FAQ Archives - DSP II – September 2013 Solicitation
The FAQs on this page are no longer relevant, as they are from past solicitations. These FAQs are posted here only for reference purposes. Do not rely on the information provided on this page for the current solicitation.
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FAQ-1111:
Does the historical load data for the Residential Class include the Block Energy purchased in DSP 1; or asked another way, does a RFP Bidder need to reduce the hourly load provided by the Block Energy purchases to calculate expected load volumes? If so, can you please provide the total in MWs of Block Energy purchased DSP I? Can you also provide historical data for purchases and sales that PECO has made through the PJM spot energy market to balance the blocks of energy and load of the PECO share?
The Block energy supply procured by PECO under the first Default Service Program (DSP I) is used to meet a share of the Residential Class Default Load. PECO balances the blocks of energy and load of the PECO share on an hourly basis. Under its second Default Service Program (DSP II), PECO procures full requirements service for each Customer Class, where each tranche is defined as a fixed percentage of Default Load of that Class. A bidder participating in DSP II does not need to subtract block energy purchases from the historical hourly Default Load data in order to assess the expected hourly load pattern because the energy block represents a fixed percentage of the load across hours and therefore the load shape is unaffected by the size of the DSP I energy blocks.
09/20/2013 in Contract , Data
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FAQ-1110:
What are the allocated ARR path and quantities for 2014 PJM planning year? Would the winners of the tranches (for example, Res-17-Jan14 and Res-18-Dec13) be asked to nominate ARR paths for the 2015 PJM planning year? If yes, what are the eligible ARR paths?
Default Service Suppliers can directly participate in PJM's annual Auction Revenue Rights (ARR) path nomination and allocation process. PECO is committed to working with suppliers and PJM to ensure a smooth process. Note that information on current and historical ARR allocations and Financial Transmission Right (FTR) auctions is available on PJM's web site.
09/19/2013 in General
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FAQ-1109:
Hourly Load data is only updated through June 2013, is it possible to get load data for July and August 2013, with the understanding that this is not final load?
Hourly load data for July 2013 will be posted by October 13th. Data items on the Monthly Data page, including hourly load data, are typically updated monthly, on or before the 13th of each month with a two month lag. Additional hourly load data is not available at this time.
09/19/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1108:
What are the load caps for this September 2013 solicitation for a RFP Bidder who has not won any tranches in PECO’s first or second Default Service Program (“DSP”)? In Table I-5 there is a load cap of 20 tranches in the last column. When does this load cap of 20 tranches apply?
As specified in paragraph 1.2.8 of the RFP, an RFP Bidder cannot supply more than 50%of a Class’ Default Load at any point in time. A RFP Bidder who has not won any tranches in PECO’s first or second DSP may bid on all available tranches for the Residential and Small Commercial products in the September 2013 solicitation. However in the case of Medium Commercial product, any RFP Bidders, including those who did not win any tranches in a previous solicitation, may bid up to 6 tranches only, i.e., 50% of the 12 available tranches for that product.
09/03/2013 in Rules
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FAQ-1107:
I compared Exhibit D of the current Supplier Master Agreement (SMA) to the sample PJM Bill–Line Items (file named 'PECO_PJM_Bill_Line+Items_3-31-20091.xls') posted in the data room of the RFP web site. Some charges and credits regarding PJM load response programs are contradicting each other in the two sources. Please clarify which source is correct.
Please refer to Exhibit D of the current Supplier Master Agreement (SMA) under PECO’s second Default Service Program (“DSP II”) provided on the Supplier Information page of the RFP web site for the relevant Sample PJM Invoice. The separate file labeled 'PECO_PJM_Bill_Line+Items_3-31-20091.xls' has been removed from the RFP web site since it is not relevant to this current RFP.
08/29/2013 in Contract
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FAQ-1106:
The 9/1/2013 – 11/30/2013 published price to compare for Medium C&I customers has increased by over 1¢/kWh from the 6/1/2013 – 8/31/2013. Can you please provide some insight to this cost increase? Was there a substantial under collection from prior periods?
PECO provides information regarding the inputs and methodologies used to calculate the “Price to Compare” (PTC) by rate class on its web site here. Any other information regarding changes in the PTC over time is not available.
08/22/2013 in Rates
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FAQ-1105:
PECO has made purchases of ATC block energy to serve Default Service Customers that will carry over into the supply period covered under the September solicitation. Is the capacity PLC decremented by the same quantity of these ATC purchases? Asked differently, does PECO include a capacity block purchase in addition to the energy?
Default Service Suppliers that were awarded blocks under the Block Energy RFP under PECO's first Default Service Program ("DSP I"), are responsible for serving around-the-clock energy associated with those blocks. As stated in paragraph I.1.8. in the Fall 2012 Block Energy Rules provided on the document archives, PECO purchases all other necessary products in relation to the awarded blocks, including without limitation capacity and ancillary services. Those Default Suppliers that are awarded full requirement products as part of PECO's second DSP ("DSP II") will be responsible for providing energy, ancillary services, capacity and all other necessary products associated with those tranches only.
08/22/2013 in Contract
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FAQ-1104:
Do any Residential, Small Commercial, Medium Commercial and Large C&I default service customers provide demand response?
There are opportunities for all of PECO's customer classes to participate in demand response programs. Currently, PECO offers the Smart A/C Saver demand response program to Residential and Small C&I customers, regardless of whether they are on standard service or they are served by a competitive supplier. Default service customers in the Medium Commercial and Large C&I classes may also be enrolled in demand response programs offered by curtailment service providers.
08/14/2013 in General
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FAQ-1103:
How will PECO allocate UFE when all customers have hourly meters installed?
Under current plans, PECO will allocate Unaccounted For Energy ("UFE") in proportion to each customer’s metered hourly load data. This is not expected until 2015 and is contingent upon PUC approval of a UFE method change.
08/09/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1102:
Is hourly load data available for PECO's Residential and Small Commercial customers?
Historical hourly load data is available for PECO's Default Service Residential, Small Commercial, Medium Commercial and Large Commercial and Industrial classes in the Data Room on the PECO RFP web site located here. For additional information regarding hourly load data and all other available data please see the data description document.
08/06/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1101:
Exhibit D of the SMA shows that PJM Billing Items 1240 (Day-ahead Economic Load Response) and 1241 (Real-time Economic Load Response) are the responsibility of the Seller. Is there any historical day-ahead and real-time Economic Load Response data available?
PJM's bill associated with settlement of Economic Demand Response for retail customers is provided directly to each Default Supplier and as a result PECO does not have access to this data.
07/31/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1100:
Please clarify if each customer class, rate schedule, and strata is monthly-metered or interval-metered. Also, is there a plan to install more interval-meters for some of the customers class, rate schedule and strata?
PECO is required to install interval metering for their Large Commercial & Industrial customers. Other interval metering may be installed at the customer’s request. For more information regarding interval metering please see PECO's Smart Meter Universal Deployment Plan available on the Company's web site here.
07/25/2013 in General
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FAQ-1099:
What is the contract mix for each class under PECO’s second Default Service Program ("DSP II")?
Under PECO’s DSP II, Default Supply will be procured for the Company’s Residential (“RES”), Small Commercial (“SC”), Medium Commercial (“MC”) and Large Commercial & Industrial (“LC&I”) classes. Table I-3 in the RFP Rules posted on the Supplier Documents page of the RFP web site, provides the schedule of procurement for the products under DSP II.
For the RES Class, PECO will transition to procuring a mix of 40% one year and 60% two year full requirements products. PECO will transition to this contract mix through the purchase of transition products with term lengths that vary from five months to twenty-four months. For the SC Class, PECO has transitioned to procuring 100% one year full requirements products. In the first solicitation, the November 2012 Solicitation, PECO procured a six month full requirements product for this class. Default supply for the MC Class and LC&I Class consists of 100% six month products and 100% one year products, respectively.
07/17/2013 in General
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FAQ-1098:
Where can I find the schedule for the next PECO solicitation? Also, is a schedule available that shows the percentage of load procured to date?
The schedule for the PECO DSPII September 3013 Solicitation is available on the RFP web site here. The Bid Date will be Tuesday, September 24, 2013.After each solicitation concludes, the results, including the weighted average winning bid price for each of the products procured and the percentage of Default Service Load represented by each tranche for each product, are posted on the Previous Results page of the RFP Web site.
07/02/2013 in General
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FAQ-1097:
Why is there no more data for the SLP street light class after April 2011?
SLP 172 is a retired rate as of January 2011. Some data that was lagging in the billing system for January through March of 2011 appears in the posted dataset as accounts were billed and then converted to rate class SLE.
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1096:
How do I become a vendor for PECO?
This web site (www.pecoprocurement.com) is only for PECO's Default Service Program RFP. To register to do other business with PECO, please refer to: http://www.exeloncorp.com/suppliers/register/overview.aspx.
07/01/2013 in General
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FAQ-1095:
Does a Bidder need to provide an updated rating report for the Bidder’s Guarantor with the Part 1 Proposal if there are no changes to the credit ratings since the last solicitation in which the Bidder was qualified?
If the credit ratings for the entity on whose financial standing the RFP Bidder relies have not changed, the Bidder does not need to provide the most recent rating report under the Part 1 Proposal requirements. If the credit ratings have changed since the last solicitation in which the Bidder was qualified, the Bidder must provide the updated rating and supporting documentation as part of Section 2 of the Short Part 1 Form in this solicitation.
07/01/2013 in Credit , Qualification
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FAQ-1094:
In PECO Data Room, in the Customer Counts file for the Residential rate class, the amount of customers for the Residential Off-Peak rate decreases from 77,043 to 4,376 between November 2012 and December 2012. Please confirm that this data is accurate and explain the reason for this decrease.
The customer account information for the Residential Off-Peak service (OP) rate is accurate. This rate was gradually phased out in 2012 and will be completely retired in January 2013. The same residential customer may have one or multiple “rate counts”, each representing the rate the customer is being billed under. While the total customer accounts do not change upon expiration of Residential Rate OP rate, the number of rate combinations for any given customer account will decrease. Going forward, the energy usage that was previously recorded and billed under the Residential OP rate will now be combined with usage under the accompanying rate for the same customer account.
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1093:
Please explain the significant increase in PLC and NSPL for rate class Large Commercial HT on December 31, 2012.
The large increase in Default Service PLC and NSPL for the Large Commercial HT rate class in December 2012 was driven by a group of customers coming back to be supplied under PECO’s Default Service rate in that month. The largest of these customers has a PLC of 90 MW.
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1092:
For the Medium Commercial GS rate class, there is about a 2% decrease in the percentage of hourly load from October 20, 2012 to October 21, 2012 (from 20% to 18%). However, there is no corresponding drop in the on-service PLC value for the same time period. Please explain this decrease.
The Peak Load Contribution (PLC) data for PY 2012/2013 for a given customer is based on the customer's contribution to PJM's system coincident peak during the five highest hours of load in the summer of 2011. Therefore, it is possible to see a decrease in actual energy usage at a given time while the PLC for that customer remains unchanged.
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1091:
In FAQ-1036, it is stated that a 90 MW customer has returned to Default Service. Do you know whether this customer has subsequently left or in the process of leaving Default Service?
PECO is only able to provide Default Service customer and load data as it becomes available. In particular, historical data on Customer Counts by Rate Class is updated monthly. Please visit the Data Room to access the data currently available.
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1090:
Section 2.6 of the Default Service SMA (Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Obligations) states: "...Seller's AEPS Obligation may be reduced by any AECs obtained separately by PECO and allocated to Seller's AEPS Obligation as shown on a Transaction Confirmation." How does PECO determine what sellers/tranches, if any, to allocate the AECs to?
Under the Default Service SMA (Section 2.6) each Supplier’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) obligations will be reduced by the number of AECs that PECO has allocated to the Supplier in the Transaction Confirmation. PECO will allocate Alternative Energy Credits (AECs) to winners of tranches in a solicitation according to the number of tranches of each product that the Bidder gets awarded in that solicitation. The allocated Tier I solar, Tier I non solar and Tier II AEC amounts per tranche and by type of product for each Solicitation are provided in the Bidder Information Session Presentation. Note that any AECs that PECO allocates to a Supplier’s AEPS Obligation remain the property of PECO and are not transferred to the Supplier.
07/01/2013 in Contract
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FAQ-1089:
What Generation Deactivation charges are currently allocated to PECO customers? What units contribute to these charges?
Generation Deactivation Charges are the responsibility of the Seller. Please see Exhibit D (Sample PJM Invoice) of the Default Service SMA for a further explanation of cost responsibility. You may email questions concerning generation deactivation charges directly to PJM at the following email address: GoTo@pjm.com.
07/01/2013 in General , Rates
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FAQ-1088:
What is the process for submitting the executed guaranty with the Part 2 Proposal?
For submission of your Guaranty with the Part 2 Proposal, please use the Guaranty provided to you with your Part 1 Notification. The Guaranty provided to you by the Independent Evaluator is in a locked PDF format that cannot be edited. It is customized with your specific information. For the Part 2 Proposal, you must submit two (2) signed originals of the Guaranty (with original signatures).
07/01/2013 in Credit , Qualification
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FAQ-1087:
Can you please provide the information for the beneficiary of the Pre-Bid Letter of Credit as well as the information needed to complete Paragraph 7?
This information is available upon request. Please email the Independent Evaluator at pecoprocurement@nera.com.
07/01/2013 in Credit
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FAQ-1086:
Where can historical Auction Revenue Rights (“ARR”)/Firm Transmission Rights (FTR) path information be found?
Information on current and historical ARR allocations is available on PJM's web site.
07/01/2013 in Contract , General , Data
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FAQ-1085:
The Part 1 Form states that either the Officer of the RFP Bidder or the Designee must sign the Default Service SMA. It does not mention that these individuals must also sign the Transaction Confirmation. Can someone that is not the Officer of the RFP Bidder or the Designee sign the Transaction Confirmation?
Please refer to PECO's DSP II RFP ("PECO Energy Company Default Service Program Request For Proposals"). Section VII.3.9 of this document states that the Officer of the RFP Bidder named in the Part 1 Proposal or the Designee is expected to sign the Transaction Confirmation(s). However if both of these individuals are unavailable to sign the Transaction Confirmation(s), you may name another individual to sign the Transaction Confirmation(s), and confirm that this individual is an officer, a director, or an individual otherwise authorized to undertake contracts (including the Default Service SMA) and bind the RFP Bidder.
07/01/2013 in General , Procedures , Qualification
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FAQ-1084:
Will the presentation from the bidder information webcast be posted to the RFP Web site?
The bidder information webcast presentation is posted to the Supplier Information / Documents page within one business of the webcast.
07/01/2013 in General
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FAQ-1083:
Regarding final load settlement, historical Default Supplier's responsibility is hourly default service load * (1- deration factor) * load share (# of tranche * tranche size)
How is UFE allocated to each customer class (RES/SC/MC/LC&I)? Does the UFE need to be derated?
As described in the Data Description Document currently posted on the PECO Web site, PECO allocates Unaccounted For Energy (UFE) to all Load Serving Entities (LSEs) in PECO’s zone (i.e., to EGSs and Default Service LSEs) by Customer Class every month, based on each Class’ load-ratio share. As a result, the UFE attributable to a particular Customer Class is different in every hour and is based on the Class' hourly load share of PECO’s total hourly load across all Classes. Note that PECO only allocates UFE to monthly-metered customers and does not allocate UFE to hourly-metered customers.
Default Suppliers are responsible for a percentage of the hourly energy requirements for a Class, which include distribution losses, transmission losses, and UFE. PJM's settlement methodology includes billing adjustments for UFE, which can be positive or negative. The energy volumes, including UFE, will be de-rated for transmission losses in accordance with PJM’s settlement methodology and implementation of marginal transmission losses. The PJM hourly de-ration factors and the hourly UFE values are available separately on the Data Room page on the PECO Web site.
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1082:
In the Section 2.4 of the Default Service SMA, it is stated that "Buyer is responsible, at its sole cost and expense, for FUTURE PJM charges... for PJM-required transmission system enhancements". Does this mean that the Seller will be responsible for existing PJM Transmission Enhancements Charges and Buyer will be responsible for only new charges?
Please refer to the definition of "Full Requirements Service" in the Default Supply Master Agreement (“Default Service SMA”). “Full Requirements Service” means all necessary Energy, Capacity, Transmission (other than Network Integration Transmission Service), Ancillary Services, Alternative Energy Credits (AECs) for compliance with the AEPS Act, transmission and distribution losses, congestion management costs, and such other services or products that are required to supply the Specified Percentage except for distribution service. I addition, Exhibit D included in each Default Service SMA provides a sample PJM invoice with all charges for which the Buyer is responsible. Transmission Enhancements Charges is shown in line ID #1108 in that Exhibit, as being the responsibility of the Buyer under the Default Service SMA.
07/01/2013 in Contract
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FAQ-1081:
Can you please explain the large, sudden jump in customer counts for both the TL traffic light counts and usage that begins in 2011?
All strata were changed to a new model on January 1, 2011. Some customers were reassigned to new strata at this time. A new tariff rate was effective 1/1/11, traffic lighting constant load (TLCL). Customers were migrated from small GS to TLCL in January 2011 (they were temporarily moved to GS 100 on exactly 1/1/11).
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1080:
Where can I find historical load data for customers that take Default Service from PECO?
The historical load data files that are currently posted to the Data Room are broken down into EGS Energy, Default Energy, and Total Energy. The load labeled "Default Energy" is the load of PECO customers who have not migrated to Electric Generation Suppliers (“EGSs”).
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1079:
What does EGS stand for in the Customer Count data file?
"EGS" stands for "Electric Generation Supplier".
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1078:
On what volumes are the percentages listed for Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards compliance based?
AEPS quantities are based on electric energy sold by an electric distribution company or electric generation supplier to retail electric customers. AEPS obligations are calculated on the retail load which is delivered energy at the retail meter and do not include marginal losses.
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1077:
Can the Representative of the RFP Bidder and the Designee be the same person?
Yes, the Officer of the RFP Bidder can name the same person as the Representative of the RFP Bidder and the Designee. On the Part 1 Form, the Officer of the Bidder must designate an individual to serve as Representative of the RFP Bidder who will be the point of contact for the RFP Bidder. The Officer of the Bidder may also name a Designee and that individual must be authorized to undertake contracts, including the Default Service Supply Master Agreement, and bind the RFP Bidder.
07/01/2013 in Qualification
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FAQ-1076:
We are a previously qualified RFP Bidder and we have not named a Designee in a previous solicitation. If we decide to name a Designee for the upcoming solicitation can we use the Short Part 1 Form to do so?
Yes. Paragraph IV.1.2 of the RFP Rules states that whether or not the RFP Bidder has previously qualified under DSP II, the Officer of the RFP Bidder may name a Designee. Please note that on the Short Part 1 Form, the Officer of the RFP Bidder must represent that the Designee is an individual authorized to undertake the Default Service Supply Master Agreement and bind the RFP Bidder.
07/01/2013 in Qualification
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FAQ-1075:
What were the major changes to the Default Service Supply Master Agreement (“Default Service SMA”) from the November 2012 Solicitation to the January 2013 Solicitation?
The January 2013 Solicitation will use the Default Service SMA filed with the Commission on December 11, 2012, which adds provisions to account for the spot-market product for the Large Commercial & Industrial Class. A redline comparison of the Default Service SMA from the November 2013 Solicitation to the Default Service SMA from the January 2013 Solicitation is available on the RFP Web site here.
07/01/2013 in Contract
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FAQ-1074:
We won tranches in the November 2012 Solicitation and executed a Default Service Supply Master Agreement (“Default Service SMA”). If we win tranches again in a future solicitation, will the new Default Service SMA replace the Default Service SMA we signed for the November 2012 Solicitation?
No. If an RFP Bidder won tranches in the November 2012 Solicitation and wins again in a future solicitation the new Default Service SMA will be in addition to, and not instead of, the Default Service SMA from the November 2012 Solicitation. The Default Service SMA from the November 2012 Solicitation will remain in place.
07/01/2013 in Contract , Procedures
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FAQ-1073:
When are the solicitation results announced?
Within fifteen (15) days of the close of the solicitation, the Independent Evaluator releases the weighted average price as well as the percentage of load represented by each tranche for each product procured in that solicitation. When the results become available, the Independent Evaluator will make an announcement, and you will be able to access the results here: Background/Previous Results.
07/01/2013 in General
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FAQ-1072:
Where can I find the information for the solicitation of the Smart House Call Program?
The Independent Evaluator of PECO's Default Service Program RFP only provides information concerning such RFP. Please contact PECO directly for other information.
07/01/2013 in General
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FAQ-1071:
Is the historical hourly load data posted to the PECO Procurement Web site weather-normalized? How does PECO forecast load data? Does PECO forecast weather-normalized loads or is the monthly load forecast based on expected weather?
PECO does not make available forecasted data in the context of its Default Service Plan (DSP II) RFP. The hourly load data posted to the PECO Procurement Web site is historical and not weather-normalized. Peak load contribution (PLC) values are based on the weather-normalized five coincident summer peaks from the prior year as per PJM methodology. PJM manual 19 documents how peak load is weather-normalized. For more information on each data series posted to the PECO DSP II procurement section of the website, please refer to the Data Description document.
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1070:
I have a question regarding the monthly hourly load data that is available in the Data Room section of the website. The applicable file lists load (MWh) which is separated by “EGS load”, “PECO Default service load”, and “Total Energy”. Which of these three data series are used for settlement purposes by PECO for customers that are not hourly metered?
Under PECO’s Second Default Service Program (DSP II), each Default Service supplier is paid, in any given hour, on the basis of the share of the total Default Service load that the supplier is serving for each class in that hour. The bidder share is calculated based on the number of awarded DS tranches for each class times the percent size of each tranche. The hourly loads under the “EGS” category posted in the Data Room correspond to PECO’s retail customers who have elected to be supplied by an Electricity Generation Supplier, and therefore do not belong to PECO DSP II load settlements, regardless of whether they are hourly metered or not.
07/01/2013 in Data
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FAQ-1069:
Are the names of winning bidders in the PECO Default Service Program (DSP) posted to the Web site?
No, the names of winning bidders of PECO Default Supply Program (DSP) are not publicly available information. The published results for each solicitation include the type of product procured, the supply period, the winning price, the tranche size and number of tranches procured. Results of the RFPs under DSP I and DSP II thus far are available on the Previous Results page of the PECO Procurement Web site.
07/01/2013 in General