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Section 13. MMPA's Plan Is in The Public Interest <br /> This section discusses how MMPA's Integrated Resource Plan is in <br /> the public interest. <br /> MMPA's Plan MMPA's IRP gives the Agency flexibility to accommodate future <br /> Provides Flexibility uncertainties such as technological changes, penetration of electric <br /> vehicles, and energy policy. The Agency created this flexibility by <br /> purchasing capacity through planning year 2029. As 2029 <br /> approaches, MMPA will reevaluate load and costs to determine the <br /> best options for meeting its future capacity and renewable energy <br /> requirements. <br /> MMPA's Plan Limits The Agency's plan limits negative environmental effects. MMPA <br /> Environmental projects that 53% of its wholesale sales will be from renewable <br /> Effects resources in 2025. MMPA also continues to pursue increased energy <br /> conservation. <br /> MMPA's Plan Meets MMPA's plan meets the public interest criteria set out in <br /> the Public Interest Commission Rule 7843.0500 Subp. 3, which are: <br /> Criteria in Rule 7843 <br /> • Maintain or improve the adequacy and reliability of utility <br /> service <br /> • Keep the customers' bills and the utility's rates as low as <br /> practicable, given regulatory and other constraints <br /> • Minimize adverse socioeconomic effects and adverse effects <br /> upon the environment <br /> • Enhance the utility's ability to respond to changes in the <br /> financial, social, and technological factors affecting its <br /> operations <br /> • Limit the risk of adverse effects on the utility and its customers <br /> from financial, social, and technological factors that the utility <br /> cannot control <br /> MMPA's plan includes a diverse set of resources to serve its load. <br /> The Agency's portfolio has both owned and contracted renewable <br /> and conventional resources. MMPA seeks to maintain flexibility in <br /> its power supply plan during a time of technological change. The <br /> rapid changes occurring with renewable and storage technologies <br /> make flexibility vital to any planning process. Securing additional <br /> capacity in the market allows MMPA to later reevaluate the <br /> changing market and capture opportunities that do not currently <br /> exist. This plan enhances the Agency's ability to respond to change <br /> during this transitional period for the energy industry. It also limits <br /> 111 <br />