Delmarva Power DE SOS
Overview
Delmarva Power & Light is, for the period starting June 1, 2009, soliciting full-requirements wholesale electric power supply, except for the provision of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). On July 29, 2008, Delmarva filed an application with the Commission to modify the process by which it procures electricity for SOS customers by removing the requirement that wholesale electricity suppliers provide RECs to Delmarva. On August 19, 2008, the Commission approved the application in Order No. 7432.
The RFP, approved by the Delaware Public Service Commission, seeks offers for the supply of electric power to meet the needs of four specific service types. The types are described as Residential and Small Commercial & Industrial, Medium General Service-Secondary, Large General Service-Secondary, and General Service-Primary. Table 1 below describes the service types and the service classifications included in each service type.
Bidding on the load for each service type will be by bid rounds referred to as “tranches”. Up to two tranches of bidding are planned, with a third tranche held in reserve to be used if any load is still unfilled after the second tranche. One hundred percent (100%) of the load solicited in the 2008 RFP process will be solicited in the first two tranches, but the third tranche will be used if not all of the load is awarded.
The solicitation for this RFP is to procure the load for the residential and small commercial & industrial type, with a 36-month contract. Twelve-month contracts will be solicited for each of the three remaining types namely: medium general service-secondary, large general service-secondary and general service-primary.
The load in each tranche is divided into blocks of approximately 50 MW in size for bidding purposes. Suppliers may bid on as many blocks, for as many service types, as the supplier deems appropriate. A supplier of full-requirements service will have an obligation stated as a percentage of Delmarva’s actual retail load for a service type, and as that load varies from day to day and hour to hour, the supplier’s full requirements obligation will follow those variations.
For the MGS-S, LGS-S and GS-P customer classes, the RFP provides a volumetric risk mechanism to mitigate the risk to wholesale suppliers if there is large customer migration back to SOS from competitive retail service. When such events occur and to the extent that the SOS load per 50 MW block increases by an increment more than 5 MW, that “incremental” load will become the responsibility of Delmarva. More specifically, when an increment of load is triggered, the supplier will supply the full requirements service that follows load up to the SOS load plus 5 MW and Delmarva will supply the full requirements service that follows the “incremental” load above that level. Table 2 shows preliminary Peak Load Contribution (PLC) for the specific service types for which Delmarva is soliciting wholesale supply in the RFP. Two representations of PLC are provided. The first represents the PLC associated with customers currently receiving SOS from Delmarva. The second represents the PLC associated with all customers currently eligible for a specific service type within Delmarva’s service territory.
Within each tranche and for each FP-SOS bid block offered by Service Type, there is a single auction conducted on the World Energy web-based auction platform. The energy price offers shall be in terms of $/MWh. Each auction will open and close as shown below and will be conducted in accordance with the following schedule:
Tranche 1- November 17, 2008
| Service Type/Offer | Auction No | Open | Close | Input Price Offer |
| RSCI /1 block | 1 | 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | $/MWhr |
| RSCI /1 bloc | 2 | 10:00 AM | 10:45 AM | $/MWhr |
| RSCI /1 block | 3 | 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | $/MWhr |
| MGS /1 block | 4 | 10:00 AM | 11:15 AM | $/MWhr |
| MGS /1 block | 5 | 10:00 AM | 11:30 AM | $/MWhr |
| LGS /1 block | 6 | 10:00 AM | 11:45 AM | $/MWhr |
| GS-P /1 block | 7 | 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | $/MWhr |
Tranche 2- January 26, 2009
| Service Type/Offer | Auction No | Open | Close | Input Price Offer |
| RSCI /1 block | 1 | 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | $/MWhr |
| RSCI /1 bloc | 2 | 10:00 AM | 10:45 AM | $/MWhr |
| RSCI /1 block | 3 | 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | $/MWhr |
| MGS /1 block | 4 | 10:00 AM | 11:15 AM | $/MWhr |
| MGS /1 block | 5 | 10:00 AM | 11:30 AM | $/MWhr |
Bids will only be accepted through the World Energy web-based auction platform to be held on November 17, 2008 and January 26, 2009 in accordance with the schedule specified in Section 6 of the RFP starting at 10:00 AM EPT. The bid block auctions will be held at http://www.wesplatform.com, which is the auction website.
During each auction, bidders will be able to see all the bids they have posted and the current low bid. All bids shall be anonymous.
In order to access and use the auction website, eligible bidders will be contacted by World Energy Solutions, Inc., the proprietor of the auction website, and will be required to sign a Supplier Agreement with World Energy Solutions before being issued a password to access the auction website. In addition, all eligible bidders must agree to pay a required fee to World Energy Solutions, for any auction awards made by Delmarva to the bidders as a result of this RFP. All bids submitted must be inclusive of this fee.
Applicants interested in participating in the RFP are required to express their non-binding interest to bid by completing and submitting the Expression of Interest Form. The applicant will not be eligible to submit proposals until such submission has been provided to Delmarva. Upon submission of the Expression of Interest Form, an applicant will be issued a password to access a website containing additional information relating to the RFPs.
Table 1. Customer Service Types and Customer Classes Included in SOS |
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| Utility | Service type | Customer Classes |
| Delmarva | Residential and Small Commercial & Industrial FP-SOS | R, R-TOU, R-TOU-ND, R-TOU-SOP, SGS-ND, SGS-SH, SGS-WH, MGS-SH, OL, ORL,X |
| Medium General Service-Secondary FP-SOS | MGS-S | |
| Large General Service- Secondary FP-SOS | LGS-S | |
| General Service- Primary FP-SOS | GS-P | |
Table 2. Preliminary SOS Capacity PLC |
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| Utility | Service type | SOS | Eligible |
| Delmarva | Residential and Small Commercial & Industrial FP-SOS | 293.7 | 303.5 |
Medium General Service-Secondary FP-SOS |
210.1 | 276.5 | |
Large General Service Secondary FP-SOS |
63.4 | 119.2 | |
| General Service- Primary FP-SOS |
48.6 | 468.3 | |
| Delmarva Total | 615.8 | 1167.5 | |
