D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 15, r. 15-4199

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 52, December 27, 2024

Rule 15-4199 - DEFINITIONS

4199.1

When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the following meaning:

"Aggregator" means a person who acts on behalf of customers to purchase electricity by organizing customers into a single purchasing unit.

"Availability of Standard Offer Service" means the Standard Offer Service available on and after the initial implementation date to:

(1) customers who contract for electricity with a Competitive Electricity Supplier , but who fail to receive delivery of electricity under such contracts;

(2) customers who cannot arrange to purchase electricity from a Competitive Electricity Supplier; and

(3) customers who do not choose a Competitive Electricity Supplier.

"Behind-the-meter generator" - an on-site generator that is located behind a retail customer's meter such that no Electric Company-owned transmission or distribution facilities are used to deliver the energy from the generating unit to the on-site load.

"Commission" means the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia.

"Competitive Electricity Supplier" or "CES" means a person, other than the SOS Administrator, including an aggregator, broker, or marketer, who generates electricity; sells electricity; or purchases, brokers, arranges or, markets electricity for sale to customers, and shall have the same meaning as the term "Electricity Supplier" set forth Section 101 of the Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1999, effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-107; D.C. Official Code § 34-1501) .

"Community Renewable Energy Facility" or "CREF" means an energy facility with a capacity no greater than five (5) megawatts that:

(a) uses renewable resources defined as tier one renewable sources in accordance with Section 3(15) of the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Act of 2004, effective April 12, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-340; D.C. Official Code § 34-1431(15), as amended);

(b) is located within the District of Columbia;

(c) has at least two (2) Subscribers; and

(d) has executed an Interconnection Agreement and CREF Rider with the Electric Company.

"Distribution Customer Class" means the tariffed rate class under which a customer takes distribution delivery service from the Electric Company.

"Electric company" includes every corporation, company, association, jointstock company or association, partnership, or person doing business in the District of Columbia, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, physically transmitting or distributing electricity in the District of Columbia to retail electric customers, excluding any person or entity distributing electricity from a behind-the-meter generator to a single retail customer behind the same meter and located on the same premise as the customer's meter. In addition, the term excludes any building owner, lessee, or manager who, respectively, owns, leases, or manages, the internal distribution system serving the building and who supplies electricity and other electricity related services solely to the occupants of the building for use by the occupants. The term also excludes a Person or entity that does not sell or distribute electricity and that owns or operates equipment used exclusively for the charging of electric vehicles.

"Electricity supplier" means a person, including an Aggregator, Broker, or Marketer, who generates electricity; sells electricity; or purchases, brokers, arranges or markets electricity for sale to customers. The term excludes the following:

(A) Building owners, lessees, or managers who manage the internal distribution system serving such building and who supply electricity solely to the occupants of the building for use by the occupants;

(B) Any Person who purchases electricity for its own use or for the use of its subsidiaries or affiliates;

(C) Any apartment building or office building manager who aggregates electric service requirements for his or her building or buildings, and who does not:

(i) Take title to electricity;

(ii) Market electric services to the individually-metered tenants of his or her building; or

(iii) Engage in the resale of electric services to others;

(D) Property owners who supply small amounts of power, at cost, as an accommodation to lessors or licensees of the property;

(E) Consolidators;

(F) Community Renewable Energy Facilities (CREFs) as defined in Section 4199.1 and as described in Sections 4109.1 through 4109.3 of Title 15, pursuant to the Community Renewable Energy Amendment Act of 2013 (D.C. Law 20-47; D.C. Official Code §§ 34-1518et seq.);

(G) An Electric Company; and

(H) Any Person or entity that owns a behind-the-meter generator and sells or supplies the electricity from that generator to a single retail customer or customers behind the same meter located on the same premise.

"Fitch" means Fitch Ratings.

"Investment Grade" means a BBB- or Baa3 credit rating with S&P or Moody's respectively; provided, that if the SOS Administrator's credit ratings by S&P and Moody's are not equivalent, the lower of the credit ratings shall govern for purposes of these rules.

"Long-Term Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement" -an Agreement to purchase electric supply from renewable resources procured pursuant to this chapter.

"Moody's" means Moody's Investor Services, Inc.

"Network Integrated Transmission Service" or "NITS" "is the transmission service provided pursuant to the rates, terms, and conditions set forth in the PJM tariff.

"PJM" means the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection, LLC, or any successor thereto.

Renewable Energy Creditor REC - a credit representing one megawatt hour (1 MWh) of energy produced by Tier One or Tier Two renewable source located within the PJM Interconnection region; or until January 1, 2029, a Tier One or Tier Two renewable source located within an Adjacent PJM State that was certified by the Commission as of March 22, 2019, the effective date of the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018 (D.C. Law 22-257).

"Renewable Energy Generator" - the entity that provides the renewable energy pursuant to a Long-Term Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement who is a party to such a contract.

"Retail Access" means the right of Competitive Electricity Suppliers and consumers to use and interconnect with the electric distribution system on a nondiscriminatory basis in order to distribute electricity from any Competitive Electricity Supplier to any customer. Under this right, consumers shall have the opportunity to purchase electricity supply from their choice of licensed Competitive Electricity Suppliers.

"S&P" means the Standard & Poor's Rating Group (a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.).

"Slamming" means the unauthorized switching of a customer's electricity service to a Competitive Electricity Supplier.

"SOS Administrator" means the provider of Standard Offer Service mandated by Section 109 of the Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1999, effective May 9, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-107; D.C. Official Code § 34-1509 ).

"Standard Offer Service" or "SOS" means electricity supply made available to:

(1) customers who contract for electricity with a Competitive Electricity Supplier, but who fail to receive delivery of electricity under such contracts;

(2) customers who cannot arrange to purchase electricity from a Competitive Electricity Supplier; and

(3) customers who do not choose a Competitive Electricity Supplier.

"Standard Offer Classes" means the customer groupings within the Electric Company's utility service territory as specified in Section 4102.3 of this chapter.

"Subscriber" means a retail customer of a Competitive Electricity Supplier or a SOS customer of the Electric Distribution Company in the District of Columbia who owns a subscription in a CREF and who has identified an individual billing meter within the District of Columbia to which the subscription shall be attributed.

"Subscriber Organization" means any individual or for-profit or nonprofit entity permitted by District of Columbia law that owns or operates one or more CREFs for the benefit of Subscribers.

"Subscription" means a percentage interest in a CREF's electrical production.

"Tranche" means a round of bidding for a set of bid blocks for each customer group-Residential, Small Commercial, and Large Commercial.

"Wholesale Full Requirements Service" means all necessary energy delivered to the PJM grid, capacity, transmission other than Network Integrated Transmission Service, ancillary services, energy losses from transmission and distribution, and congestion management, as all these services are defined pursuant to the PJM tariffs and procedures.

"Wholesale Full Requirements Service Agreement" is the document that will specify the terms and conditions that govern the contractual relationship between the SOS Administrator and each of the Wholesale SOS Providers that is awarded a contract pursuant to the bidding procedures specified in the RFP.

"Wholesale Standard Offer Service Provider(s)" or "Wholesale SOS Provider(s)" - the entities selected pursuant to this chapter to provide Wholesale Full Requirements Service supply of SOS.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 15, r. 15-4199

Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5404, 5422 (July 3, 2009); Amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 5707 (5/8/2015); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 11025 (10/5/2018); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 3534 (4/2/2021)

Authority: The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia ("Commission)," pursuant to its authority under D.C. Official Code §§ 34-1504 and 1509.