30 Electric generation supplier license cancellations of companies with an expired financial security
PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION Electric Generation Supplier License Cancellations of Companies with an Expired Financial Security [46 Pa.B. 112]
[Saturday, January 2, 2016]Public Meeting held
December 17, 2015Commissioners Present: Gladys M. Brown, Chairperson; John F. Coleman, Jr., Vice Chairperson; Pamela A. Witmer; Robert F. Powelson; Andrew G. Place
Electric Generation Supplier License Cancellations of Companies with an Expired Financial Security; M-2015-2490383 Tentative Order By the Commission:
The Commission's regulations at 52 Pa. Code § 54.40(a) state that an Electric Generation Supplier (EGS) license will not be issued or remain in force until the licensee furnishes a bond or other security approved by the Commission. In addition, 52 Pa. Code § 54.40(d) states that the maintenance of an EGS license is contingent on the licensee providing proof to the Commission that a bond or other approved security in the amount directed by the Commission has been obtained.
Failure to file the requested documentation before the financial security's expiration date may cause Commission staff to initiate a formal proceeding that may lead to the following: cancellation of each company's electric supplier license, removal of each company's information from the Commission's website and notification to all electric distribution companies, in which each company is licensed to do business, of the cancellation of the license.
As of December 8, 2015, each EGS listed in the Supplier Table below has not provided proof to the Commission that it has a bond or other approved security in the amount directed by the Commission, to replace its expired bond as noted in the table below.
Supplier Table—List of Electric Generation Suppliers Docket Number Company Name Exp. Date A-2011-2257348 5Linx Enterprises, Inc. 12/8/15 A-2013-2345257 Best Practice Energy LLC 12/7/15 A-2011-2223888* Blue Pilot Energy LLC 8/10/15 A-2010-2184288 Energy Services Management of Pennsylvania LLC 11/30/15 A-2013-2365597 Fcstone LLC 12/1/15 A-2009-2145163 Healthtrust Purchasing Group LP 11/30/15 A-2011-2222060 Luthin Associates, Inc. 11/30/15 A-2010-2211708 Rosenthal Energy Advisors, Inc. 11/30/15 A-2013-2346222 US Grid Energy LLC 12/7/15 A-2013-2341976 US Power Trade LLC 12/1/15 * Taking title to electricity
As part of its EGS license validation procedures, the Commission's Bureau of Technical Utility Services sent a 60-day Security Renewal Notice Letter to each entity in the Supplier Table above stating that original documentation of a bond, or other approved security, must be filed within 60 days prior to each entity's security expiration date. None of the companies listed in the Supplier Table provided the required documentation.
Based on the above facts, we tentatively conclude that the EGSs listed in the Supplier Table are not in compliance with 52 Pa. Code § 54.40(a) and (d) and therefore it is appropriate to initiate the cancellation process for each EGS license of each company listed in the Supplier Table, without the necessity of a formal complaint, as being in the public interest; Therefore,
It Is Ordered That:
1. Cancellation of the Electric Generation Supplier Licenses of each company listed in the Supplier Table is hereby tentatively approved as being in the public interest.
2. The Secretary serve a copy of this Tentative Order upon the Office of Consumer Advocate, the Office of Small Business Advocate, the Bureau of Investigation & Enforcement, Department of Revenue—Bureau of Corporation Taxes, all electric distribution companies, all of the Electric Generation Suppliers in the Supplier Table and also cause a copy of this Tentative Order to be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin with a 30-day comment period.
3. Absent the filing of adverse public comment or the filing of approved security within 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, the Bureau of Technical Utility Services shall prepare a Final Order for entry by the Secretary and shall advise the affected Bureaus within the Commission in writing that the Electric Generation Supplier Licenses held by each company listed in the Supplier Table, are cancelled and the cases may be closed.
4. Upon entry of the Final Order described in ordering Paragraph No. 3 above, each company listed in the Supplier Table will be stricken from all active utility lists maintained by the Commission's Bureau of Technical Utility Services and the Assessment Section of the Bureau of Administration, removed from the Commission's website, and notifications be sent to all electric distribution companies in which the Electric Generation Suppliers are licensed to do business.
5. Upon entry of the Final Order described in ordering Paragraph No. 3, each electric distribution company in which the Electric Generation Suppliers are licensed to do business, shall return the customers of the Electric Generation Suppliers to default service.
ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-30. Filed for public inspection December 31, 2015, 9:00 a.m.]
