revision to implement CAP shopping in its service territory (September 2016 CAP Rule Change Filing). The CAP shopping program set forth therein was proposed to become effective on April 14, 2017, under the current DSP III plan. December 2016 Company’s at 39-40. Order We also noted that on November 18, 2016, the Commission issued a Secretarial Letter at DSP II docket (November which 2016 Secretarial Letter), PECO’s confirmed that interested parties may file written comments at that docket regarding September 2016 CAP Rule Change Filing. The November 2016 Secretarial PECO’s indicated that Comments would be due on or before December 2, 2016, and Reply Letter Comments would be due on or before December 12, 2016. at 40 December 2016 Order (citing at 2). November 2016 Secretarial Letter Following our presentation of the background to the CAP shopping issue, we discussed in detail the positions of the Parties on this issue. We noted that the OCA, and TURN all argued that the Commission has the authority under et al. the Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act (Competition Act or Choice Act), and in accordance with the Commonwealth Opinion in CAUSE-PA, Court’s to impose restrictions on the ability of CAP customers to shop for electric supply. Thus, these parties supported the adoption of CAUSE-PA’s proposed CAP Standard Offer Program (CAP-SOP), which CAUSE-PA contended would permit CAP PECO’s customers to shop under a program that maintains affordability of electric service for these customers. at 41-48. The proposed CAP-SOP contained the December 2016 Order following criteria: The CAP-SOP would be the only means through which a CAP customer could shop and remain eligible for CAP benefits. Any shopping request from a CAP customer that does not get processed through the SOP would be denied.
revision to implement CAP shopping in its service territory (September 2016 CAP Rule Change Filing). The CAP shopping program set forth therein was proposed to become effective on April 14, 2017, under the Company’s current DSP III plan. December 2016 Order at 39-40. We also noted that on November 18, 2016, the Commission issued a Secretarial Letter at PECO’s DSP II docket (November 2016 Secretarial Letter), which confirmed that interested parties may file written comments at that docket regarding PECO’s September 2016 CAP Rule Change Filing. The November 2016 Secretarial Letter indicated that Comments would be due on or before December 2, 2016, and Reply Comments would be due on or before December 12, 2016. December 2016 Order at 40 (citing November 2016 Secretarial Letter at 2). Following our presentation of the background to the CAP shopping issue, we discussed in detail the positions of the Parties on this issue. We noted that the OCA, and TURN et al. all argued that the Commission has the authority under the Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act (Competition Act or Choice Act), and in accordance with the Commonwealth Court’s Opinion in CAUSE-PA, to impose restrictions on the ability of CAP customers to shop for electric supply. Thus, these parties supported the adoption of CAUSE-PA’s proposed CAP Standard Offer Program (CAP-SOP), which CAUSE-PA contended would permit PECO’s CAP customers to shop under a program that maintains affordability of electric service for these customers. December 2016 Order at 41-48. The proposed CAP-SOP contained the following criteria: The CAP-SOP would be the only means through which a CAP customer could shop and remain eligible for CAP benefits. Any shopping request from a CAP customer that does not get processed through the SOP would be denied.