Press Release

PUC Announces Public Input Hearing in Early June for PECO Energy Company Default Service Plan

Published on 5/22/2020

Filed under: Electric

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today announced a videoconference hearing in early June to gather public input on the proposed default service plan (DSP) submitted by PECO Energy Company (PECO).

The PECO Default Service Plan

Pennsylvania consumers who are served by a PUC-regulated utility, like PECO, receive “default service” from their utility if they do not use a competitive electric generation supplier. The cost per kilowatt hour (kWh) for the electric energy provided to those consumers by the utility is set periodically, based on a PUC-approved procurement plan – also known as the DSP.

PECO’s latest DSP proposal would cover the period from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2025 – following the expiration of their current DSP.  PECO provides electric services to approximately 1.6 million customers within Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and York counties.

PECO DSP Public Input Hearing

A videoconference public input hearing for the PECO DSP is scheduled for Tuesday, June 9, 2020, starting at 10 a.m.

PUC Administrative Law Judge Eranda Vero will be presiding.               

Signing Up for the Hearings

The Public Input Hearing will be conducted using the WebEx video conferencing platform. If you wish to testify at the telephonic public input hearing, you must register by June 5, 2020 using the following website: https://morganlewis.webex.com/morganlewis/onstage/g.php?MTID=e7e2ff54f8b1d5fbb0b1e3b822027a18b

On the website, you will be requested to provide your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and organization (if any).  After you register, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with a link to join the Public Input Hearing.

Those wishing to testify can test their computer systems in advance of the hearing using the following link: https://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html/

Any persons that have not registered on the website by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2020, will not be able to testify in the public input hearing.

Individuals who do not wish to provide testimony, but still wish to listen to the public input hearing, may register at the website above any time before the start of the public input hearing. 

Additionally, those wishing to listen to the public input hearing may use the following telephone number and access code to listen to the hearing:

“Listen Only” telephone number:  1-877-310-7479
Access Code:                                667 191 011

Offering Testimony at a Public Input Hearing

The PUC offers tips on how to participate in a public input hearing:

• Prepare what you are going to say beforehand. Even though it is not required, you may want to write out your statement, which can be read.
• Any formal testimony that is offered during the hearing will become part of the record on which the PUC will issue its final decision.
• Understand that parties in the case may want to ask you a question to clarify something you said.

About the PUC

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission balances the needs of consumers and utilities; ensures safe and reliable utility service at reasonable rates; protects the public interest; educates consumers to make independent and informed utility choices; furthers economic development; and fosters new technologies and competitive markets in an environmentally sound manner.

Visit the PUC’s website at www.puc.pa.gov for recent news releases and video of select proceedings. You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

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Docket No.: P-2020-3019290

Contact:

• Nils Hagen-Frederiksen
  Press Secretary
  717-418-2701
  nhagen-fre@pa.gov