Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DEFAULT SERVICE AND RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.1803 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this section
						and §
											§
											69.1801,
						69.1802 and
						69.1804-69.1817, have the following
						meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Alternative energy portfolio standards
-A
						requirement that a certain percentage of electric energy sold to retail
						customers in this Commonwealth by EDCs and EGSs be derived from alternative
						energy sources, as defined in the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act
						(73
						P. S. §
												§
												1648.1-1648.8).
Bilateral contract
-The term has the same
						meaning as defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2803
						(relating to definitions).
Competitive bid solicitation process
-A
						fair, transparent and nondiscriminatory process by which a DSP awards contracts
						for electric generation to qualified suppliers who submit the lowest
						bids.
DSP-Default service provider
-The term
						has the same meaning as defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2803.
Default service
-Electric generation
						supply service provided pursuant to a default service program to a retail
						electric customer not receiving service from an EGS.
Default service implementation plan
-The
						schedule of competitive bid solicitations and spot market purchases, technical
						requirements and related forms and agreements.
Default service procurement plan
-The
						electric generation supply acquisition strategy the DSP will utilize in
						satisfying its default service obligations, including the manner of compliance
						with the alternative energy portfolio standards requirement.
Default service program
-A filing
						submitted to the Commission by the DSP that identifies a procurement plan, an
						implementation plan, a rate design to recover all reasonable costs and all
						other elements identified in §
											54.185 (relating to default
						service programs and periods of service).
EDC-Electric distribution company
-The
						term has the same meaning as defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2803.
EGS-Electric generation supplier
-The
						term has the same meaning as defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2803.
Maximum registered peak load
-The highest
						level of demand for a particular customer, based on the PJM Interconnection,
						LLC, "peak load contribution standard," or its equivalent, and as may be
						further defined by the EDC tariff in a particular service territory.
PTC-Price-to-compare
-A line item that
						appears on a retail customer's monthly bill for default service. The PTC is
						equal to the sum of all unbundled generation and transmission related charges
						to a default service customer for that month of service.
RTO-Regional transmission organization
-A
						Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-approved regional transmission
						organization.
Retail customer or retail electric
						customer
-These terms have the same meaning as defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2803.
Spot market energy purchase
-The purchase
						of an electric generation supply product in a FERC-approved real time or day
						ahead energy market.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.1801 (relating to scope); and
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.1802 (relating to
						  purpose).