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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 › APPLICATION OF PGW CASH FLOW RATEMAKING METHOD-FINAL STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.2702 - Background and ratemaking elements

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(a)
					 The act brought city owned natural gas operations, including PGW, under the
					 Commission's jurisdiction. See
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												2212(b) (relating to
					 Commission jurisdiction).
(b) The
					 Commission is obligated under law to use the cash flow methodology to determine
					 PGW's just and reasonable rates. Included in that requirement is the subsidiary
					 obligation to provide revenue allowances from rates adequate to cover its
					 reasonable and prudent operating expenses, depreciation allowances and debt
					 service, as well as sufficient margins to meet bond coverage requirements and
					 other internally generated funds over and above its bond coverage requirements,
					 as the Commission deems appropriate and in the public interest for purposes
					 such as capital improvements, retirement of debt and working capital.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.2701 (relating to
						  definitions).
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 › APPLICATION OF PGW CASH FLOW RATEMAKING METHOD-FINAL STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.2703 - Ratemaking procedures and considerations

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(a) In determining just and reasonable rate
					 levels for PGW, the Commission will consider, among other relevant factors:
(1) PGW's test year-end and (as a check)
					 projected future levels of non-borrowed year-end cash.
(2) Available short term borrowing capacity
					 and internal generation of funds to fund construction.
(3) Debt to equity ratios and financial
					 performance of similarly situated utility enterprises.
(4) Level of operating and other expenses in
					 comparison to similarly situated utility enterprises.
(5) Level of financial performance needed to
					 maintain or improve PGW's bond rating thereby permitting PGW to access the
					 capital markets at the lowest reasonable costs to customers over
					 time.
(6) PGW's management quality,
					 efficiency and effectiveness.
(7)
					 Service quality and reliability.
(8) Effect on universal
					 service.
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 › PENNSYLVANIA SOLAR PROJECTS › Section 69.2901 - Purpose

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(a) Beginning in
					 2004, the General Assembly enacted, and the Governor signed, a series of
					 legislation promoting the development of renewable energy in this Commonwealth
					 generally, and solar alternative energy specifically. In 2004, the AEPS Act
					 established a requirement that the power purchased for customers in this
					 Commonwealth by EDCs and EGSs must include a component of solar photovoltaic
					 electricity from solar alternative energy sources or solar alternative energy
					 credits, known in the industry as SRECs. Under the AEPS Act, an SREC is
					 referred to as a solar alternative energy credit, or solar Alternative Energy
					 Credit (AEC). An AEC is earned when 1 megawatt hour of electricity is generated
					 from an approved alternative energy source. In 2007, the AEPS Act was amended
					 and, among other provisions, solar thermal energy was added to the definition
					 of Tier I alternative energy sources. The Commission is responsible for
					 ensuring compliance with the AEPS Act.
(b) In 2008, the Alternative Energy
					 Investment Act (AEI Act) (73 P. S. §
												§
												1649.101-1649.711) was signed into law,
					 providing, among other things, funding through the Department of Environmental
					 Protection for small-scale solar projects in owner-occupied dwellings and small
					 businesses. Additional funds for large-scale solar projects were made available
					 by the AEI Act through the Department of Community and Economic Development
					 (DCED).
(c) These acts establish a
					 clear policy to promote the construction of small- and large-scale solar
					 projects in this Commonwealth. Even though that policy has been clearly
					 articulated, the Commission is concerned that barriers still exist that prevent
					 new solar projects from becoming a reality in this Commonwealth. EDCs in this
					 Commonwealth, their customers and those interested in developing solar projects
					 of any size are impeded in their economic analysis of those projects by the
					 uncertainty of a price to assign the SRECs that would be generated by small- or
					 large-scale solar projects. This section and §
											§
											69.2902-69.2904 (relating to definitions;
					 RFPs to establish SREC values recoverable as a reasonable expense; and
					 contracts for the purchase of SRECs by EDCs) outline a process by which entry
					 barriers can be overcome.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.2902 (relating to
						  definitions).
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 › PENNSYLVANIA SOLAR PROJECTS › Section 69.2902 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in §
											§
											69.2901,
						69.2903 and
						69.2904, have the following
						meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
AEPS Act
-The Alternative Energy
						Portfolio Standard Act (73 P. S. §
												§
												1648.1-1648.8).
EDC-Electric distribution company
-The
						term has the same meaning as defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2803
						(relating to definitions).
EGS-Electric generation supplier
-The
						term has the same meaning as defined in
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												2803.
Large-scale solar project
-An alternative
						energy generation system employing solar photovoltaic technology with a
						nameplate capacity of 200kW or more.
RFP
-Request for proposal.
SREC market price
-The weighted average
						of all accepted winning bids in response to an EDC RFP for large-scale solar
						project solar alternative energy credits, as those credits are defined in
						section 2 of the AEPS Act (73 P. S. §
												1648.2).
SRECs
-Solar renewable energy
						credits.
Small-scale solar project
-An alternative
						energy generation system employing solar photovoltaic technology with a
						nameplate capacity of less than 200kW.
Solar aggregator
-A person or entity that
						purchases for resale, or otherwise consolidates for sale, solar alternative
						energy credits for resale to EDCs and electric generation suppliers.
Stakeholder working group
-A group
						composed of EDCs, EGSs, Commission staff, public advocates, solar aggregators
						and other interested parties that meets at least semiannually and proposes to
						the Commission updates to standardized solar alternative energy credit RFPs and
						related contracts that are posted on the Commission's web
						site.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.2901 (relating to
						  purpose).
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 › PENNSYLVANIA SOLAR PROJECTS › Section 69.2903 - RFP's to establish SREC values recoverable as a reasonable expense

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(a)
SREC
					 procurement from large-scale solar projects.
The Commission encourages
					 EDCs to issue RFPs for large-scale solar projects whose SREC output will be
					 used to meet EDC obligations under the AEPS Act. RFPs should provide for a
					 fair, transparent and open competitive bidding process. Standardized RFP
					 documents developed by the stakeholder working group should be utilized. The
					 Commission will review and either approve or reject bids submitted in response
					 to the RFPs within a reasonable period of time.
(b)
SREC procurement from small-scale
					 solar projects.
EDCs are encouraged to procure SRECs from small-scale
					 solar projects through competitively bid RFP processes and bilateral contracts.
(1) When an RFP process is used, EDCs should
					 adhere to the same standards in use for large-scale solar project RFPs. The
					 Commission will review and evaluate bids for small-scale solar RFPs within a
					 reasonable period of time.
(2) EDCs
					 may enter into bilateral contracts for SRECs from small solar projects subject
					 to the following conditions:
(i) The price
					 negotiated for SRECs should not exceed the Commission-approved average winning
					 bid price in the EDC's most recent RFP for large-scale solar
					 projects.
(ii) When an EDC has not
					 utilized an RFP for a large-scale project, the price negotiated for SRECs
					 should not exceed the Commission-approved average winning bid price from the
					 most recent large-scale solar RFP by another EDC in this Commonwealth, as
					 reported on the Commission's AEPS Credit Administrator's web site under
					 subparagraph (iii).
(iii) The
					 amount of small-scale solar project SRECs yet to be procured by the EDC, and
					 the EDC's historic and current average SREC market prices from each of the
					 EDC's large solar project procurements should be listed on the Commission's
					 AEPS Credit Administrator's web site, as well as the EDC's web site, and
					 updated at least monthly.
(iv) The
					 bilateral contract approach should be used to support the development of
					 small-scale solar projects located in this Commonwealth.
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 › INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR THE FILING OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE SITING APPLICATIONS › Section 69.3101 - Scope

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(a) The Commission
					 adopts this section and §
											§
											69.3102-69.3107 regarding the additional
					 information that should be provided with a transmission siting application by
					 an electric utility under §
											§
											57.71-57.76 (relating to Commission
					 review of siting and construction of electric transmission lines). The
					 Commission encourages future applicants to file applications that comply with
					 the existing regulations as supplemented by this section and §
											§
											69.3102-69.3107 to ensure that adequate
					 additional information is provided and to ensure the efficient and expeditious
					 processing of transmission siting applications. In the event an applicant
					 determines there to be a conflict between the information requested in this
					 section and §
											§
											69.3102-69.3107 and the existing
					 regulations, the applicant should follow the requirements in §
											§
											57.71 -57.76.
(b) The Commission emphasizes that this
					 section and §
											§
											69.3102-69.3107 do not alter the legal
					 standards to be met by prospective applicants under relevant provisions in 66
					 Pa.C.S. (relating to Public Utility Code) or the existing regulations in §
											§
											57.71-57.76.
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 › INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR THE FILING OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE SITING APPLICATIONS › Section 69.3102 - Public notice filing requirements

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(a)
					 Applications for electric transmission siting authority should provide the
					 following information with the initial application for siting approval
					 demonstrating its efforts to fully notify landowners who are either owners of
					 land that will be purchased for the transmission project or will be subject to
					 right of way/easement requirements:
(1) A
					 Code of Conduct/Internal Practices governing the manner in which public utility
					 employees or their agents interact with landowners along proposed rights of
					 way.
(2) Copies of information
					 provided to landowners by the public utility of any publicly disseminated
					 notices advising landowners to contact the Commission or the Office of Consumer
					 Advocate (OCA) in the event of improper land agent practices.
(3) Copies of all notices sent under §
												57.91 (relating to disclosure of
					 eminent domain power of electric utilities).
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 › INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR THE FILING OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE SITING APPLICATIONS › Section 69.3103 - Eminent domain filing requirements

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Applicants for eminent domain authority should follow the
						following requirements and provide the following information as part of the
						application:
(1) Applicants for
					 transmission siting authority should file applications for all known eminent
					 domain authority as separate filings, but simultaneously with the associated
					 transmission siting applications. Testimonial evidence in support of an eminent
					 domain application should be filed with the application. Subsequent eminent
					 domain authority applications should be filed as soon as reasonably known
					 during the course of the transmission siting application.
(2) As part of an eminent domain application,
					 the public utility applicant should present, for those properties subject to
					 condemnation at the time the transmission siting application is filed or later
					 in the siting proceeding, the reason for the exercise of condemnation power for
					 each property and the precise location of the affected property. Supporting
					 maps or legal descriptions of the property to be condemned should be supplied
					 to the extent feasible. Submission of information pursuant to this guideline
					 should be consistent with the filing requirements for the exercise of eminent
					 domain powers under
					 26 Pa.C.S. §
												302(b)(5) (relating to
					 declaration of taking).
(3) A
					 public utility transmission siting application should include a summary status
					 report for those properties along the proposed transmission route where
					 negotiations for either property acquisition or rights of way/easements may be
					 ongoing. This information should be supplemented as requested by the
					 administrative law judge or the parties during the course of the transmission
					 siting proceeding.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 69.3101
						  (relating to scope).
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 › INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR THE FILING OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE SITING APPLICATIONS › Section 69.3104 - Exemption from municipal zoning standards

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Applications for exemption from municipal zoning
						requirements should provide the following information with the
						application:
(1) Copies of
					 comprehensive land use plans, zoning ordinances and other documentation
					 relevant to the buildings affected by the exemption request. This information
					 may be filed in either hard copy or electronic format.
(2) Provision of metes and bounds or site
					 maps of building sites.
(3) A
					 procedure for providing notice to affected municipalities of the request for
					 exemption.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 69.3101
						  (relating to scope).
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 › INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR THE FILING OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE SITING APPLICATIONS › Section 69.3105 - Route evaluation and siting

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Applications for the siting of electric transmission
						lines should provide the following information as part of the §
											57.72(c) 
						(relating to form and content of application) requirements:
(1) Transmission applicants should utilize a
					 combination of transmission route evaluation procedures including high-level
					 GIS data, traditional mapping (including United States Geological Survey data
					 and compilation), aerial maps and analysis of physical site specific
					 constraints raised by affected landowners.
(2) Transmission applicants should summarize
					 the status of property acquisitions (including fee simple acquisitions and
					 rights of way/easements) as part of the application. The applicant should
					 provide the current status and continuing updates on property acquisition
					 litigation or settlements during the course of the siting proceeding.
(3) In providing information regarding the
					 reasonable alternative routes, the utility actively considered in its final
					 phase of the route selection process, and the relative merits of each, in
					 accordance with §
											57.72(c)(10), the
					 applicant should include the following information:
(i) The environmental, historical, cultural
					 and aesthetic considerations of each route.
(ii) The proximity of these alternative
					 routes to residential and nonresidential structures.
(iii) The applicant's consideration of
					 relevant existing rights of way.
(iv) The comparative construction costs
					 associated with each route.
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 › INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR THE FILING OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE SITING APPLICATIONS › Section 69.3106 - Environmental filing requirements

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Applications for siting of electric transmission lines
						should include as part of the filing requirement under §
											57.72(e)(7) the
						following information: A matrix or list showing all expected Federal, state and
						local government regulatory permitting or licensing approvals that may be
						required for the project at the time the application is filed, the issuing
						agency, approximate timeline for approval and current status. The applicant
						should provide an update on the status of the regulatory permitting/licensing
						approvals as the case progresses.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 69.3101
						  (relating to scope).
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 › INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR THE FILING OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE SITING APPLICATIONS › Section 69.3107 - Health and safety considerations

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(a)
Interim guidelines for the use of
					 herbicides and pesticides.
Applicants for transmission line siting
					 authority should provide a detailed vegetation management plan that includes
					 the following components:
(1) A general
					 description of the utility's vegetation management plan.
(2) Factors that dictate when each method,
					 including aerial spraying, is utilized.
(3) Vegetation management practices near
					 aquatic and other sensitive locations.
(4) Notice procedures to affected landowners
					 regarding vegetation management practices.
(5) Provision of a copy of a landowner
					 maintenance agreement that describes the duties and responsibilities of
					 landowners and the utility for vegetation management to the extent
					 utilized.
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 › COMBINED HEAT AND POWER-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.3201 - Statement of scope and purpose

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(a)
					 Combined heat and power (CHP) is the concurrent production of electricity or
					 mechanical power and useful thermal energy (heating and cooling) from a single
					 source of energy. Unlike central station generation, it is a type of
					 distributed generation which is located at or near the point of consumption. It
					 is a suite of technologies that can use a variety of fuels to generate
					 electricity or power at the point of use, allowing the heat that would normally
					 be lost in the power generation process to be recovered to provide needed
					 heating and cooling.
(b) The
					 electric distribution company (EDC) and natural gas distribution company (NGDC)
					 tariffs, rates, rules and programs that may affect CHP projects are subject to
					 the jurisdiction of the Commission in several important ways that address
					 service reliability, energy efficiency and consumer rates, among others. CHP
					 systems can be an integral part of the defense to natural disasters and manmade
					 attacks on the electric distribution system. CHP can be an important component
					 in addressing environmental concerns and offers significant potential for
					 economic development. In conjunction with natural gas from shale gas resources,
					 CHP also offers potential for lower costs for consumers.
(c) Under
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												2806.1
					 (relating to energy efficiency and conservation program), EDCs have provided
					 incentive programs for CHP. Likewise, some EDCs have specific tariffs regarding
					 interconnection fees as well as charges for the use of distribution
					 services.
(d) EDCs and NGDCs are
					 encouraged to support the development of CHP by evaluating and implementing new
					 strategies, programs and other initiatives to promote the deployment of CHP and
					 to reduce barriers to deployment within their service territories. For example,
					 this could include the identification of CHP-applicable Federal and State
					 incentives and funding programs and a method to make this information available
					 to would-be project developers in a manner similar to the requirements in
					 66
					 Pa.C.S §
												2806.1(j).
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 › COMBINED HEAT AND POWER-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.3202 - Biennial reports

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(a)
					 Jurisdictional electric distribution companies (EDC) and natural gas
					 distribution companies (NGDC) shall file biennially on July 1, beginning in
					 2018, a report that documents their strategies, programs and other initiatives
					 in support of combined heat and power (CHP) systems. The report format will be
					 established by Commission staff. The report must include:
(1) Identification and details of the
					 distribution company's current and proposed plan or plans to encourage CHP
					 development that include, at a minimum, identification of barriers to
					 development and possible resolutions for consideration by the
					 Commission.
(2) Identification and
					 description of CHP systems interconnected with the EDC or NGDC, including:
(i) The location, the nameplate capacity (MW)
					 and basic operation of each system.
(ii) Payments made to the distribution
					 company associated with the interconnection of the CHP system to the
					 distribution company's system.
(iii) An estimated projected annual energy
					 and cost savings and the simple payback period, in years, that customers may
					 experience over the projected life of the CHP system, if known.
(iv) Any distribution system reliability
					 benefits to the distribution company and its customers as a result of the
					 installation of the CHP unit. The description should include specific benefits
					 to critical customers, including Federal, State and local government
					 facilities, educational institutions, hospitals, nursing homes, and retail and
					 wholesale suppliers of food, wastewater facilities and water
					 distributors.
(v) All currently
					 interconnected CHP systems should be included in the initial report. In
					 subsequent reports, the companies should identify CHP systems that were
					 interconnected to or disconnected, if known, from the distribution company's
					 system since the previous report.
(3) A description of CHP projects that are
					 scheduled to interconnect to the distribution company's system or are under
					 preliminary interconnection planning discussion for future
					 interconnection.
(4) A discussion
					 of challenges for CHP development that occurred during the time period covered
					 by the report and any recommendations that might improve or hasten the
					 development of CHP systems.
(5) A
					 description of efforts taken by the distribution company to obtain the
					 information for the report.
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 › COMBINED HEAT AND POWER-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.3203 - Staff report

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The Commission's Bureau of Technical Utility Services
						will provide a biennial report to the Commission summarizing and analyzing the
						electric distribution company and natural gas distribution company reports,
						identifying government agency programs providing financial and other support
						for CHP, as well as making any recommendations regarding the development of
						combined heat and power in this Commonwealth.
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 › DISTRIBUTION RATES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.3301 - Purpose and scope

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Federal and State policy initiatives promote the
						efficient use of electricity, natural gas and water through technologies and
						information, including distributed energy resources. The purpose of this policy
						statement is to invite the proposal, within a utility's base rate proceeding,
						of fixed utility distribution ratemaking mechanisms and rate designs that
						further promote these Federal and State policy objectives, the objectives of
						66 Pa.C.S. §
												1330
						(relating to alternative ratemaking for utilities), and may include reducing
						disincentives for promoting these objectives, providing incentives to improve
						system economic efficiency, and avoiding unnecessary future capital investments
						while ensuring that fixed utilities receive adequate revenue to maintain the
						safe, secure and reliable operation of their distribution systems. At the same
						time, an alternative rate design methodology should reflect the sound
						application of cost of service principles, establish a rate structure that is
						just and reasonable, and consider customer impacts.
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 › DISTRIBUTION RATES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.3302 - Distribution rate considerations

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(a)
					 In determining just and reasonable alternative distribution ratemaking
					 mechanisms and rate designs that promote the purpose and scope of this
					 statement of policy and the objectives of
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												1330
					 (relating to alternative ratemaking for utilities), the Commission may
					 consider, among other relevant factors, the following:
(1) How the ratemaking mechanism and rate
					 design align revenues with cost causation principles as to both fixed and
					 variable costs.
(2) How the
					 ratemaking mechanism and rate design impact the fixed utility's capacity
					 utilization.
(3) Whether the
					 ratemaking mechanism and rate design reflect the level of demand associated
					 with the customer's anticipated consumption levels.
(4) How the ratemaking mechanism and rate
					 design limit or eliminate interclass and intraclass cost shifting.
(5) How the ratemaking mechanism and rate
					 design limit or eliminate disincentives for the promotion of efficiency
					 programs.
(6) How the ratemaking
					 mechanism and rate design impact customer incentives to employ efficiency
					 measures and distributed energy resources.
(7) How the ratemaking mechanism and rate
					 design impact low-income customers and support consumer assistance
					 programs.
(8) How the ratemaking
					 mechanism and rate design impact customer rate stability principles.
(9) How weather impacts utility revenue under
					 the ratemaking mechanism and rate design.
(10) How the ratemaking mechanism and rate
					 design impact the frequency of rate case filings and affect regulatory
					 lag.
(11) If or how the ratemaking
					 mechanism and rate design interact with other revenue sources, such as Section
					 1307 automatic adjustment surcharges,
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
													1307
					 (relating to sliding scale of rates; adjustments), riders such as
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
													2804(9) (relating to
					 standards for restructuring of electric industry) or system improvement
					 charges,
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
													1353
					 (relating to distribution system improvement charge).
(12) Whether the alternative ratemaking
					 mechanism and rate design include appropriate consumer protections.
(13) Whether the alternative ratemaking
					 mechanism and rate design are understandable to consumers.
(14) How the ratemaking mechanism and rate
					 design will support improvements in utility reliability.
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 › DISTRIBUTION RATES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.3303 - Illustration of possible distribution ratemaking and rate design options for the energy industry

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(a) In a
					 base rate proceeding, energy utilities may propose, among others, alternative
					 rate designs and methodologies identified in this subsection that will be
					 subject to Commission approval or modification. Identification of these
					 proposals is for illustration only. It does not propose the adoption, nor
					 preclude the consideration, of any particular design or methodology, and it
					 does not signal, nor should it be interpreted as signaling, any predilection by
					 the Commission for one proposal over another or any predetermination of
					 approval by the Commission of one proposal over another.
(b) A natural gas distribution company may
					 propose a weather normalization adjustment or revenue per customer ratemaking
					 proposal, or both. Any proposal under this subsection must:
(1) Address consumer protection issues
					 including revenue adjustment dead-bands, seasonal adjustment limitations,
					 adjustment timelines, and any just and reasonable cost of capital
					 adjustments.
(2) Describe which
					 rate classes are subject to the ratemaking proposal.
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 › THIRD PARTY ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING- RESALE/REDISTRIBUTION OF UTILITY SERVICE TARIFF PROVISIONS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.3501 - Section 1313 of the Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S.Section 1313)

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(a) Section
					 1313 of the Public Utility Code,
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												1313
					 (relating to price upon resale of public utility services), applies
					 restrictions on the resale of utility service to residential
					 customers.
(b) It shall be the
					 policy of the Commission that electricity sales by a person, corporation or
					 other entity, not a public utility, owning and operating an electric vehicle
					 charging facility for the sole purpose of recharging an electric vehicle
					 battery for compensation should not be construed to be sales to residential
					 consumers and should therefore not fall under the pricing requirements of
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												1313.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													69.3502 (relating to electric
						  vehicle charging tariff provisions).
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 › THIRD PARTY ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING- RESALE/REDISTRIBUTION OF UTILITY SERVICE TARIFF PROVISIONS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.3502 - Electric vehicle charging tariff provisions

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It is the policy of the Commission that all
						jurisdictional electric distribution companies should have tariff language
						providing clarity as to its rules regarding third party owned and operated
						electric vehicle charging stations that should address at least the following
						issues:
(1) Reflect the statement of
					 law in
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												1313
					 (relating to price upon resale of public utility services), along with this
					 Commission's policy statement that excludes third party electric vehicle
					 charging stations, as described in §
											69.3501(b) 
					 (relating to Section 1313 of the Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S.
					 §
												1313)), from the pricing requirements
					 of
					 66 Pa.C.S. §
												1313.
(2) When and how owners and operators of such
					 third party electric vehicle charging services are to notify the electric
					 distribution company of a planned installation of the electric vehicle charging
					 facilities and the information the electric distribution company needs in
					 advance.
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 › ELECTRIC UTILITY RATE DESIGN FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING › Section 69.3551 - Purpose and scope

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Due to Federal and State policy initiatives to promote
						the proliferation of electric vehicles, as defined in
						75 Pa.C.S. §
												102
						(relating to definitions), the Commission is encouraging development of rate
						structures for electric-vehicle charging customers. Electric-vehicle charging
						will increase demand on existing infrastructure, and it is imperative that
						electric distribution companies are prepared to address this increased demand
						with distribution and default service generation rate structures that properly
						signal to electric-vehicle charging customers to incentivize increased capacity
						utilization of the distribution system. The Commission's policy on
						electric-vehicle charging also encompasses fairness and equity principles that
						electric distribution companies are to consider in developing electric-vehicle
						charging rates.
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 › ELECTRIC UTILITY RATE DESIGN FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING › Section 69.3552 - Electric vehicle charging rate tariffs

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The Commission encourages electric distribution companies
						to develop tariffs with distribution and default service generation rates for
						the purpose of implementing rates specifically for electric-vehicle charging
						customers. These distribution and default service generation electric-vehicle
						charging tariffed rates should reflect the actual costs of providing charging
						infrastructure and services, including the cost of electricity, maintenance and
						administrative expenses, in a manner that avoids unreasonable
						cross-subsidization between customers.
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 › ELECTRIC UTILITY RATE DESIGN FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING › Section 69.3553 - Electric vehicle charging rate design

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(a)
					 To promote efficient use of electric-vehicle charging infrastructure and to
					 manage electric grid demand, public utilities should consider variable rates
					 for electric-vehicle customers based on the time of day and the level of demand
					 on the electric grid. This means that electric-vehicle charging rates should be
					 higher during peak demand hours and lower during off-peak hours. The Commission
					 recommends that electric distribution companies develop electric-vehicle
					 distribution rates with cost-of-service principles that incentivize increased
					 network capacity utilization of the distribution system. Electric distribution
					 companies should also take into consideration rates for direct current fast
					 chargers, including demand charges, to manage electric grid stress during peak
					 hours. The Commission also recommends that electric distribution companies
					 develop electric-vehicle charging default service generation rates that, at a
					 minimum, properly reflect the cost of generation services during times of
					 system stress. These default service generation rates may include use of
					 time-of-use rates that use on- and off-peak periods which appropriately
					 incentivize the movement of charging consumption to off-peak periods or periods
					 of less system stress.
(b) The
					 Commission recommends that electric-vehicle charging distribution and default
					 service generation rates should be flexible and adaptable to changing
					 circumstances and technologies. As such, electric-vehicle charging distribution
					 and default service generation rates should be periodically reviewed and
					 adjusted, as necessary, to ensure that they remain fair, cost-effective and
					 efficient.
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 › ELECTRIC UTILITY RATE DESIGN FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING › Section 69.3554 - Electric vehicle charging rate equity

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The Commission recommends that electric-vehicle charging
						distribution and default service generation rates be designed to promote
						fairness and equity. As such, the distribution and default service generation
						electric-vehicle charging rates should not discriminate against certain types
						of electric vehicles or drivers and should not create undue financial burdens
						for low-income customers or disadvantaged communities. The Commission
						recommends that electric distribution companies consider impacts on low-income
						customers due to the design of their distribution and default service
						generation electric-vehicle charging rates. Electric distribution companies may
						need to consider customer-specific and electric distribution company
						region-specific rates to best serve the needs of their communities. It is
						important that electric distribution companies prioritize customer education to
						encourage efficient and effective use of electric-vehicle charging
						infrastructure and proper knowledge of available distribution and default
						service generation rates.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 71 - FINANCIAL REPORTS › Section 71.1 - Statement of purpose

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This chapter establishes uniform and industry-wide
					 financial reporting requirements designed to improve the Commission's ability
					 to monitor on a regular basis the financial performance and earnings of the
					 electric, gas, telephone, water and wastewater public utilities subject to
					 Commission jurisdiction.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 71 - FINANCIAL REPORTS › Section 71.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Actual per books
-The revenues, expenses
					 and investment amounts which reflect the unadjusted results of operations for
					 the 12-month periods ending each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December
					 31 as recorded in the public utility's financial books of account.
Annualization adjustments
-Adjustments to
					 bring a public utility's accounts to a 12-month level of activity for changes
					 to the account which occur before the end of the reported 12-month
					 period.
Commission
-The Pennsylvania Public Utility
					 Commission of the Commonwealth.
intrastate
-The portion of a public
					 utility's revenues, expenses and investment amounts which is subject to State
					 jurisdiction.
Normalization adjustments
-In-period
					 adjustments to eliminate or levelize for abnormal, unusual or nonrecurring
					 items occurring before the end of the reported 12-month period.
Ratemaking adjustments
-Adjustments to a
					 public utility's actual per book amounts to reflect disallowances made in prior
					 cases by the Commission to revenues, expenses and investment which are not
					 reflected in the public utility's financial books of account.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
					 Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 71 - FINANCIAL REPORTS › Section 71.3 - Filing requirements

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(a) The
				  following public utilities shall file a financial report for the 12-month
				  period ending each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31:
(1) The major electric utilities
				  (Philadelphia Electric Company, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company, Duquesne
				  Light Company, West Penn Power Company, Pennsylvania Power Company, UGI
				  Corporation-Luzerne Electric Division, Pennsylvania Electric Company and
				  Metropolitan Edison Company).
(2)
				  Gas distribution utilities having annual intrastate gross revenues in excess of
				  $10 million.
(3) Water and
				  wastewater utilities with annual intrastate gross revenues in excess of $10
				  million.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 71 - FINANCIAL REPORTS › Section 71.4 - Time of filing

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(a) The
				  financial report is due within 60 days of the quarter ending March 31, June 30,
				  September 30 of each year.
(b) The
				  financial report is due within 90 days of the quarter ending December 31 of
				  each year.
(c) A public utility is
				  exempt from the filing requirements of this section when the utility has
				  pending before the Commission a general rate investigation under
				  66 Pa.C.S. §
											1308(d),
				  1309 or
				  1310 (relating to
				  voluntary changes in rates; rates fixed on complaint; investigation of costs of
				  production; and temporary rates). The filing of quarterly financial reports is
				  not required, for the quarters inclusive, from the date of filing of the
				  utility's general rate increase or a complaint against the utility's overall
				  level of rates, to the entry date of the Commission's final order. Instead of
				  filing the reports, the public utility shall file a letter with the Secretary
				  for each quarter in which a general rate investigation is pending.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 71 - FINANCIAL REPORTS › Section 71.5 - Format for filing financial reports

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(a)
				  The public utility shall include the following information in the financial
				  reports required by §
										71.3 (relating to filing
				  requirements):
(1) Computations of the public
				  utility's rate base, income available for return and capitalization in
				  sufficient detail to demonstrate the major elements of these basic ratemaking
				  parameters.
(2) Financial data
				  which specifies actual per book amounts, intrastate allocation percentages,
				  intrastate amounts, adjustments to intrastate amounts and adjusted results. The
				  actual per book amounts for each 12-month period shall be presented in the
				  manner reflected in the most recent audited annual report filed with the
				  Commission.
(3) Adjustments to
				  intrastate amounts which demonstrate the revenue, expense, tax and rate base
				  effect of each adjustment supported by a brief narrative explanation which
				  states the nature of the adjustment-annualization, normalization or
				  ratemaking-the reason for the adjustment, references to prior Commission
				  decisions and necessary computational details.
(4) A calculation of the return on common
				  equity for the reported 12-month period based on the public utility's actual
				  and adjusted rate base, income available for return and capitalization
				  data.
(5) Capitalization data which
				  sets forth a calculation of the public utility's capital structure and related
				  ratios, the cost of debt and preferred stock and necessary adjustments to
				  capital structure to account for known changes which have occurred during the
				  reported 12-month period.