4645832 Formal Case No. 1017, In the Matter of the Development and Designation of Standard Offer Service in the District of Columbia

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

FORMAL CASE NO. 1017, IN THE MATTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGNATION OF STANDARD OFFER SERVICE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

1.                  The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (“Commission”) hereby gives notice, pursuant to Section 34-802 of the District of Columbia Official Code and in accordance with Section 2-505 of the District of Columbia Official Code,[1] of its intent to act upon the proposed tariff amendment of the Potomac Electric Power Company (“Pepco” or “Company”)[2] in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) in the D.C. Register.

 

2.                  Pepco’s proposed tariff amendment updates the retail transmission rates included in the Rider Standard Offer Service “to reflect the current Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (‘FERC’) approved wholesale transmission rates, which went into effect [on] June 1, 2013.”[3]  The Company states that the “updated Network Integrated Transmission Service rate is based on the data in the 2012 FERC Form 1 for Pepco, which was filed with the FERC on April 17, 2013.”[4]  According to Pepco, this Network Integrated Transmission Service rate reflects two separate charges: a Schedule 12 Transmission Enhancement charge of $19,768 per megawatt-year for projects within the Pepco Zone[5] and a Schedule 12 Transmission Enhancement charge of $3,494 per megawatt-year for projects outside the Pepco Zone.[6]  Pepco states that combining “these two rates results in an overall wholesale transmission rate for load in the PEPCO Zone of $23,262 per megawatt-year.”[7]  The Company asks that the amended retail transmission rates tariff be effective for usage “on or after November 8, 2013.”[8] 

 

3.                  Pepco proposes to amend the following thirteen (13) tariff pages:

 

ELECTRICITY TARIFF, P.S.C.-D.C. No. 1

Seventieth Revised Page No. R-1

Seventieth Revised Page No. R-2

Sixty-Third Revised Page No. R-2.1

Thirty-Ninth Revised Page No. R-2.2

Eighteenth Revised Page No. R-41

Eighteenth Revised Page No. R-41.1

Eighteenth Revised Page No. R-41.2

Eighteenth Revised Page No. R-41.3

Eighteenth Revised Page No. R-41.4

Eighteenth Revised Page No. R-41.5

Eighteenth Revised Page No. R-41.6

Eighteenth Revised Page No. R-41.7

Eighteenth Revised Page No. R-41.8

 

4.                  The filing may be reviewed at the Office of the Commission Secretary, 1333 H Street, N.W., Second Floor, West Tower, Washington, D.C. 20005, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.  A copy of the proposed tariff amendment is available upon request, at a per-page reproduction cost from the Office of the Commission Secretary or via the Commission’s website at www.dcpsc.org.

 

5.                  Comments and reply comments on Pepco’s proposed tariff amendment must be made in writing to Brinda Westbrook-Sedgwick, Commission Secretary, at the address above.  All comments and reply comments must be received not later than thirty (30) and forty-five (45) days, respectively, after publication of this NOPR in the D.C. Register.  Once the comment period has expired, the Commission will take final rulemaking action on Pepco’s filing.

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[1]               D.C. Official Code § 34-802 (2012 Repl.); D.C. Official Code § 2-505 (2012 Repl.).

 

[2]               Formal Case No. 1017, In the Matter of the Development and Designation of Standard Offer Service in the District of Columbia, Letter from Peter E. Meier, Vice President, Legal Services, Potomac Electric Power Company, to Brinda Westbrook-Sedgwick, Commission Secretary, Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Oct. 8, 2013) (“Pepco Letter”).

 

[3]               Pepco Letter.

 

[4]               Pepco Letter.

 

[5]               Pepco Letter.  See Attachment E.

 

[6]               Pepco Letter.  See Attachment D.

 

[7]               Pepco Letter.  See Attachment A.  Pepco indicates that Attachment A also shows the “corresponding retail transmission revenue requirements.”  The Proposed Rider Standard Offer Service (“SOS”) containing the revised retail rates for Transmission Service are provided at Attachment B.  Also included in Attachment B are the updated Rider SOS “showing additions and deletions from the current Rider ‘SOS.’”  Finally, Pepco indicates that “workpapers showing the details of the rate design calculations are provided as Attachment C.”

 

[8]               Pepco Letter.  See Attachment B.