Press Release

PUC Conducts Binding Poll to Approve Pike County Default Service Plan

Published on 7/25/2007

Filed under: Electric

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today conducted a binding poll on the issues related to the petition for approval of a default service implementation plan by Pike County Light & Power Company (PCLP).  The result of the poll is consistent with the Recommended Decision of the Administrative Law Judge, under which PCLP will implement a 17-month default service implementation plan, starting on Jan. 1, 2008, and ending on May 31, 2009, during which PCLP will procure all energy from the New York Independent System Operator on the spot market.  

Commissioners base their findings on each issue on the record developed in the proceeding, the Recommended Decision from the presiding Administrative Law Judge and the briefs and exceptions presented by the parties in the case.  Staff will craft an Order based on the results of the poll, and a Final Order then will be entered.

Commissioner Tyrone Christy issued the following statement.  

On Jan. 8, 2007, PCLP filed a petition with the PUC for consideration of a default service implementation plan. The proposed plan would cover default service provided from Jan. 1, 2008 to Dec. 31, 2010. The company’s current default service prices expire Dec. 31, 2007.

The 1996 electric competition law requires electric companies, or a Commission approved alternative supplier, to provide default electric generation service to customers who have not selected an alternative generation supplier.  This is commonly called default service or provider of last resort service (POLR).  The default service prices for electric generation service are required to reflect “prevailing market prices,” according to the law.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission balances the needs of consumers and utilities to ensure safe and reliable utility service at reasonable rates; protect the public interest; educate consumers to make independent and informed utility choices; further economic development; and foster new technologies and competitive markets in an environmentally sound manner.

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Docket No. P-00072245

Contact:

• Tom Charles
  Director of Communications
  717-787-9504
  thcharles@pa.gov