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Utility Identifies Number Of Customers, By Class, Served By Each Retail Supplier Under POR
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In a data response filed with the District of Columbia PSC, Pepco reported the number of customers billed by each retail electric supplier under the purchase of receivables (POR) program
Nothing in Pepco's filing indicated that the public disclosure was inadvertent and that the data was instead meant to be filed on a confidential basis
As previously reported, the PSC had directed Pepco to report the data as part of the PSC's review of the POR programs. The PSC did not specifically direct the public reporting of supplier identities
Specifically, Pepco's filing includes, separately for CY2024, CY2023, and CY2022, the number of residential customers, and separately the number of non-residential customers, in the POR program for each retail supplier, with the supplier identified by name
Pepco's filing can be accessed in D.C. PSC Formal Case (FC) PEPPOR-2025, with the filing being made on 12/05/2025 at 11:06 AM (with a document title of DRPEPPOR-2025-01-E - 3)
The PSC had also directed Pepco to report the number POR customers with uncollectible accounts for each supplier
Pepco said that the number of POR customers with uncollectible
accounts by supplier is not available.
Pepco also reported the POR discount that would result from various potential changes (using the current discount factors aside from the illustrative changes)
Pepco reported that if late payment fees were removed as an offset from the POR discount, the residential POR discount would increase to 12.7798%, up from the current 11.3079%
Pepco reported that if a two-year amortization were used for the reconciliation of the uncollectibles balance, the residential POR discount would decrease to 7.6104%, down from the current 11.3079%
Pepco does not favor amortization, however, stating, "Amortizing the uncollectible balance over future years, in addition to the current level
of uncollectibles, would further exacerbate the issue."
However, if directed by the PSC to implement amortization, Pepco said that a two-year
amortization period would provide a "meaningful" decrease in the POR discount, while minimizing interest costs and the potential for the uncollectible balance to be exacerbated
Consistent with prior recommendations, Pepco does not support using late payment fee revenues as a POR discount offset. Pepco also opposed using late payment fee revenues to reduce the uncollectible balance for the applicable year, noting that this would not result in a different discount rate compared to the use of the fees as an offset
Pepco has suggested creation of an administrative adder for POR. In response to a PSC question, Pepco listed internal labor (billing, invoicing, and collections processing, customer education expenses,
incremental system costs, and regulatory filing costs) as costs to be included in the administrative adder
Pepco’s best estimate for CY 2024 internal labor is $48,500 for the POR program.
FC PEPPOR 2025, PEPPOR-2025
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