On February 6, 2014, the Commission entered an Order declining to answer the Material Questions raised in Petition and returned this matter to the Duquesne’s Office of Administrative Law Judge. By Interim Order issued February 7, 2014, the ALJ admitted the Settlement into the record and closed the record. On March 22, 2014, the ALJ, via e-mail, informed counsel for the active Parties that he would reconsider an earlier motion from the Company to sever the Rider No. 18 issues due to the complexity of the issues involved, if such motion were filed by March 25, 2014. On March 25, 2014, Duquesne filed a Motion to Sever from this Base Rate Proceeding the Rider No. 18 Portion of the NRG Complaint (Motion to Companies’ Sever). Duquesne requested that the Rider No. 18 portion of the Complaint be resolved in a separate recommended decision from the base rate increase Settlement. On March 26, 2014, the NRG Companies filed an Answer to Duquesne’s Motion opposing the severance of the Rider No. 18 issues. Also, on March 26, 2014, the BFMA filed an Answer to the Motion to Sever. By Interim Order issued on March 27, 2014, the ALJ reopened the record to reconsider the Motion to Sever and Answers thereto, and granted the Company’s Motion to Sever. The record was then re-closed on March 27, 2014. ALJ Recommended Decision was issued on March 28, 2014. In Johnson’s his Recommended Decision, the ALJ found that the Settlement was in the public interest and should be approved. The ALJ further recommended that the Rider No. 18 portion of the NRG Complaint be held in abeyance by the Commission for resolution Companies’
On February 6, 2014, the Commission entered an Order declining to answer the Material Questions raised in Duquesne’s Petition and returned this matter to the Office of Administrative Law Judge. By Interim Order issued February 7, 2014, the ALJ admitted the Settlement into the record and closed the record. On March 22, 2014, the ALJ, via e-mail, informed counsel for the active Parties that he would reconsider an earlier motion from the Company to sever the Rider No. 18 issues due to the complexity of the issues involved, if such motion were filed by March 25, 2014. On March 25, 2014, Duquesne filed a Motion to Sever from this Base Rate Proceeding the Rider No. 18 Portion of the NRG Companies’ Complaint (Motion to Sever). Duquesne requested that the Rider No. 18 portion of the Complaint be resolved in a separate recommended decision from the base rate increase Settlement. On March 26, 2014, the NRG Companies filed an Answer to Duquesne’s Motion opposing the severance of the Rider No. 18 issues. Also, on March 26, 2014, the BFMA filed an Answer to the Motion to Sever. By Interim Order issued on March 27, 2014, the ALJ reopened the record to reconsider the Company’s Motion to Sever and Answers thereto, and granted the Motion to Sever. The record was then re-closed on March 27, 2014. ALJ Johnson’s Recommended Decision was issued on March 28, 2014. In his Recommended Decision, the ALJ found that the Settlement was in the public interest and should be approved. The ALJ further recommended that the Rider No. 18 portion of the NRG Companies’ Complaint be held in abeyance by the Commission for resolution
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