Users Group (PAIEUG), the Coalition for Affordable Utility Services and Energy Efficiency in Pennsylvania (CAUSE-PA), the Tenant Union Representative Network and Action Alliance of Senior Citizens of Greater Philadelphia (TURN the City of et al.), Philadelphia (City), the Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance Energy Education Fund (KEEF), the Clean Air Council (CAC), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC), the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and PECO Energy Company Electric Division (PECO or the Company) (collectively, the – Joint Petitioners). Also before the Commission for consideration and disposition are the Exceptions of PECO and PAIEUG filed on November 9, 2015, to the Recommended Decision (R.D.) of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Angela T. Jones, which was issued on October 28, 2015, in the above-captioned proceeding. Letters in response to the Recommended Decision were filed by the OSBA, KEEF, CAUSE-PA, TURN and ALJ’s TASC. Replies to Exceptions have not been filed by any Party. For the reasons stated, we shall adopt the Recommended Decision, as infra, modified, consistent with this Opinion and Order, and approve the Joint Petition without modification. Additionally, we shall grant the Exceptions of PECO and PAIEUG and for clarification. TASC’s request History of the Proceeding On March 27, 2015, PECO filed proposed Tariff Electric-Pa. P.U.C. No. 5 to become effective May 26, 2015, containing proposed changes to rates, designed to produce an increase in of approximately $190 PECO’s annual distribution revenue million, or 15.6% above existing distribution revenues. The proposed tariff increase as filed represented a 4.4% increase over the revenues. Company’s total present
Users Group (PAIEUG), the Coalition for Affordable Utility Services and Energy Efficiency in Pennsylvania (CAUSE-PA), the Tenant Union Representative Network and Action Alliance of Senior Citizens of Greater Philadelphia (TURN et al.), the City of Philadelphia (City), the Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance Energy Education Fund (KEEF), the Clean Air Council (CAC), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC), the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and PECO Energy Company – Electric Division (PECO or the Company) (collectively, the Joint Petitioners). Also before the Commission for consideration and disposition are the Exceptions of PECO and PAIEUG filed on November 9, 2015, to the Recommended Decision (R.D.) of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Angela T. Jones, which was issued on October 28, 2015, in the above-captioned proceeding. Letters in response to the ALJ’s Recommended Decision were filed by the OSBA, KEEF, CAUSE-PA, TURN and TASC. Replies to Exceptions have not been filed by any Party. For the reasons stated, infra, we shall adopt the Recommended Decision, as modified, consistent with this Opinion and Order, and approve the Joint Petition without modification. Additionally, we shall grant the Exceptions of PECO and PAIEUG and TASC’s request for clarification. History of the Proceeding On March 27, 2015, PECO filed proposed Tariff Electric-Pa. P.U.C. No. 5 to become effective May 26, 2015, containing proposed changes to rates, designed to produce an increase in PECO’s annual distribution revenue of approximately $190 million, or 15.6% above existing distribution revenues. The proposed tariff increase as filed represented a 4.4% increase over the Company’s total present revenues.
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