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Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia Directs Potomac Electric Power Company to Provide Data on Community Renewable Energy Facilities

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The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia has issued an order directing Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) to provide additional data on its Community Renewable Energy Facilities (CREF) practices. The order, issued on May 7, 2025, requires Pepco to upload data to the Commission's independent auditor, Watson Rice, and provide additional data in accordance with Order No. 21600 by May 27, 2025.

Pepco has submitted the requested data, including unreconciled subscriber data as a confidential filing under separate cover. However, the company is seeking an enlargement of time to provide unreconciled CREF unsubscribed data due to formatting issues resulting from changes to the tracking system.

The investigation into Pepco's CREF practices has been ongoing since May 8, 2015, with various orders and directives issued by the Commission. The most recent order, No. 22415, directs Pepco to provide all data required by Order No. 21600 in working spreadsheets in e-Bridge, including datasets that were previously not provided.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia has directed Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) to provide additional data on its Community Renewable Energy Facilities (CREF) practices.
  • Pepco has submitted the requested data, including unreconciled subscriber data as a confidential filing under separate cover.
  • The company is seeking an enlargement of time to provide unreconciled CREF unsubscribed data due to formatting issues resulting from changes to the tracking system.
  • The investigation into Pepco's CREF practices has been ongoing since May 8, 2015, with various orders and directives issued by the Commission.
  • The Commission has issued several orders directing Pepco to provide Data in the e-Bridge system, including Order Nos. 21600, 21952, and 21985.
  • Pepco has submitted spreadsheets in support of the Audit on July 26, 2024, and provided explanations regarding areas where comparative data was not available.
  • The data in the Audit reconciled Pepco and CREF meter data to determine if there were discrepancies with Pepco meters and CREF meters.
  • Pepco noted that not all CREFs provided their meter readings, limiting the ability to conduct a reconciliation of all data points as requested in Order No. 21600, P40.
  • For the 319 CREFs that did provide data, there exists a less than .5% difference between Pepco meters and available CREF meter readings.
  • Pepco is providing Attachment A.1-A.4, which includes multiple tabs of a spreadsheet that totals over fifteen thousand pages and provides further details regarding item "i" in P 40 of Order No. 21600.

Statistics:

  • Over 1,000 individual documents, including spreadsheets submitted in the docket, were uploaded by Pepco to the e-Bridge system by October 8, 2024.
  • The data submitted to Watson Rice has been available on e-Bridge since October 2024.
  • Pepco has submitted spreadsheets in support of the Audit on July 26, 2024, and provided explanations regarding areas where comparative data was not available.
  • The data in the Audit reconciled Pepco and CREF meter data to determine if there were discrepancies with Pepco meters and CREF meters.
  • For the 319 CREFs that did provide data, there exists a less than .5% difference between Pepco meters and available CREF meter readings.

Sources:

  • Pepco.com
  • Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia
  • Order No. 22415
  • Order No. 21600
  • Watson Rice, LLP
  • e-Bridge system
  • Attachment A.1-A.4 (confidential exhibit)
  • FC No. 1171 Order No. 22295
  • FC No. 1171, Formal Case No. 1171 - In the Matter of the Investigation into the Community Renewable Energy Facilities Practices in the District Updated Filing of Audit and Reconciliation of Potomac Electric Power Company in Response to Order 22295 (September 27, 2024)
  • FC No. 1171, ERRATA-Formal Case No. 1171 - In the Matter of the Investigation into the Community Renewable Energy Facilities Practices in the District Filing of Audit and Reconciliation of Potomac Electric Power Company in Response to Order 22295 (November 8, 2024)
  • Order No. 21952
  • Order No. 21985
  • Attachment A.1-A.4 (confidential exhibit)

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