[il_npa] Draft v1 and updates to context/

context/README.md

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+| icc_24-0081_npa_workshop_report.md                                              | ICC Docket **24-0081** facilitator summary (Celia Johnson Consulting, Feb 11, 2026): Peoples Gas **non-pipeline alternatives (NPA)** workshops (Sep–Dec 2025), Commission-directed topics, stakeholder definitions/evaluation feedback, City/NRDC/PIRG–Groundwork proposals, Peoples Gas commitments, open issues, and Phase **2C** Future of Gas proposal crosswalk. Companion to `context/il_pgl_rate_case/` (26-0065) work.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 | rie_2024_peak_forecast_2025-2039.md                                             | Rhode Island Energy's 15-year electric peak (MW) forecast (2025–2039). Peak demand projections, key uncertainty scenarios (EE, PV, EV, DR, ES, heat pumps), weather assumptions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | rie_distribution_planning_guide.md                                              | Rhode Island Energy distribution planning criteria: N-1 contingency limits, equipment ratings (Normal/LTE/STE), load at risk thresholds, feeder/transformer/sub-tx planning.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | rie_distribution_planning_study_process.md                                      | Rhode Island Energy integrated planning study process: milestones (scoping → sanctioning), annual planning screening, study team composition, report template, DER/EV/HE forecast integration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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 | ri_hp_rates/ripuc_4699_stakeholder_report.md                                    | Docket 4600 Stakeholder Working Group Report (April 2017): consensus rate design principles (12 principles including marginal-cost price signals, gradualism, low-income burden), benefit-cost framework (34 cost/benefit categories, 53 drivers), time-varying rate recommendations (opt-out TVR for supply, TVR for distribution/transmission, consumer education), location-based strategies, low-income protections (income-sensitive plans, A-60 redesign), beneficial electrification (EVs and heat pumps), long-term distribution rate design vision. Key foundational document referenced by Docket 4770 and subsequent RI rate proceedings.                                                                      |
 | ri_hp_rates/ripuc_4600_order_22815.md                                           | RIPUC Docket 4600 Report and Order (Order 22851, May 2017): PUC accepts Stakeholder Report and adopts 12 rate design principles (Section 3.1), RI Benefit-Cost Framework, and 8 goals for a future electric system (Section 1.3). Covers REGrowth Act rate modernization mandate, time-varying rates consensus, beneficial electrification (EVs and space heating), low-income rate re-examination requirement, and Division work assignments (Framework methodologies, functionalities straw proposal, program benefits study). Key context for Docket 4770 and subsequent RI rate proceedings.                                                                                                                          |
 | ri_hp_rates/ripuc_2545GE_rie_book_19_schafertestimony_and_selected_schedules.md | Lance Schafer (Concentric Energy Advisors) direct testimony and Schedules LCS-1 through LCS-6 in Docket 25-45-GE (RIE 2025 rate case): Allocated Cost of Service Study (ACOSS) for electric distribution — functionalization/classification/allocation methodology, ROR and UROR results by customer class (Residential UROR 0.63, General C&I 2.07), customer unit costs ($16.02/mo Residential), demand and customer allocators (NCP at primary/secondary/subtransmission, replacement cost studies for transformers/services/meters), external and internal allocation factor tables, S-05 lighting kWh rate development. Rate Year 1 ending July 31, 2027; total rate base $1.429B; proposed 18.17% revenue increase. |
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+## il_pgl_rate_case/
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+Working notes for the **ICC Docket 26-0065** (Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. 2026 rate case) testimony-support workstream. Combines a curtain-raiser briefing on what PGL is asking for in the new docket with a corpus study of the 10 intervener exemplars from the prior consolidated PGL/North Shore case (Dkts. 23-0068/23-0069, in `reports/il_npa/sources/`) that the team is using as drafting models. Style-guide, format-convention, tone, required-content, and form-difference files are all derived from that 10-filing corpus. Use these when scoping, structuring, or drafting Illinois ICC intervener testimony for 26-0065.
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+| curtain_raise_pgl_rate_case.md | Orienting to ICC Docket 26-0065: PGL's headline ask ($205M revenue deficiency, 21.04%), revenue-requirement components, Pipe Retirement Program scope (1,020 miles, 179 projects, 2035 deadline) and rationale, rate-design proposals (residential customer charge $25.81 → $29.36, LIDC modernization), the nine intervening parties, procedural schedule, and the deliberate non-consolidation of PGL and NSG. Strategic-claim verification status flagged. |
+| exemplar_inventory.md          | Looking up one of the 10 prior-docket exemplars by witness short-name. At-a-glance matrix (date, type, party, witness, pages, focus) plus detailed entries listing sections, exhibits, and a TL;DR for each filing. Referenced as the canonical short-name index by all other files in this folder.                                                                                                                                                           |
+| format_conventions.md          | Matching the mechanical Illinois ICC conventions when drafting: cover page and consolidated-docket caption variants, witness self-introduction Q&A checklist, the three independent Q&A axes (punctuation, casing, bolding), section header styles, citation forms (long form, short form, page:line), table-of-contents/exhibits patterns. Corpus-bounded — describes what the 10 exemplars do, not universal ICC practice.                                  |
+| il_testimony_style_guide.md    | Drafting a new IL ICC intervener filing end-to-end. Switchbox's practical style guide adapted from the RI testimony style guide: Q&A format, consolidated-docket caption, openings, scope-setting, length, citations, tone, exhibits. Convergences with RI practice noted inline; IL-specific divergences flagged. Built from the 10 exemplars + RI guide.                                                                                                    |
+| direct_vs_rebuttal.md          | Deciding how to structure a filing based on its procedural posture (Direct vs. Rebuttal vs. Direct on Rehearing). Form-level differences in openings, scope-setting, length/density, citation patterns, and stock devices (no-modification beat, silence-is-not-agreement disclaimer). Includes the same-witness Direct→Rebuttal evolution observed for Cebulko (n=1).                                                                                        |
+| required_content.md            | Choosing which regulatory authorities to cite (and how) for a given argument. Statutes, ICC orders, and prior dockets bucketed by frequency across the 10 exemplars (Frequently / Sometimes / Rarely cited), with citation forms and verbatim quotes. Counts re-verified by `grep`; revises down some hypotheses from earlier drafts.                                                                                                                         |
+| tone_and_rhetoric.md           | Calibrating voice and rhetorical posture while drafting. Overall register (formal regulatory Q&A + plain-English summary mode), establishing authority without overclaiming ("not a lawyer" disclaimers, defensive framing of silence), the graduated ladder for pushing back on utility positions, plain-English moves, and per-witness range (most technical, most plain-spoken, coolest, warmest).                                                         |