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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 15-4199. DEFINITIONS
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4199.1When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the following meaning:
“Aggregator” means a person who acts on behalf of customers to purchase electricity by organizing customers into a single purchasing unit.
“Availability of Standard Offer Service” means the Standard Offer Service available on and after the initial implementation date to: (1) customers who contract for electricity with a Competitive Electricity Supplier , but who fail to receive delivery of electricity under such contracts; (2) customers who cannot arrange to purchase electricity from a Competitive Electricity Supplier ; and (3) customers who do not choose a Competitive Electricity Supplier.
“Commission” means the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia.
“Competitive Electricity Supplier” or “CES” means a person, other than the SOS Administrator, including an aggregator, broker, or marketer, who generates electricity; sells electricity; or purchases, brokers, arranges or, markets electricity for sale to customers, and shall have the same meaning as the term “Electricity Supplier” set forth Section 101 of the Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1999, effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-107; D.C. Official Code § 34-1501).
“Community Renewable Energy Facility” or “CREF” means an energy facility with a capacity no greater than five (5) megawatts that: (a) uses renewable resources defined as tier one renewable sources in accordance with Section 3(15) of the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Act of 2004, effective April 12, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-340; D.C. Official Code § 34-1431(15), as amended); (b) is located within the District of Columbia; (c) has at least two (2) Subscribers; and (d) has executed an Interconnection Agreement and CREF Rider with the Electric Company.
“Distribution Customer Class” means the tariffed rate class under which a customer takes distribution delivery service from the Electric Company.
“Electric Company” includes every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, or person and doing business in the District of Columbia, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever, physically transmitting or distributing electricity in the District of Columbia to retail electric customers. The term excludes any building owner, lessee, or manager who, respectively, owns, leases, or manages, the internal distribution system serving the building and who supplies electricity and other related electricity services solely to occupants of the building for use by the occupants. The term also excludes a person or entity that does not sell or distribute electricity and that owns or operates equipment used exclusively for the charging of electric vehicles.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings.
“Investment Grade” means a BBB- or Baa3 credit rating with S&P or Moody’s respectively; provided, that if the SOS Administrator’s credit ratings by S&P and Moody’s are not equivalent, the lower of the credit ratings shall govern for purposes of these rules.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Services, Inc.
“Network Integrated Transmission Service” or “NITS” “is the transmission service provided pursuant to the rates, terms, and conditions set forth in the PJM tariff.
“PJM” means the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection, LLC, or any successor thereto.
“Retail Access” means the right of Competitive Electricity Suppliers and consumers to use and interconnect with the electric distribution system on a nondiscriminatory basis in order to distribute electricity from any Competitive Electricity Supplier to any customer. Under this right, consumers shall have the opportunity to purchase electricity supply from their choice of licensed Competitive Electricity Suppliers.
“S&P” means the Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.).
“Slamming” means the unauthorized switching of a customer’s electricity service to a Competitive Electricity Supplier.
“SOS Administrator” means the provider of Standard Offer Service mandated by Section 109 of the Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1999, effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-107; D.C. Official Code § 34-1509).
“Standard Offer Service” or “SOS” means electricity supply made available to: (1) customers who contract for electricity with a Competitive Electricity Supplier, but who fail to receive delivery of electricity under such contracts; (2) customers who cannot arrange to purchase electricity from a Competitive Electricity Supplier; and (3) customers who do not choose a Competitive Electricity Supplier.
“Standard Offer Classes” means the customer groupings within the Electric Company’s utility service territory as specified in Section 4102.3 of this chapter.
“Subscriber” means a retail customer of a Competitive Electricity Supplier or a SOS customer of the Electric Distribution Company in the District of Columbia who owns a subscription in a CREF and who has identified an individual billing meter within the District of Columbia to which the subscription shall be attributed.
“Subscriber Organization” means any individual or for-profit or nonprofit entity permitted by District of Columbia law that owns or operates one or more CREFs for the benefit of Subscribers.
“Subscription” means a percentage interest in a CREF’s electrical production.
“Tranche” means a round of bidding for a set of bid blocks for each customer group—Residential, Small Commercial, and Large Commercial.
“Wholesale Full Requirements Service” means all necessary energy delivered to the PJM grid, capacity, transmission other than Network Integrated Transmission Service, ancillary services, energy losses from transmission and distribution, and congestion management, as all these services are defined pursuant to the PJM tariffs and procedures.
“Wholesale Full Requirements Service Agreement” is the document that will specify the terms and conditions that govern the contractual relationship between the SOS Administrator and each of the Wholesale SOS Providers that is awarded a contract pursuant to the bidding procedures specified in the RFP.
“Wholesale Standard Offer Service Provider(s)” or “Wholesale SOS Provider(s)” means the entity(ies) selected pursuant to this chapter to provide all or a specified portion of electric generation service to consumers receiving Standard Offer Service.