Delaware Public Service Commission Gives Tentative Approval for Proposed Artificial Island Project
Delaware Public Service Commission Gives Tentative Approval for Proposed Artificial Island Project Yesterday, the Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) approved with conditions the application of Silver Run Electric, LLC to become a certified electric transmission company in Delaware. Silver Run’s application related to construction and operation of a transmission line from the Artificial […]
Public Service Commission Approves Overall Reduction in Delmarva Power Gas Rates
Public Service Commission Approves Settlement to Reduce Delmarva Power Gas Rates DOVER – The Staff of the Delaware Public Service Commission (“Commission Staff”) and the Division of the Public Advocate (“Public Advocate”) announce a $3.5 million overall rate reduction for consumers in New Castle County due to the settlement of the Delmarva Power gas […]
Public Advocate Calls on White House to Deny Subsidies for Coal and Nuclear Plants
Dover, Del. – Delaware’s Public Advocate today issued a letter to the White House asking the Trump administration to deny a request for emergency bailouts for aging coal and nuclear power plants owned by a large regional energy supplier. The letter addresses a recent filing from Ohio-based FirstEnergy Solutions asking the federal Department of Energy to […]
Commission Approves DPA Petition to Reduce Utility Rates in Light of Federal Tax Cuts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2018 Contact: Drew Slater Public Advocate 302-388-1100 Commission Approves Public Advocate’s Petition to Reduce Utility Rates in Light of Federal Tax Cuts DOVER – The Delaware Public Service Commission today approved a petition from the state’s Public Advocate to ensure that consumers will receive the benefits of […]
Delmarva Power Request for Rate Increase
Delmarva Power Electric/Natural Gas Rate Increase Request On August 17, 2017, Delmarva Power filed applications seeking additional electric revenues of $24.4 million and additional natural gas revenues of $12.8 million. This is on top of the additional electric revenues of $31.5 million and natural gas revenues of $4.9 million just recently put into effect. If […]
PJM Provides New Artificial Island Cost Allocation Analysis
Earlier today, PJM held a special Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee (TEAC) meeting to discuss alternative methodologies to the Artificial Island project. They provided two new methodologies which would greatly reduce the burden on Delaware consumers. However, we are not done yet. We need to continue to work with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) asking […]
Public Advocate Drew Slater Attends the Ribbon Cutting for ZeMod Delaware
Public Advocate Drew Slater attended the ribbon cutting for ZeMod Delaware. This program is a collaboration between the Milford Housing Development Corporation and Energize Delaware and provides modular homes outfitting to produce zero energy bill. You can read about the program here.
BOM Meeting Decides Whether to Lift Suspension
Tomorrow’s PJM BOM meeting will decide whether to lift the suspension of the LS Power project along with Delaware’s request to support us in our rehearing request before FERC. An article in The News Journal discusses what is at stake. You can read the article here.
PJM Board to Meet and Discuss Lifting Suspension of Artificial Island Project
The PJM Board of Managers (BOM) will meet this week to discuss lifting the suspension of the Artificial Island project. We want to thank all the parties that submitted letters to PJM sharing our concerns over the cost allocation of this project. To read all the letters, click here and read the letters sent from March […]
Gov. Carney & Gov. Hogan Issue Letter
Governor Carney and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issue a joint letter opposing the Artificial Island cost allocation as an unjust rate increase on Delmarva Zone customers. Check out the article here.
