2007 Delmarva Power & Light Co. MD SOS RFP (Type II, 3rd & 4th quarter)
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This procurement is a continuance of the 2007 MD SOS RFP dated December 8, 2006, and is for the remaining Type II Service, three month term contracts starting in December 2007 and March 2008 only.
These procurements will be conducted simultaneously with the 2008 Delmarva MD SOS RFP price proposals due on October 22, 2007 and January 14, 2008.
Applicants who were previously certified as eligible to Bid in the 2007 Delmarva MD SOS RFP, remain eligible to bid. New applicants are required to submit pre bid eligibility requirements listed in the 2007 RFP.
The 2007 wholesale bidding process used to solicit proposals from suppliers interested in providing SOS to Delmarva’s existing customer classes is further described below.
The four Maryland investor-owned electric companies (“utility or utilities”) are Potomac Edison Company, doing business as Allegheny Power (“AP”), Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BGE”), Delmarva Power & Light Company (“Delmarva”), and Potomac Electric Power Company (“Pepco”). Electric supply service is currently available to the vast majority of Maryland (MD) customers through fixed price power supply tariffs offered by Maryland’s electric utilities pursuant to the Phase I and Phase II settlement agreements governing the procurement of full requirements wholesale power supply for Standard Offer Service (SOS) electric customers.
In May 2005, the Maryland Public Service Commission (“Commission”) established Case No. 9037 regarding the continued provision of Type II Non-Residential SOS once the Phase I and Phase II settlement provisions for Type II Non-Residential SOS expire on May31, 2006. On June 24, 2005, a settlement (Type II settlement) was presented to the Commission proposing the terms and conditions for the continued provision of Type II Non-Residential SOS. On October 12, 2005, in Order No. 80342, the Commission approved a modified Type II settlement agreement in Case No. 9037. As set forth in the Order, the former Type II was replaced by Type II-A for Delmarva and was bid twice a year.
On February 17, 2006, the Commission issued order 80608 and established Case No. 9056 for the purpose of determining what form of SOS or default service will be made available to Type II customers beginning on June 1, 2007. On August 28, 2006, the Commission issued Order No. 81019 and directed that Type II A and Type II B SOS customers be reunited into a single customer class and that electric supply be procured for all Type II SOS customers on a quarterly basis, for a one year period beginning with service provided June 1, 2007.
On May 10, 2006, the Commission issued an Order initiating Case No. 9063 to investigate the Optimal Structure of the Electric Industry in Maryland. Commission decisions in this Case are pending.
On May 10, 2006, the Commission issued an additional Order initiating Case No. 9064, as a major policy review proceeding covering the provision of standard offer service to residential and small commercial customers. On November 8, 2006, the Commission issued Order No. 81102 in Case No. 9064, and on December 6, 2006, the Commission approved the Utilities’ Compliance Plans to implement Order 81102 in Case No. 9064. Among several other important changes, Order 81102 and the accompanying Compliance Plans provide that Residential SOS will be procured twice a year using two-year contracts effective June 1, 2007, and subject to a contract term transition period; and that Type I Non-Residential SOS will be procured twice a year using two-year contracts effective June 1, 2008, and subject to a contract term transition period; and that Type I and Type II Non-residential SOS will be re-defined effective June 1, 2008.
The settlement agreements and Commission Orders have been posted on PHI’s RFP website. Any additional Orders in Case No. 9064 and Case No. 9063 will be posted as they become available.
This RFP reflects the wholesale bidding process set forth in the Case No. 8908 Phase II , Case No. 9037 settlement agreements, Case No. 9056 , Case No. 9064 and Case No.9063 to solicit proposals from suppliers interested in providing SOS to Delmarva for the customer classes and terms indicated in Section 2-2 (Product Definition). The RFP is for full requirements wholesale supply service to meet the needs of Delmarva’s SOS retail load obligation as described in the settlements and further discussed in the RFP.
Additionally, the four Maryland investor-owned electric companies will be holding a pre-bid conference September 26, 2007, in Baltimore MD to review this Type II procurement and the 2008 Procurement. Click here for the pre-bid conference registration and information.
The information provided herein is based on the 2006 procurement improvement process as required under the Phase II agreement in Case No. 8908 and as on file with the Maryland Public Service Commission. Should the Commission require any changes to the documents or other information provided under Case No. 8908 or any other applicable case currently under review at the Commission, Delmarva will update such documents or information in accordance with the Commission’s requirements and will post such changes herein.
