NOTICES
PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC
UTILITY COMMISSION
Investigation into Conservation Service Provider and Other Third-Party Access to Electric Distribution Company Customer Data; Doc. No. M-2021-3029018
[52 Pa.B. 6023]
[Saturday, September 17, 2022]On February 8, 2022, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) sent out a Secretarial Letter, with a list of questions regarding Conservation Service Provider (CSP) and other third-party access to Electric Distribution Company customer data. On August 4, 2022, the Commission approved a petition by Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Pennsylvania Power Company and West Penn Power Company (collectively FirstEnergy) at Docket No. P-2021-3030012, et al., for approval of the Default Service Plan (DSP) from June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2027. Based on the initial comments filed at Docket No. M-2021-3029018, and the approval of the FirstEnergy's DSP, filed at Docket No. P-2021-3030012, the Commission has additional questions regarding potential pathways to be created for CSP's and other third parties to access customer data. These questions have been included as Attachment A to this Secretarial Letter.
It is not intended that this list of questions limit the information commentators may furnish. When submitting responses to these proceedings, commentators are encouraged to submit any additional questions or any other information that they deem relevant.
Interested parties are invited to file comments within 45 days after the date of publication of the instant Secretarial Letter in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Written comments referencing Docket No. M-2021-3029018 shall be submitted to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Attn.: Secretary, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120, or eFiled at https://efiling.puc.pa.gov/.
If there are any technical questions regarding the investigation, contact Jeremy Haring, jharing@pa.gov, (717) 783-6174, in the Commission's Bureau of Technical Utility Services. If there are any questions related to the comment and approval processes, contact either Scott Thomas, sjthomas@pa.gov, (717) 783-2812, in the Commission's Law Bureau, or Christian McDewell, cmcdewell@pa.gov, (717) 787-7466, in the Commission's Law Bureau.
ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA,
Secretary
Attachment A
Follow Up Questions Related to the Commission's Investigation into Conservation Service Provider (CSP) and Other Third-Party Access to Electric Distribution Company Customer Data at Docket
No. M-2021-30290187. What barriers, if any, prevent EDCs from implementing the components of the third-party data access tariff supplement contained in the FirstEnergy settlement at Docket No. P-2021-3030012, including but not limited to, the following policies?
a. Implement a standard form of authorization to be used for all new requests from third parties seeking customer data.
b. Conduct periodic, randomized internal audits of participants to ensure that letters of authorization are being properly obtained by third parties. Such audits will occur at least semi-annually and will include at least 10% of active third parties.
8. What specific customer electric usage information do the EDCs believe can reasonably to be released to 3rd parties?
9. What specific customer electric usage data do other parties believe EDCs should have available to reasonably be released to 3rd parties?
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 22-1455. Filed for public inspection September 16, 2022, 9:00 a.m.]
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