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Illinois Commission to Further Consider ComEd POR Uncollectibles Rate on Rehearing
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The Illinois Commerce Commission has scheduled a status conference for April 13 regarding Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables program after granting petitions for rehearing filed by the Retail Energy Supply Association and Illinois Competitive Energy Association (Docket 10-0138).
On rehearing, the Commission will further consider the appropriate uncollectible charge to impose on suppliers. RESA and ICEA opposed the single, blended uncollectibles rate adopted in an amendatory order issued by the ICC, after the Commission initially adopted separate, class-specific uncollectible rates for residential and small commercial customers (see 2/25 for background).
The ICC has not yet provided any relief as requested in the rehearing petitions (e.g. there has been no order on rehearing), but rehearing has been granted for further consideration.
A memo from an ALJ to Commissioners regarding the rehearing requests made public late last week framed the issue as such:
"It does appear, though, that they [RESA/ICEA] do correctly state that the blended rate was not the subject of the evidence presented in this proceeding. This argument was contained in a Staff brief; it appeared to be based on record evidence. Also, blending two uncollectible charges is a policy decision to promote competition in Illinois, for which, no evidence is really necessary. Retail electric suppliers are not required to use POR or UCB services. Therefore, it seems somewhat unlikely that commercial end-user customers, many of whom, have been using retail electric suppliers' services for a few years without the additional costs that POR and UCB services entail, would elect to use these services. Blending the charge for uncollectibles would make POR and UCB services more attractive to residential end-user customers, as, the uncollectible rate for commercial customers is lower than this rate for residential customers."
"However, both RESA and the ICEA are consortiums of many retail electric suppliers. They have some expertise in this regard and they make it very clear in their Applications for Rehearing that they are of the opinion that blending the charge for uncollectibles would not further competition. (See, e.g., ICEA Application at 4; RESA Application at 9-10). They also make it very clear in their Applications for Rehearing that evidence should be proffered on this issue before a final decision is made. (See, e.g., ICEA Application at 10)," the ALJ continued.
"It appears, based upon the representations made by RESA and ICEA, that evidence should be proffered on this issue before a final decision is made," the ALJ said in the memo.
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