Pepco submitted a compliance filing on its proposed plan for implementation of POR. Pepco is planning for an October 7, 2013, implementation date.

Pepco has computed the POR discount rate for the different rate classes as follows:

Residential (Sched. R, AE, R-TM) - 1.373%
Residential (Sched. RAD, RAD-AE) - 1.7598%
Small Commercial (Sched. GS-LV ND, T, SL, TS, TN) -1.3296%
Large Commercial (Scheds. GS-LV, GS 3A, GT LV, GT 3A, GT, 3B, RT - 0.2083%
Market Priced (Scheds. GSLV-ND, GS-LV, GS 3A, GT LV, GT 3A, T, SL, TS) - 0.0130%

Pepco computed the discount rate as a function of uncollectible expense, late payment revenue (set to zero) and program development costs. Pepco will not purchase receivables associated with non-commodity charges or ETFs.

Non-current balances as of the POR program effective date will be billed by Pepco for 90 days, after which the non-current balances will be returned to suppliers for collection. Pepco estimated the implementation cost for the POR program to be approximately $84,000. The full text of the Pepco POR Compliance Filing is available on the NEM Website.

The Commission issued an Order adopting final interim guidelines for gas Eligible Customer Lists (ECLs) to be maintained by the utilities. The Commission adopted the following general principles about gas ECLs:

"(1) licensed competitive suppliers should have access to the distribution utility customer lists, (2) licensed competitive suppliers are obligated to safeguard the confidentiality of customer information, and (3) all residential and small commercial customers, regardless of their personal circumstances, will have the opportunity to restrict the release of all of their account information and usage information or none of their account information except historical billing data through the use of an 'opt-out' process."

Large C&I customers are exempted from the gas ECL procedures.

The Gas ECL data elements include: customer account number; customer name; service address; billing address; tariff rate class and schedule; rate sublcass/rate subcode; meter read cycle; SOLR/shopping status; monthly consumption; and monthly peak demand. The Commission admonished that a utility may not withhold part of any data point as a "check" on customer enrollment and slamming.

Utilities should use a triennial update in which they resolicit their residential and small commercial customers every three years for the purpose of opting out of the ECL disclosure. The ECLs should be updated on a monthly basis and posted on a secure location on the utility website.

The full text of the Order is available on the NEM Website.