Table 11 Average Annual Electric CAP Credits per CAP Customer Company 2012 2013 2014 2015 Duquesne $358 $343 $347 $386 Met-Ed $780 $768 $800 $756 PECO-Electric $578 $565 $561 $594 Penelec $641 $653 $690 $660 Penn Power $739 $655 $646 $684 PPL $811 $1,034 $1,300 $1,187 West Penn $227 $336 $385 $482 current OnTrack payment determination is one possible reason why PPL’s PPL’s CAP credit spending is significantly higher than other electric utilities. When a customer in OnTrack, the Company does not consider the current energy household’s burden level when determining the program discount. All three OnTrack payment options provide varying levels of CAP credits off the (average) bill. customer’s budget The highest OnTrack payment possible, before adding a $5 co-payment (if applicable) and CAP Plus charge, is 80% of the average bill. Unlike First Energy and customer’s CAPs, customers participating in OnTrack program do not have to exceed PECO’s PPL’s an energy burden threshold to qualify for CAP Credits. The second biggest expenditure for OnTrack is forgiveness of pre-program arrearages. From 2012 through 2015, average annual arrearage forgiveness per PPL’s customer has increased from $491to $587. As seen in Table 12 (Average Annual Electric Arrearage Forgiveness per CAP Customer), spending in this category far exceeds PPL’s every other Pennsylvania electric CAP in Pennsylvania. In 2015, the annual Company’s arrearage forgiveness ($587) was 185% more than West Penn Power, which had the second largest amount of annual arrearage forgiveness per customer at $206.
Table 11 Average Annual Electric CAP Credits per CAP Customer Company 2012 2013 2014 2015 Duquesne $358 $343 $347 $386 Met-Ed $780 $768 $800 $756 PECO-Electric $578 $565 $561 $594 Penelec $641 $653 $690 $660 Penn Power $739 $655 $646 $684 PPL $811 $1,034 $1,300 $1,187 West Penn $227 $336 $385 $482 PPL’s current OnTrack payment determination is one possible reason why PPL’s CAP credit spending is significantly higher than other electric utilities. When a customer in OnTrack, the Company does not consider the household’s current energy burden level when determining the program discount. All three OnTrack payment options provide varying levels of CAP credits off the customer’s budget (average) bill. The highest OnTrack payment possible, before adding a $5 co-payment (if applicable) and CAP Plus charge, is 80% of the customer’s average bill. Unlike First Energy and PECO’s CAPs, customers participating in PPL’s OnTrack program do not have to exceed an energy burden threshold to qualify for CAP Credits. The second biggest expenditure for OnTrack is forgiveness of pre-program arrearages. From 2012 through 2015, PPL’s average annual arrearage forgiveness per customer has increased from $491to $587. As seen in Table 12 (Average Annual Electric Arrearage Forgiveness per CAP Customer), PPL’s spending in this category far exceeds every other Pennsylvania electric CAP in Pennsylvania. In 2015, the Company’s annual arrearage forgiveness ($587) was 185% more than West Penn Power, which had the second largest amount of annual arrearage forgiveness per customer at $206.