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PSC Denies Utility-Owned Residential Customer Sited
BTM BESS program
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As part of an order issued today addressing the procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices, the Maryland PSC denied a proposal, which the PSC termed "the Exelon proposal", for a Utility-Owned Residential Customer Sited
BTM BESS program
The PSC said, "the Commission is persuaded by the comments of several parties that
allowing a utility to rate-base BTM batteries creates a regulatory disincentive for third-party programs."
"The Utility-Owned Residential Customer Sited BTM BESS program
concept is therefore denied," the PSC said
The PSC said, regarding specific "Exelon Utilities" and Potomac Edison proposals for distribution
connected energy storage programs for front-of-the-meter (FTM) energy storage
devices, all of the proposed Potomac Edison and Exelon Utilities FTM distribution-connected programs including the behind-the-meter (BTM) component of the Utility Owned Commercial / Industrial Customer-Sited FTM and BTM Battery Energy Storage
System (BESS) program are, "approved in concept," subject to final approval after
consideration of requirements for BCAs, bill impacts, equity assessments, non-price
project selection criteria, project risk, and cost caps discussed in the PSC's order
The PSC ordered that each investor-owned electric company shall submit a plan to achieve at least one-third of its allocated target as described below for its proposed front-of-the-meter
distribution connected storage project concepts, while addressing certain requirements for
third-party ownership, BCAs, bill impacts and equity assessments, non-price project
selection criteria, project risk, and cost caps for these plans as described in the order
The targets were set by the PSC as:
(a) BGE - 87 MW Total: A plan for a minimum of 29 MW is required by
November 1, 2025;
(b) Pepco - 31.5 MW Total: A plan for a minimum of 10.5 MW is required
by November 1, 2025;
(c) Delmarva - 12 MW Total: A plan for a minimum of 4 MW is required
by November 1, 2025; and
(d) PE - 19.5 MW Total: A plan for a minimum of 6.5 MW is required by
November 1, 2025.
Case 9715
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