---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1710.208"
title: "7"
number: "1710.208"
heading: "RUS criteria for load forecasts by power supply borrowers and by distribution borrowers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1710.208"
---

# §1710.208. RUS criteria for load forecasts by power supply borrowers and by distribution borrowers.


All load forecasts submitted by power supply borrowers and by distribution borrowers must satisfy the following criteria:

- (a) The borrower objectively analyzed all known relevant factors that influence the consumption of electricity and the known number of customers 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 database and analyzed a reasonable range of relevant assumptions and alternative futures;
- (d) The borrower adopted methods and procedures in general use by the electric utility industry to develop its load forecast;
- (e) The borrower used valid and verifiable analytical techniques and models;
- (f) The borrower provided RUS with adequate documentation and assistance to allow for a thorough and independent review; and

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 14786, Mar. 20, 2000, as amended at 84 FR 32611, July 9, 2019]

### Source

Source: 65 FR 14786, Mar. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 1921 et seq., and 6941 et seq.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 1053, Jan. 9, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 14786, Mar. 20, 2000, as amended at 84 FR 32611, July 9, 2019]