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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 24-427

PROPOSED RULEMAKING

PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC
UTILITY COMMISSION

[52 PA. CODE CH. 75]

Distributed Energy Resources Participation in Wholesale Markets; Docket No. L-2023-3044115; Fiscal Note # 57-346; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

[54 Pa.B. 1668]
[Saturday, March 30, 2024]

 On February 22, 2024, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) entered and released for public comment an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) to investigate the Commission's role in the implementation of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 22221 and to determine whether any amendments or additions are needed to align existing Commission regulations or policy statements with Order 2222. With this ANOPR, the Commission seeks comments from interested stakeholders, including members of the regulated industry, statutory advocates, the public, and any other interested parties regarding the topics set forth in the ANOPR. The ANOPR is publicly available on the Commission's web site at https://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1817408.pdf.2

 Interested parties are invited to file comments to the ANOPR within 60 days of the date of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Comments shall reference Docket No. L-2023-3044115 and can be filed electronically through the Commission's eFiling system or by mail addressed to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Attention: Secretary, P.O. Box 3265, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3265. Questions regarding the ANOPR are to be directed to Christopher Van de Verg, Law Bureau, (717) 783-3459, cvandeverg@pa.gov.

ROSEMARY CHIAVETTA, 
Secretary

JOINT STATEMENT OF CHAIRPERSON
STEPHEN M. DeFRANK AND VICE CHAIRPERSON KIMBERLY BARROW

 Today marks an important step in the process of allowing flexible, distributed resources to participate in the reliability of the electric system through markets at PJM. Distributed resources provide the possibility for those who were traditionally consumers to play an active role in ensuring electric reliability and resiliency for themselves and their neighbors, and often in a less expensive way than traditional large generation that requires delivery infrastructure.

 Compliance with and implementation of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 2222 is no small task. Numerous parties must take action to advance the goal of providing distributed energy resource aggregators access to wholesale markets; including regional transmission organizations, electric distribution companies, and state regulators. We would like to thank our Law Bureau and Bureau of Technical Utility Services who developed an excellent and thorough beginning to our investigation of potential regulatory changes needed to support distributed energy resource participation.

 In addition to the questions we ask in this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, we would like to ask commenters to include any information about how similar changes may be implemented in other states. While alignment of rules and policies may not be possible in all circumstances, avoiding a patchwork quilt of regulation should also help to optimize deployment.

Date: February 22, 2024

STEPHEN M. DeFRANK, 
Chairperson

KIMBERLY BARROW, 
Vice Chairperson

 Fiscal Note: 57-346. No fiscal impact; recommends adoption.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-427. Filed for public inspection March 29, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]

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1  Participation of Distributed Energy Res. Aggregations in Mkts. Operated by Reg'l Transmission Orgs. & Indep. Sys. Operators, Order No. 2222, 172 FERC ¶ 61,247 (2020), order on reh'g, Order No. 2222-A, 174 FERC ¶ 61,197, order on reh'g, Order No. 2222-B, 175 FERC ¶ 61,227 (2021).

2  The Joint Statement of Chairperson Stephen M. DeFrank and Vice Chairperson Kimberly Barrow can be found at https://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1817357.pdf.


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