186257 FC 1070 - NOPR - Potomac Electric Power Company’s Updated Non-AMI Demand Response Program Plan
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
FORMAL CASE NO. 1070, IN THE MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY’S NON-AMI DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM PLAN
1. The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (“Commission”) hereby gives notice, pursuant to Section 2-505 of the District of Columbia Official Code,[1] of its intent to act upon the Application of the Potomac Electric Power Company (“Pepco” or “Company”)[2] in not less than 30 days from the date of publication of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) in the D.C. Register.
2. On January 20, 2010, Pepco filed an Updated Non-AMI Demand Response Program Plan with updated tariff pages, including a new Rider “R-DLC”-Residential Direct Load Control.[3] The Company states that the Updated Non-AMI Demand Response Program Plan takes advantage of the capabilities of the Company’s planned deployment of an advanced metering system in the District of Columbia and the Company’s award of a U.S. Department of Energy smart grid grant for the District of Columbia under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.[4]
3. Specifically, Pepco proposes to establish a new voluntary residential air conditioner Direct Load Control program (“DLC”).[5] Under the program, Pepco proposes to offer all District of Columbia residential distribution customers with central air conditioners or central heat pumps the choice of the installation of an outdoor cycling switch or an indoor smart programmable thermostat (“direct load control equipment”).[6] Pepco states that it anticipates that the deployed AMI System will provide the communication link to the deployed direct load control equipment by using the communication capabilities of the new meters.[7] According to the Company, the installation of this equipment will permit the Company to reduce high summer electric demand through the remote cycling of residential central electric air conditioner and heat pump compressors.[8] Finally, the Company proposes to recover program costs through a newly established customer residential demand side management (DSM) surcharge on the distribution portion of Pepco’s electricity bill.[9]
4. Accordingly, Pepco seeks authority to revise and put into service the following tariff pages contained in its January 20, 2010 tariff filing:
POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, P.S.C. of D.C. No. 1
51 Revised Page No. R-1
51 Revised Page No. R-2
44th Revised Page No. R-2.1
20th Revised Page No. 2.2
10th Revised Page No. R-3
10th Revised Page No. R-3.1
10th Revised Page No. R-4
10th Revised Page No. R-4.1
8th Revised Page No. R-5
8th Revised Page No. R-5.1
Original Page No. R-50
5. The Application is on file with the Commission and 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 or may be viewed on the Commission’s website at www.dcpsc.org. Copies of the tariff pages are also available upon request, at a per-page reproduction cost.
6. All persons interested in commenting on Pepco’s proposed Updated Non-AMI Demand Response Program Plan may submit written comments and reply comments no later than thirty (30) and forty-five (45) days, respectively, after publication of this NOPR in the D.C. Register with Dorothy Wideman, Commission Secretary, at the above address. After the comment period has expired, the Commission will take final action on Pepco’s Application.
[1] D.C. Code, § 2-505 (2001).
[2] Formal Case No. 1070, In the Matter of the Investigation into the Potomac Electric Power Company’s Non-AMI Demand Response Program Plan (“F.C. 1070”), Response of the Potomac Electric Power Company to Order No. 15629, Issued on December 7, 2009 in Formal Case No. 1056 and Formal Case No. 1070, Requesting the Company to Update its April 2, 2009 Non-AMI Demand Response Program Plan Filed in Formal Case No. 1070, filed January 20, 2010 (“Pepco’s Updated Non-AMI Demand Response Program Plan”).
[3] F.C. 1070, Pepco’s Updated Non-AMI Demand Response Program Plan.
[4] Id. at 2. According to Pepco, this award, in addition to supporting the deployment of an AMI System, distribution automation, and distribution communication infrastructure will also partially fund the installation of residential direct load control program equipment.
[5] Id.
[6] Id. at 4.
[7] Id.
[8] Id.
[9] Id. at 16.
