Penn Power Submits Tariff for New POR Program, Makes Other Coordination Tariff Changes

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February 17, 2011  

Consistent with an earlier default service plan settlement, Penn Power submitted a revised supplier coordination tariff at the Pennsylvania PUC to implement a non-recourse Purchase of Receivables program (P-2010-2157862).

Penn Power would begin to purchase receivables for service rendered on and after June 1, 2011.  The requirement for a POR program at Penn Power was first reported in Matters (7/28).

Receivables would not be discounted, but Penn Power will recover administrative and consumer protection program costs from suppliers through a charge not to exceed 15¢ per utility consolidated bill rendered per month.

POR would be mandatory for amounts billed through utility consolidated billing for customer classes eligible for POR, but there would not be an all-in requirement, and suppliers may elect to dual bill specific customers, with such amounts not included in POR.

The POR program includes the following rate schedules: Residential Service RS; Residential Service RS Optional Controlled Service Rider; Residential Heat Service RH; Controlled Water Heating Service WH; General Service GS Special Provision for Volunteer Fire Company and Non-Profit Ambulance Service, Rescue Squad and Senior Center Service; General Service GS; General Service Medium GM; GM Optional Controlled Service Rider; Street Lighting Service SV; Street Lighting Service SVD; Street Lighting Service SM; and Private Outdoor Lighting Service PLS.

Receivables purchased must only be associated with basic electricity supply, which is defined to be energy (including renewable energy) and renewable energy or alternative energy credits (RECs/AECs) procured by a supplier, provided that the RECs/AECs are bundled with the associated delivered energy.  For residential customers, basic electricity supply does not include early contract cancellation fees, late fees, or security deposits imposed by a supplier.

As is typical in Pennsylvania POR programs, suppliers may not deny service to residential customers whose accounts are included in the POR program for credit-related reasons and may not ask residential customers for deposits separate from any deposit required by the utility pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Public Utility Code.

The revised supplier tariff also includes modifications relating to the availability of bill ready billing and the provision of interval and non-interval consumption data to suppliers, consistent with the default service settlement.  The tariff also establishes the availability of PLS and NPLS and Unaccounted for Energy data for suppliers.  The modifications largely track those recently adopted at affiliates Met-Ed and Penelec (see 1/13)

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