PENNSYLVANIA
PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
Harrisburg, PA 17105-3265

Public Meeting held August 27, 2009

Commissioners Present:

James H. Cawley, Chairman, Statement
Tyrone J. Christy, Vice Chairman, Statement
Kim Pizzingrilli
Wayne E. Gardner
Robert F. Powelson

Petition of PECO Energy Company			:
for Approval to Procure Solar 			:	P-2009-2094494
Alternative Energy Credits				:

ORDER

BY THE COMMISSION:

We adopt as our action the Recommended Decision of Administrative Law Judge Charles E. Rainey, Jr. dated July 24, 2009;

THEREFORE,

IT IS ORDERED:

1.	That the Joint Petition for Settlement filed by PECO Energy Company, the Office of Consumer Advocate, the Office of Small Business Advocate, Solar Alliance, and Solar Services, LLC t/d/b/a Beacon Renewable Energy at Docket No. P-2009-2094494 is approved in its entirety and without modification.

2.	That the Request for Proposals, appended to the Joint Petition for Settlement at Exhibit A, to procure up to 8,000 solar Tier 1 alternative energy credits annually for a ten-year period to satisfy a portion of PECO Energy Company’s solar-related future Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act requirements, is approved.

3.	That the form Solar Alternative Energy Credit Purchase and Sale Agreement, appended to the Joint Petition for Settlement at Exhibit A, is approved for use with any successful bidder, and in the event any affiliate of PECO Energy Company is a successful bidder, is approved for purposes of 66 Pa.C.S. § 2102.

4.	That PECO Energy Company is permitted recovery of all costs related to and in compliance with its Request for Proposals, consistent with its existing Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act cost recovery tariff provision, as previously approved by the Commission at Docket No. P-00072260. 

5.	That this proceeding be marked closed.

BY THE COMMISSION,

James J. McNulty
Secretary

(SEAL)

ORDER ADOPTED:  August 27, 2009

ORDER ENTERED:  August 28, 2009