180049 ET00-2 IN THE MATTER OF POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY’S PUBLIC SPACE OCCUPANCY SURCHARGE ELECTRICITY TARIFF, P.S.C.-D.C. No. 1
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
ET00-2 IN THE MATTER OF POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY’S PUBLIC SPACE OCCUPANCY SURCHARGE ELECTRICITY TARIFF, P.S.C.-D.C. No. 1
1. The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (“Commission”) hereby gives notice, pursuant to Section 2-505 of the District of Columbia Code,[1] of its intent to act upon the Potomac Electric Power Company’s (“Pepco” or “Company”) Rider “PSOS” - Public Space Occupancy Surcharge (“Application”)[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. D.C. Official Code Section 10-1141.06 states that “[e]ach public utility company regulated by the Public Service Commission shall recover from its utility customers all lease payments which it pays to the District of Columbia pursuant to this title through a surcharge mechanism applied to each unit of sale and the surcharge amount shall be separately stated on each customer's monthly billing statement.” On January 29, 2010, Pepco filed an updated Rider PSOS that proposes to amend the following tariff page:
ELECTRICITY TARIFF, P.S.C.-D.C. No. 1
10th Revised Page No. R-33
3. Pepco states that its calculations reflect an over-collection in the amount of $170,052 resulting in a decrease of the Rider PSOS surcharge rate from $0.00226 per kilowatt hour to $0.00183 per kilowatt hour, an adjustment of 19.3 percent.[3] In addition, Pepco states that its “updated Rights-of-Way surcharge is to become effective with meter readings on and after March 1, 2010.”[4] The Commission does not intend to prevent the Company from implementing its filed surcharges. However, if the Commission discovers any inaccuracies, Pepco could be subject to reconciliation of the surcharges.
4. This Application 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 as well as on the Commission’s web site at www.dcpsc.org. Copies of the tariff are available upon request, at a per-page reproduction cost.
5. Comments on the Application must be made in writing to Dorothy Wideman, Commission Secretary, at the above address. All comments must be received within 30 days of the date of publication of this NOPR in the D.C. Register. Persons wishing to file reply comments may do so no later than 45 days of the date of 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 Application.
[1] D.C. Code § 2-505 (2001 Ed.).
[2] ET00-2, In The Matter Of Potomac Electric Power Company’s Public Occupancy Surcharge Electricity Tariff, P.S.C.-D.C. No. 1, Letter to Dorothy Wideman, Commission Secretary, from Deborah M. Royster, Deputy General Counsel, re: Rider “PSOS”, filed January 29, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as “Application”).
[3] ET00-2, Application at 2.
[4] Id. at 1.
