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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
FORMAL CASE NO. 766, IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMISSION’S FUEL ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE AUDIT AND REVIEW PROGRAM;
FORMAL CASE NO. 982, IN THE MATTER OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY REGARDING INTERRUPTION TO ELECTRIC ENERGY SERVICE;
FORMAL CASE NO. 991, IN THE MATTER OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO EXPLOSIONS OCCURRING IN OR AROUND THE UNDERGROUND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS OF THE POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY; AND
FORMAL CASE NO. 1002, IN THE MATTER OF THE JOINT APPLICATION OF PEPCO AND THE NEW RC, INC. FOR AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL OF MERGER TRANSACTION
1. The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Commission) hereby gives notice, pursuant to sections 2-505 and 34-802 of the District of Columbia Official Code[1] of its intent to amend chapter 36 of title 15 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR) in not less than thirty (30) days after publication of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice or NOPR) in the D.C. Register. This chapter establishes electric utility reliability performance standards.
2 The proposed rule amends subsections 3603.10 through 3603.17 to read as follows:
3603.10 The utility shall not exceed the benchmark levels established for the following indices, calculated using District of Columbia data: System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) and System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) (stated in hours).
3603.11 The reliability performance standards adopted by the Public Service Commission for SAIDI and SAIFI are established as follows:
(a) For 2013, SAIDI shall be two and sixty-eight hundredths (2.68) and SAIFI shall be one and thirteen hundredths (1.13);
(b) For 2014, SAIDI shall be two and forty-three hundredths (2.43) and SAIFI shall be one and nine hundredths (1.09);
(c) For 2015, SAIDI shall be two and twenty-one hundredths (2.21) and SAIFI shall be one and five hundredths (1.05);
(d) For 2016, SAIDI shall be two (2.00) and SAIFI shall be one and two hundredths (1.02);
(e) For 2017, SAIDI shall be one and eighty-one hundredths (1.81) and SAIFI shall be ninety-eight hundredths (0.98);
(f) For 2018, SAIDI shall be one and sixty-five hundredths (1.65) and SAIFI shall be ninety-five hundredths (0.95);
(g) For 2019, SAIDI shall be one and forty-nine hundredths (1.49) and SAIFI shall be ninety-two hundredths (0.92); and
(h) For 2020, and thereafter, SAIDI shall be one and thirty-five hundredths (1.35) and SAIFI shall be eighty-nine hundredths (0.89).
3603.12 The calculations of the indices shall exclude District of Columbia OMS data for either Major Service Outages or for Major Event Days (MEDs). No later than January 1, 2013, the utility shall notify the Commission which method of excluding OMS data it will use and shall not change its selection without prior authority from the Commission. Major Event Days shall be determined in a manner consistent with the I.E.E.E. Standard 1366-2003 Guide for Electric Power Distribution Reliability Indices, provided that only District of Columbia outage data is used in the selection of MEDs.
3603.13 If the utility fails to comply with subsection 3603.10, it may be subject to forfeiture in accordance with D.C. Official Code § 34-706 and 34-1508 (2010 Repl.). The utility shall also be required to develop a corrective action plan, which it shall file for the Commission’s information within thirty (30) days of filing the Consolidated Report.
3603.14 The corrective action plan shall clearly describe the cause(s) of the utility’s failure to comply with subection 3603.10, describe the corrective measure(s) to be taken to ensure that the standard is met or exceeded in the future, and provide a target for completion of the corrective measure(s).
3603.15 The utility shall report on the progress of the corrective action plan in the following year’s Consolidated Report submitted to the Commission.
3603.16 The utility shall also, per the orders of the Commission, continue current requirements of reporting annual reliability indices of SAIFI, SAIDI and CAIDI (with and without Major Service Outages and Major Event Days) in the annual Consolidated Report of the following year.
3603.17 No earlier than June 30, 2015, the utility may request the Commission to reevaluate the reliability performance standards established in subsection 3603.11 for the years 2016 through 2020 and thereafter.
3. All persons interested in commenting on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking action may submit written comments and reply comments not later than thirty (30) and forty-five (45) days, respectively, after publication of this notice in the D.C. Register with Jesse P. Clay, Jr., Acting Commission Secretary, Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia, 1333 H Street, N.W., West Tower, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20005. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained by visiting the Commission’s website at www.dcpsc.org or at cost, by contacting the Commission Secretary at the above address.
