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Ohio Accelerates Transition to Auction-Supplied Default Service at Dayton Power & Light
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, in a rehearing order, adopted an accelerated schedule for the transition to fully auction-sourced Standard Service Offer supplies at Dayton Power & Light.
Specifically, based on new information concerning the schedule under which DP&L is able to complete corporate separation of its generation assets, PUCO ordered that Dayton Power & Light's SSO should include auction-sourced supply as follows: 10 tranches of a 41-month product commencing on January 1, 2014, 50 tranches of a 29-month product commencing on January 1, 2015, and 40 tranches of a 17 month product commencing on January 1, 2016.
In others words, 10% of SSO supply will be auction-sourced for the period January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014; 60% will be auction sourced for January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015; and 100% will be auction sourced for January 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017. For those periods prior to January 1, 2016, the SSO will reflect a blend of tariffed generation rates and auction-sourced supply.
Previously, PUCO had ordered that only 40% of DP&L SSO was to be auctioned-sourced for January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015; and only 70% was to be auction sourced for January 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017.
PUCO said that the acceleration of auction-based pricing is feasible since DP&L recently said, in its corporate separation docket, that it has begun to evaluate the divestiture of its generation assets to an unaffiliated third party through a potential sale that could occur as early as 2014.
Based on this information, PUCO also accelerated the date by which DP&L must divest its generation to January 1, 2016, rather than December 31, 2016.
PUCO also clarified several retail market enhancements it previously required as part of DP&L's electric security plan.
PUCO affirmed that DP&L is required to provide rate-ready percentage off price to compare (PTC) billing, and clarified that, with DP&L's rate-ready percentage off PTC billing, DP&L shall permit retail suppliers to submit percentages through a rate-ready billing process, under which DP&L will apply the discount off the customer's price to compare.
Additionally, DP&L shall no longer charge a fee per bill for consolidated or dual billing, "which are both unusual and excessive."
Furthermore, DP&L shall no longer charge an initial set up fee or a billing system change fee to retail suppliers (such as for registering rate codes)
DP&L shall not require any customer to obtain an interval meter if the customer is below the 200 kW demand level. However, customers under the 200 kW threshold may install interval meters, at their expense, if they so choose.
DP&L shall also eliminate the supplier registration charge, and DP&L shall eliminate the sync list charge.
DP&L shall also permit retail providers to pay the switching fee consistent with the practice in the FirstEnergy, AEP-Ohio, and Duke Energy Ohio service territories.
Additionally, DP&L's customer eligibility file shall contain some form of identifier indicating whether a customer is shopping
DP&L shall also either permit customer shopping on a per meter basis, or split customers with both a commercial and residential meter into two separate accounts.
DP&L shall implement each of these competitive retail enhancements, "as soon as practicable but not later than six months from the date of this Second Entry on Rehearing," PUCO said.
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