Delmarva Power files for rate increases in Electric and Natural Gas
Delmarva Power has filed two requests for increases in rates. On Friday, February 21st, Delmarva Power filed a natural gas rate increase request with the Public Service Commission asking the Commission to approve a total increase of about $14.6 million. This requested was followed with a request on Friday, March 6th, for an electric rate […]
Investigation Reveals Thousands of Delaware Businesses May be Overpaying for Electric Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2020 Contact: Drew Slater Public Advocate 302-388-1100 Samantha Hemphill PSC Ombudsman 302-736-7564 Investigation Reveals Thousands of Delaware Businesses May be Overpaying for Electric Service Many Commercial Customers Eligible for Lower Rates from Delmarva Power DOVER – The Delaware Division of the Public Advocate and the Delaware Public […]
Public Service Commission and Public Advocate Laud FERC Decision on Artificial Island
Statement on behalf of the Public Service Commission Staff and Division of the Public Advocate: “FERC’s decision on February 28th regarding the cost allocation of the $278 million Artificial Island project is a huge win for the Delmarva Zone (Delaware and Maryland). This decision avoids more than $200 million in cost to Delaware residents, and […]
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 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 […]
Delmarva Power Natural Gas Refund
Attention Delmarva Power Gas Customers: Due to the settlement agreement on the Delmarva natural gas case, you are due a refund of the rates put into effect. This refund will take place the weekend of August 12th with the possibility of a continuation of the refunds over the weekend of August 19th. Attached is part […]
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 […]
Deputy Public Advocate speaks at PJM Annual Meeting
Deputy Public Advocate, Ruth Ann Price, spoke at the PJM Annual Conference last week on cost containment. The RTO Insider article (May 21, 2017) link is provided below along with the excerpt of Ms. Price’s comments. We are proud to represent Delaware as the PJM stakeholder. “PJM has yet to complete a competitively bid transmission […]
