seldom used information to be placed on the service without the high cost of installation 7 1 Entering Commands To select this option from the main menu type a 6 and a carriage return NOIS will display a menu of the available data bases you can access selection is made by typing the appropriate number identifying the data base An example of selecting the NARUC Membership List data base is shown bel
37. inois Bell Telephone Co Ind ana Bell Telephone Co Inc SELECT A COMPANY OR COMMAND q ACCESS WORKSHEET FOR DATA ANALYSIS USE A SET OF COMMAND WORDS TO MANIPULATE DATA TYPE HELP FOR ASSISTANCE COMMAND q 38 UTILITY COMPANY 4 YEAR ITEMS gt 6 2 Data Manipulation in a Worksheet Each worksheet has 400 rows and 100 salomis Each row is labelled according to its data item and accessed by a row number Each column is labelled by utility and year and accessed by a column code starting with through 7 and continuing with AB Each cell in the worksheet is identified by combining the column and row codes as follows Row Number _Column Code set of commands allows you to manipulate data in a worksheet It allows you to move or delete data and to perform calculations command sentence has the format command data item range of data item 39 Here is a brief summary of the commands Commands Data Items Function DISPLAY display worksheet data HELP access help feature LIB list library of command words LIST COMPANY list company or item information ITEMS SCREEN Sets display screen format QUIT Return to menu DISPLAY cell position This command displays the worksheet according to the screen format set up by the command SCREEN The cell position represents the cell in the upper left hand corner of the worksheet to be displayed
38. key Pressing the BREAK key or ATTENTION key interrupts processing and returns you to a previous menu The command HELP is used to list all single letter commands available for the service selected It is a quick reference to assist you in answering a command prompt The command QUIT is used to end processing of a service and to return you to a previous menu It provides a method to suspend processing within a service The action of pressing the ENTER key invokes a default response to a prompt default response is given in brackets lt gt within the prompt The action of pressing the BREAK key interrupts processing and returns you to a previous menu This type of response can be performed at any time For example suppose you accidently started to print a lengthy abstract and you wish to stop processing Pressing the BREAK key will stop the printing and will return you to a previous menu L2 CHAPTER 3 BULLETIN BOARD The bulletin boar provides a means for you to communicate with other users message be posted on the bulletin board for all users to see when 15 accessed The bulletin board is cleared of all messages every two weeks Bulletin Board Your Bulletin mm Two Week Limit e 3 1 Entering Commands To select this option from the main menu type a 1 and carriage return NOIS will display the first 16 lines of the bulletin board and then ask you for a response to o
39. lowing is an example of publication search MAKE A SELECTION OR COMMAND gt ENTER WORDS FOR SEARCH ceres PUBLICATION NRRI 81 12 UNIT PRICE 17 50 CERES CAPACITY EXPANSION AND RELIABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM DO YOU WANT TO ORDER PUBLICATION YES yes HOW MANY COPIES 2 MAKE A SELECTION OR COMMAND 9 5 Ordering by Publication Code Each publication has a code represented in the form where the 1 5 a numeric character publication code is displayed above the description of each publication You can place an order by specifying the appropriate codes To use this feature type the command 0 and carriage return The following is an example of an order 63 MAKE A SELECTION OR a COMMAND ENTER PUBLICATION CODE NRRI XX XX nrri 82 2 PUBLICATION NRRI 82 2 UNIT PRICE 2 11 25 THE APPROPRIATENESS AND FEASIBILITY OF VARIOUS METHODS OF CALCULATING AVOIDED COSTS DO YOU WANT TO ORDER PUBLICATION lt YES gt CR HOW MANY COPIES 1 ENTER PUBLICATION CODE NRRI XX XX CR MAKE A SELECTION OR COMMAND q 64 APPENDIX COMPUTER ACCOUNT APPLICATION FORM computer account application is necessary to access the NRRI Online Information Service account is required for billing purposes For each account you may have as many as 10 access codes Please fill out the enclosed
40. mber Glorida Schaffer Member 673 5226 James R Smith Member 673 5168 Diane K Morales Member 673 5229 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M Street N W Washington D C 20554 Area Code 202 Information 655 4000 PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND h 2 ACCESS THIS DATABASE TYPE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SINGLE LETTER COMMANDS Q QUIT AND RETURN TO THE LIST OF DATABASES R RESTART THE DISPLAY OF THE DATABASE P GO TO THE PREVIOUS PAGE OF THE DATABASE E SEARCH DATA BASE FOR A SET OF WORDS B GO TO THE BEGINNING OF THE LIST E GO TO THE END OF THE LIST pr fu LIST CURRENT DISPLAY OF DATA BASE PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE a COMMAND 51 PAGE 2 NARUC MEMBERSHIP LIST Mark S Fowler Chairman 632 6600 James Quello Commissioner 632 7557 Mimi Weyforth Dawson Commissioner 632 6446 Henry Rivers Commissioner 632 6996 Dennis Patrick Commissioner 632 7117 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 825 North Capitol Street N E Washington D C 20426 Area Code 202 Public Information 357 8055 Raymond J O Connor Chairman 357 8055 Georgianna Sheldon Vice Chairman 357 8055 J David Hughes Commissioners 357 8388 Anthongy G Sousa Commissioner 357 8377 Oliver G Rick Richard Commissioner 357 8383 PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND e PAGE 63 NARUC MEMBERSHIP LIST WYOMING PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Cap tol Hill Building 320 West 25th Street Ch
41. n developed to allow users easy access to abstracts from the NRRI Quarterly Bulletin and other NRRI resources in the areas of electric gas water and telecommunication regulation This wiil extend the availability of the Bulletin and improve the timeliness of information on regulatory issues rate cases and commission research COMPUTER SOFTWARE CATALOG The computer software catalog is a collection of program abstracts from the NARUC Catalog of Computer Programs and Data Bases It allows you to search for a particular software package based on utility sector and application DATA BASE OF LISTS This service contains a miscellaneous assortment of data bases for your reference They are formatted lists and accessed by displaying the data base on your terminal 10 INDUSTRY DATA The industry data section is a set of data bases which you use to construct a worksheet consisting of up to 100 columns and 400 rows of information It allows you to extract information from a data base and insert it in your worksheet You can then manipulate the data in the worksheet using an English language command structure COMPUTER MODELS computer models be accessed and ruan according to your specifications The cost of running the models is in addition to any other costs It is advisable that you order the User s Manual to the model and contact the appropriate NRRI staff member to assist you ORDER NRRI PUBLICATIONS NRRI pu
42. ncellation costs Denies without prejudice Company s request to amortize the cancellation costs PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND q 2 ELECTRIC UTILITIES POWER GENERATION TRANSMISSION amp DISTRIBUTION PLANT 1 CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS 2 ALLOWANCE FOF FUNDS USED DURING CONSTRUCTION 3 RATE BASE 4 CAPITALIZATION 5 ABANDONMENT OF PLANT 6 DECOMMISSIONING OF PLANT 7 PREMATURE RETIREMENT OF PLANT MAKE A SELECTION 7 NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON PREMATURE RETIREMENT OF PLANT MAKE A SELECTION m CLASSIFICATIONS 1 GAS UTILITIES 2 ELECTRIC UTILITIES 3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES 4 WATER UTILITIES 5 REGULATORY AGENCIES MAKE A SELECTION La 34 CHAPTER 6 INDUSTRY DATA set of industry data bases resides on NOIS The data bases are constructed in a form to store information by utility year of data and type of data item This service gives you the ability to construct worksheets for manipulating data A worksheet is consistings of 400 rows and 100 columns Each row represents a data item and each column represents the data for a given utility and year set ot English language commands are used to manipulate the worksheet data item INDUSTRY DATA BASE 6 1 Setting Up a Worksheet To access industry data type a 5 from the main menu and carriage return The available data bases will be displayed as follows 04 04 84 INDUSTRY DA
43. ne of the following questions PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO MAIN MENU OR COMMAND or PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND You have the option to press ENTER or to type a command Commands are executed by typing a single letter and a carriage return If the ENTER key is pressed for it to continue it will display the next 16 lines before requesting another response such as a command The following commands are available 13 Command Function H Help This lists all commands Q Quit Returns you to main menu R Restart Restarts the display of the bulletin board P Post Posting a bulletin on the bulletin board 3 2 Posting a Message Type the command P to select the option to post a bulletin bulletin can have as many as 16 lines of text with each line having up to 72 characters All bulletins are displayed in uppercase letters even if they were typed in lowercase letters The bulletin will be posted for two weeks You can write the bulletin in any format but the following format is suggested Line No 1 DATE AND YOUR NAME Nos 2 16 BULLETIN TEXT Suppose you want to post the following bulletin APRIL 22 1984 JOHN DOE IF ANYBODY HAS A COPY OF THE STAFF REPORT USED IN THE LAST OHIO BELL TELEPHONE CASE CONCERNING BYPASS PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL AT 909 423 8900 This following is a sample terminal session to post a bulletin All of your entries are underlined 14 04 02 84 NRR
44. o the above prompt you have the option to make a selection from the menu or to enter a command following commands are available Command Function Help Lists all commands Q Quit Returns you to the previous menu M Main Menu Returns you to the main menu 5 Search Search abstract classifications using a set of keywords W Window Sets the number of lines in the abstract to be displayed 11 Start displaying all abstracts classified for all menu selections Previous Go to previous menu L List List menu selections Another set of commands is used when an abstract is found and displayed The commands are the following Command Function Help Lists all commands Q Quit Returns to menu L List List 16 lines of abstract T Topics List menu topics selected to access abstract 5 3 Scanning Abstracts When an abstract is accessed 16 lines is displayed Tf you would like to scan only the first 4 lines of the abstract use the window command to set the number of lines to 4 as shown below 28 MAKE A SELECTION w NUMBER OF LINES 4 After reviewing the 4 lines of the abstract you can list 16 lines of the abstract by typing the command 1 Here is an example MAKE A SELECTION COURT DECISIONS deck ok RRA RARA RARA RRA RARA RA RR ERE ERA EER RARA RA ke RIKER ek keete ek QUARTERLY BULLETIN ABSTRACT Quarterly Bulletin No 18 April 1984 p 69 IDAHO PUC
45. of NRRI staff for a modelling application could require a separate contract agreement To select this option from the main menu type 7 and carriage return NOIS will display a menu of all of the computer models available Computer models are executed by typing the appropriate number identifying the model An example of selecting a computer model called the Interactive Cost Allocation System ICAS specified on line 1 is shown below 04 04 84 COMPUTER MODELS 11 26 39 MODELS 1 INTERACTIVE COST ALLOCATION SYSTEM ICAS 2 CAPACITY EXPANSION AND RELIABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM CERES 3 REGULATORY ANALYSIS MODEL RAM 4 LOAD FREQUENCY AND DURATION DATA ANALYSTS PROGRAM FRED MAKE A SELECTION 1 INTERACTIVE COST ALLOCATION SYSTEM VER 3 21 BY MICHAEL D WONG ICAS TASKS 1 USE A DATA FILE FOR DATA MANIPULATION COPY A DATA FILE DELETE A DATA FILE ARCHIVE A DATA FILE TO TAPE RELOAD A DATA FILE FROM TAPE LOCATE A JOB ON THE COMPUTER SPECIFY PRINTER FOR OUTPUT DISPLAY SYSTEM STATUS END ICAS Oh A W N 22 MAKE SELECTION 56 CHAPTER 9 ORDERING NRRI PUBLICATIONS The National Regulatory Research Institute NRRI has produced a series of reports on the regulation of electric gas water and telephone utilities Also a series of short research works are published called the NRRI Occasional Papers NRRI Report topics include the following Gas Well
46. ords NOIS will be available from 9AM to 5AM EDT Monday through Friday and 24 hours on weekends Staff assistance will be available 9AM to 5PM EDT Monday through Friday Ihe following is a sample terminal session showing you how to log on to the system STEP 1 Make sure your modem is set to originate and at full duplex for 300 baud and 1200 baud Originate Full Duplex Answer Half Dupiex STEP 2 Dial the appropriate telephone number to call up NOIS When the phone is answered you should hear a high pitched tone for 300 baud or a low pitched tone for 1200 baud If you are using an acoustic coupler put the telephone handset into the coupler noting the position of the phone cord with respect to the coupler High 300 baud s Low 1200 baud gt Z Telephone Handset es e Pa M 2040 h Acoustic Coupler Modem STEP 3 Let s assume that your access code is TS1234 password is ABC and university identification code is 123456789 Begin by typing a T for TSO in response to the Host Name All information must be typed exactly the first time until you are officially logged into the System No backspacing is allowed Your conversation with the computer to initiate a NOIS session is shown below All of your entries are underlined in the example The Ohio State University Hosts are TSO WYLBUR CMS DEC20 Host Name T GO LOGON USERID TS1234 PA
47. ow 04 02 84 DATABASE OF LISTS EE 15 09 43 LISTS 1 COMPUTER ON LINE INFORMATION SERVICES 2 NARUC MEMBERSHIP LIST MAKE A SELECTION 2 49 After selecting a data base NOIS will display the first 16 lines of the data base and then ask you for a response to one of the following questions PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO MAIN MENU OR COMMAND or PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND You have the option to press ENTER or type a command Commands are executed by typing a single letter and a carriage return The news is listed by page with each page consisting of 16 lines of text The following commands are available Commands Function H Help This lists all commands Quit Returns you to main menu R Restart Restarts the display of the data base S Search Search NRRI News for a set of words L List List current pace displaved bv the irs e i data base P Previous List the previous page display of the data base B Beginning Go to the beginning of the data base E List the last page of the data base 7 2 Sample Session A sample session accessing a list formatted data base using commands is shown in the following example All of your entries are underlined 50 CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD 1825 Connecticut Avenue Washington D C 20428 Area Code 202 Information 655 4000 Dan McKinnon Chairman 673 5164 El zabeth E Bailey Me
48. s and columns Functions are used in a formula in the same manner as variables and constants All functions have the following format SUM lt starting column row ending column row gt Ihe following are some examples of the use of built in functions l The sum of column A through E for row 12 SUM lt A12 E12 gt 2 The average of value in row 32 AVG lt A32 2232 gt 3 Proportion of line 20 to the maximum value in row 30 for columns A through C SUM lt A20 C20 gt MAX lt A30 C30 44 The following is a sample session using 04 08 84 INDUSTRY DATA 18 59 24 DATA BASES 1 FCC STATISTICS OF COMMUNICATIONS COMMON CARRIER MAKE A SELECTION 1 ENTER WORKSHEET NAME mydata DO YOU WANT TO LOAD DATA INTO WORKSHEET MYDATA Y N B ACCESS WORKSHEET FOR DATA ANALYSIS USE A SET OF COMMAND WORDS TO MANIPULATE DATA TYPE HELP FOR ASSISTANCE COMMAND SUM lt AL a5 gt gt RESULT 15 435 409 308 0000 COMMAND 7 3 5 8 5678 gt RESULT IS 24 541 113 0000 COMMAND 123456784345567 34555 gt RESULT IS 2 345 688 0005 45 formula definitions COMMAND SUM lt AF C gt 1000 1 BALANCE SHEET ASSETS 2 Communication Plant 3 telephone plant service 7 032 417 7500 4 telephone plant under construction 164 681 1680 5 property held for future telephone use 494 9850 6 telephone plant acquisition adjustment 0 0000 7 satellite earth stations 0 0000 8 9 TOTAL COMMUNICATI
49. service The service is expected to evolve towards improved ease of use and expanded current data bases Updates of the User s Guide will be prepared when changes to the function or operation of the service occurs At the conclusion of the pilot program you will be contacted to assess your reactions and comments If you have any questions or problems we have a complete staff of professionals ready to help you Michael D Wong Project Manager 614 422 9404 TABLE OF CONTENTS IDE POCUCELOS esmas ee x de Xt Chapter 1 GETTING STARTED 2 u 1 1 What Types of Equipment Do You Need 1 2 Setting Up an Account 1 3 How Charges are Calculated LOGGING ON THE SYSTEM 2 1 Configuring Your Terminal 2 2 Sample Terminal Session 2 3 Overview of Services 2 4 Using the Online Service BULLETIN BOARD s a dw 341 Entering Conmnd ndS s a wo s a 3 2 Posting a Message NARL NEWS s A ee 4 1 Entering Commands 4 2 Sample Session 4 3 Searching for a News Item BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RETRIEVAL AND COMPUTER CATALOG Jal Introduction a la Q Op 42 5 2 Entering Commands 5 3 Scanning Abstracts s 5 4 Searching for Abstracts 5 5 A Sample Session s INDUSTRY DAV Ac 0 2 W 6
50. ter and verify billing address STEP 5 Select shipping method STEP 6 Select billing method 58 9 2 Entering Commands To select this option from the main menu type 8 and carriage return NOIS will start displaying the list of publications You place an order by typing the number associated with that publication located in the far left column It will then ask you the number of copies for the publication Enter the number of copies following with a carriage return Next the system will return to command mode for another selection To search for a publication you have a set of single letter commands available as follows Commands Function H Help This lists all commands Q Quit This ends the ordering process If any orders were placed the system will prompt you with the necessary information to complete the order R Restart Restart the display of the publications list P Previous Go to the previous page of publications N Next Go to the next page of publica tions Pressing the ENTER key will perform the same function Search Search for a set of key words L List List current page of publications Order Code Order publications by specifying publication code 59 9 3 Sample Session sample session to place an order for publications is shown in the following example You will be placing an order for two copies of Deregulation of the Electric Power Industry Perspective of State
51. timore Maryland 21202 rea Code 301 659 6000 Frank O Heintz Chairman 659 6071 William Badger Commissioner 659 6070 Lilo K Schifter Commissioner 659 6073 PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE OR COMMAND 8 5 CHAPTER 8 COMPUTER MODELS NOTE Models will not be accessible to users during this free pilot program because of the lack of funds NRRI has developed a set of powerful computer models for utility regulation and plans to provide access to them through NOIS at an additional cost The cost of running a model is determined by the amount of central processing disk access and storage is used The costs could range from 10 to 50 per run depending on the complexity of the model Using the models through this service 1 Allows you to access models for a particular need without the problems of installing the model on your computer system 2 Allows you to examine a model s usefulness before deciding to install it on your system 3 Allows you to access the most current version of the model including enhancements 4 Allows you to access the computing power at NRRI if a computer system is not available to you Because of the complex nature of the models it is required that all persons desiring access to a particular model request the proper authorization through an NRRI online service representative It is advisable that you obtain the User s Manual to the model as a reference Extensive use
52. traction It will allow up to nine set of parentheses with any level of enclosures All calculations are performed according to the sets of parentheses the operation hierarchy and from left to right in an arithmetic expression as shown below Mathematical Hierarchy parentheses exponentiation T multiplication and division 31 addition and subtraction Ihe following are valid arithmetic expressions A100 A200 C3 A25 D25 A100 0 5 Two types of formula exists standard and generic The standard formula generates a single value from a user defined formula For generic formulas there are two designations a number sign and at sign Within a formula the number sign replaces the row number and the 08 sign replaces the column code e g Af BC 012 During the calculation process the number sign is replaced by a row number and the sign is replaced by a column code Generic formulas are used to perform calculations over rows and columns The following are valid arithmetic expressions 100 A 200 A B C 10 0 5 10 12 16 100 43 The interpreter contains four built in functions for simplifying formulas These functions are as follows l SUM sum a group of rows and columns 2 AVG average a group of rows and columns 3 MIN find the minimum value a group of rows and columns 4 MAX find the maximum value in a group of row
53. x A Computer Account Appplication Form Your name and title Name of organization Street Telephone number An account number 1 2 3 4 City state and zip code 5 6 7 Number of access codes An account is required for billing purposes Note no billing is perf rmed during the free pilot program If you need multiple billings for your organization you need to set up an account for each billing access code is required to gain access to NOIS Each account will be assigned at least one user with an identification code a password and a university identification code You should request an access code for each person using the service because only one person can use an access code at any time Up to 10 access codes can be issued per account It will take approximately two weeks to process an account application 1 3 How Charges are Calculated The cost to access the service is based on the time you are connected to the telephone network and the computer system and the amount of computer resources used such as computation time and disk accesses Because this is a pilot program no decision has been made on the price structure of the service CHAPTER 2 LOGGING ON THE SYSTEM The NRRI Online Information Service NOIS currently uses on the main computer system at Ohio State University Access to NOIS is available by dialing the computer using an 800 number or a long distance toll number or a WA
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