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All Retail Suppliers Will Need To Provide "Credit History" To PPL Electric To Continue Service Past 2027
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All retail electric suppliers currently operating in the PPL Electric Utilities service area in Pennsylvania will need to provide to PPL Electric a "credit history" to continue operating in the PPL Electric territory beyond December 31, 2027
The new credit history requirement is part of a previously reported settlement recently approved by the Pennsylvania PUC, which had been first reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com in March. However, the settlement did not include a copy of the supplier coordination tariff resulting from the settlement, which PPL Electric has now filed with the PUC, which confirms and provides more details on some of these previously reported terms
Specifically, existing retail suppliers must provide a "fully completed credit history form" by January 1, 2028 to continue operating at PPL Electric. The supplier tariff does not include a pro forma credit history form that is to be used, nor does the tariff otherwise describe the information to be included in the credit history submission, and whether credit reports from specific history provider(s) will be required
PPL's existing EGS tariff had already included language stating as follows, which remains in place: "In addition to information required otherwise hereunder, an EGS shall be required
to provide to the Company such credit information as the Company requires."
As first reported by ECM, while existing EGSs will have to submit a credit history to PPL Electric, PPL's Electric's previously proposed minimum credit standards for retail suppliers were eliminated under the settlement (such as the previously proposed initial credit amount of $250,000 proposed to be required from an EGS)
Any new retail suppliers will need to provide a credit history form immediately upon seeking to enter the PPL Electric service area, upon the tariff's effective date
In addition to the new credit history form, existing retail suppliers will need to provide to PPL Electric by January 1, 2028 the following, in order to continue operating in the service area (such will also be required from new suppliers):
• a service agreement for Network Integration Transmission Service under the PJM Tariff, fully
executed by a duly authorized representative of the EGS [electric generation supplier aka retail supplier]
• a Market Participant Agreement as defined under the PJM Tariff, fully executed by a duly
authorized representative of the EGS
• if an EGS will utilize Sections 6 through 9 of the supplier coordination tariff [Load Forecasting, Load Scheduling, Reconciliation Service, and Utilization of Scheduling Coordinators], written evidence that the EGS is a
signatory to the Operating Agreement and Reliability Assurance Agreement of the PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C., or its successors
The above requirements, including the credit history form, may be provided by and met by an EGS affiliate
However, the tariff's language does not include the ability for a non-affiliate to meet the requirements. While the following practice may not be common today, prior retail suppliers have relied on non-affiliated third parties for certain RTO interactions and requirements, such as NITS. Other existing tariff language allows EGSs to use another EGS as a "Scheduling Coordinator" for an
individual service such as load scheduling, or for a variety of services encompassing installed capacity,
import capability, load scheduling, and reconciliation rights and responsibilities
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