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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 15. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CABLE TELEVISION |
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Chapter 15-41. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STANDARD OFFER SERVICE RULES |
Section 15-4102. COMPETITIVE WHOLESALE BID STRUCTURE
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4102.1The SOS Administrator shall procure full requirements service to meet its SOS obligations using a competitive wholesale procurement process described in this chapter, as amended from time to time and as adjusted for offsetting electric supply procured from CREFs, for each SOS Customer Group (as those SOS Customer Groups are defined in Subsection 4102.3), until the Commission orders, following the major policy review outlined in Subsection 4102.2 below, that an alternative SOS procurement process shall be implemented.
4102.2 The Commission will conduct a review of the SOS Administrator’s SOS program every other year, beginning in 2010, to make any appropriate adjustments to SOS as competitive developments in the District of Columbia change. All adjustments shall be prospective and all contracts entered into prior to these changes shall remain in full force and effect pursuant to the contract terms.
4102.3The SOS Administrator shall establish three (3) groups of customers (“SOS Customer Groups”):
(a) Residential Customers shall include customers served under Electric Company Rate Schedules: R, AE, R-TM, R-TM-EX, RAD, and Master Metered Apartment customers, subject to any revisions made to those tariff sheets made by the Commission;
(b) Small Commercial Customers shall include the customers served under Electric Company Rate Schedules: GS-LV non-demand, GS-3A non-demand, T, SL, TS, TN and SL-TN, subject to any revisions made to those tariff sheets made by the Commission; and
(c) Large Commercial Customers shall include all commercial customers except those defined as Small Commercial Customers.
4102.4The SOS Administrator shall issue Requests For Proposals (“RFPs”) to competitive wholesale bidders for contracts for the supply of SOS in order to maintain the following contract term balances for the various customer portfolios:
(a)Residential Customers: The SOS Administrator shall solicit fixed-price offers for terms of one year, two years, or three or more years. The SOS Administrator’s portfolio shall contain contracts such that three or more year offers comprise at least forty percent (40%) of each year’s portfolio, unless the Commission has directed the SOS Administrator to solicit fixed-price offers based on a different mix of terms. The SOS Administrator and other parties may propose alternative portfolios of supply options for consideration by the Commission. The SOS Administrator shall compile a portfolio of conforming offers consistent with the mix of terms determined by the Commission. The SOS Administrator shall select conforming offers to meet the Commission’s percentage target(s) in accordance with the evaluation provision included in the RFP. Unless the Commission has directed otherwise, the final contract mix should include contracts of at least three years for no less than forty percent (40%) of the total load.
(b)Small Commercial Customers: The SOS Administrator shall solicit fixed price offers for Wholesale Full Requirements Service for some combination of one, two, and three or more year terms. The SOS Administrator shall compile a portfolio of one, two, and three or more year terms conforming offers such that at least forty percent (40%) of the load will be served under contracts of three or more year terms. The SOS Administrator shall select one, two, and three or more year conforming offers to meet this percentage target in accordance with the evaluation provision included in the RFP. The SOS Administrator and other parties may propose an alternative portfolio of supply options for consideration by the Commission; and
(c)Large Commercial Customers: The SOS Administrator shall solicit fixed price offers for Wholesale Full Requirements Service for one and/or two year terms.
The RFP shall alert the competitive wholesale bidders to the fact that final service requirements may be adjusted to accommodate offsetting electric supply obtained by the SOS Administrator from CREFs.
4102.5 The SOS Administrator shall continue to solicit offers for Wholesale Full Requirements Service for each SOS Customer Group until the Commission orders otherwise, subsequent to Commission review of the SOS procurement process.
4102.6The SOS Administrator shall solicit wholesale bids for SOS supply using the existing rate structures of its existing rate classes. Nothing herein, however, precludes the SOS Administrator from filing for a different rate structure for any rate schedule or SOS Customer Group, subject to Commission review and approval, and provided that any such changes, adjustments, alterations, or modifications do not change or impact existing WFRSAs.