NOTICES

PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC
UTILITY COMMISSION

Electric Generation Supplier License Cancellations of Companies with an Expired Financial Security or Insufficient Financial Security Amount or Language

[49 Pa.B. 5395]
[Saturday, September 14, 2019]

Public Meeting held
August 29, 2019

Commissioners Present: Gladys Brown Dutrieuille, Chairperson; David W. Sweet, Vice Chairperson; Norman J. Kennard; Andrew G. Place; John F. Coleman, Jr.

Electric Generation Supplier License Cancellations of Companies with an Expired Financial Security or Insufficient Financial Security Amount or Language; M-2019-3006865

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.

 Each EGS must file an original bond, letter of credit, continuation certificate, amendment, or other approved financial instrument with Rosemary Chiavetta, Secretary, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120 prior to the EGS's current security expiration date. Each financial instrument must be an original document that displays a ''wet'' signature or digital signature, preferable in blue ink, and displays a ''raised seal'' or original notary stamp. The name of the principal on the original financial instrument must match exactly with the name that appears on the EGS's license issued by the Commission.

 Failure to file 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 August 20, 2019, 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 or language directed by the Commission, to replace a bond which is expired or which is non-compliant with Commission regulations.

Supplier Table—List of Electric Generation Suppliers

Docket Number	Company Name	Financial Security Expiration Date	Commission Approved Amount or Language
A-2012-2334188	AUI ASSOCIATES, INC.	8/28/2020	No
A-2014-2433211*	ELIGO ENERGY PA, LLC	8/18/2020	No
A-2012-2322961	GLOBAL VISION ENERGY, LLC	8/10/2019	Yes
A-2016-2563032*	LSC COMMUNICATIONS US, LLC	7/25/2019	Yes
A-2016-2562204	MARIELLEN DONOHUE	7/20/2019	Yes
A-2015-2472201	MARYLAND ENERGY ADVISORS, LLC	6/30/2019	Yes
A-2015-2496354*	MIDAMERICAN ENERGY SERVICES, LLC	7/1/2019	Yes
A-2009-2137244	MITCHELL ENERGY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.	7/30/2019	Yes
A-2010-2200314	NATURES CURRENT, LLC	8/18/2019	Yes
A-2015-2521028	ONE BIG SWITCH, LLC	12/7/2019	No
A-2013-2396610*	PINNACLE POWER, LLC	12/15/2019	No
A-2016-2579236	TRIANGLENERGY, LLC	8/14/2019	Yes
A-110131	UNITIL RESOURCES, INC.	8/7/2019	Yes
A-2010-2151038*	VERDE ENERGY USA, INC.	7/1/2020	No
A-2017-2600575	YARDI SYSTEMS, INC.	7/19/2019	Yes

 *Taking title to electricity

 As part of its EGS license validation procedures, the Commission's Bureau of Technical Utility Services sent a 90-day Security Renewal Notice Letter to each entity in the Supplier Table above stating that original documentation of a bond, or other approved security in the amount or language directed by the Commission, must be filed within 30 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 the 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 License 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, the Department of Revenue—Bureau of Corporation Taxes, all electric distribution companies, all of the Electric Generation Suppliers in the Supplier Table and publish a copy of this Tentative Order in the Pennsylvania Bulletin with a 30-day comment period.

 3. Absent the filing of adverse public comment or the filing of an 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.

 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. 19-1406. Filed for public inspection September 13, 2019, 9:00 a.m.]

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