DAT 00007 (revised 10/01/2018)
Published On: 12/21/2012
Question: Can you explain the jump in migration in the Penelec Commercial Customer Class in January 2011 (migration went from 10% to 35% in that one month)? Was there a PUC mandate, or expiring contracts, or some other factor that induced customers to switch during that time period?
Answer: Generation Rate Caps ended on 12/31/2010, and rates associated with the Default Service that started 1/1/2011 reflected market-based pricing. Commercial customer shopping increased during this time period.
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DAT 00009 (revised 11/06/2014)
Published On: 12/27/2012
Question: The historical load data are unadjusted for Unaccounted for Energy (UFE) and deration. Therefore, to determine the amount that a Default Service supplier must deliver and gets paid for (which are equal) in the historical data, you first add the load ratio portion of UFE to each class, and then scale that number by the deration factor. This represents a Default Service supplier's obligation and volume that will be paid on. Is this correct?
Answer: Effective June 1, 2015, in accordance with the PA PUC orders in P2013-2391368, P2013-2391372, P2013-2391375 and P2013-2391378, the PA utilities will be responsible for total UFE and no longer allocate UFE to LSE loads. A Default Service supplier should no longer add the load ratio portion of UFE to each class’ historical load data to determine its amount of load delivered. Simply apply the deration factor to the historical hourly class loads (which include T&D losses and exclude UFE) to determine energy volumes for delivery and payment.
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DAT 00010 (revised 11/06/2014)
Published On: 12/27/2012
Question: Could you confirm if the following statements regarding final settlement load are correct: "(1) Unaccounted for Energy (UFE) load needs to be allocated to historical load for each customer class before the load can be correctly de-rated. (2) The adjusted load with UFE needs to de-rated."
Answer: See FAQ DATA 00009.
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DAT 00012
Published On: 01/08/2013
Question: We have adjusted the Peak Load Contribution (PLC) data provided for each Company on the Auction Information Website with the Daily Zonal Scaling Factors also provided. When we compare our adjusted PLCs to those published by PJM for each Company they do not reconcile. If 100% of the customers are on Default Service, these two numbers should be very close. Why does this occur and how can we reconcile these numbers?
Answer: The load data posted on the PJM Website include wholesale load, which is not included in the Default Service load used in this procurement.
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DAT 00013
Published On: 01/10/2013
Question: In the Shopping Statistics data file, the implied number of total (shopping plus non-shopping) customers for the Commercial customers and Industrial customers increases substantially, from ~95,563 and ~129 respectively as of April 1, 2012, to ~114,986 and ~624 respectively as of July 1, 2012, using the provided %'s and number of customers served by an AS. Is this in fact correct, and if so, could you perhaps explain why this is occurring?
Answer: The July 1, 2012 statistics for West Penn Power Commercial and Industrial customers reflect the integration of West Penn Power with its sister FirstEnergy PA utilities following the Allegheny Energy/FirstEnergy merger. The statistics now are reported from the same FirstEnergy systems and on the same basis as Met-Ed, Penn Power, and Penelec. The Commercial statistics represent the combination of Types 20 and 30 and now include street light counts, which are reflected in increased total counts. The Industrial statistics include Type 40, including Schedule 30 Large (greater than 500 kW), which is reflected in the increased in customer counts.
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DAT 00014
Published On: 01/11/2013
Question: In the load data files provided for each zone, does the load make up the entire zone or are there additional loads within each load not included in the load data?
Answer: The load data files make up the entire retail load in each zone. The load attributable to the wholesale munis and coops served within each zone are not included.
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DAT 00015 (revised 09/21/2016)
Published On: 01/11/2013
Question: In the provided hourly load data files, the data are broken up between residential, small commercial, and large commercial. The descriptions do not directly correlate with the data definitions provided in the "Data_Description_Document.pdf". Can you provide what rate schedules make up the small commercial data as well as the large commercial data, or explicitly state what customer class the data series correlate with in the data description document?
Answer: The small commercial and large commercial nomenclature appears only in the Penn Power hourly load profile data file. The small commercial data align with Penn Power Commercial in Section II B of the Data Description document, and large commercial data align with the Penn Power Industrial in the Data Description document. This has been revised to alleviate any further confusion.
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DAT 00018 (revised 11/06/2014)
Published On: 02/05/2013
Question: When do the Companies plan to update the Hourly Load Data, Hourly UFE Data, and Historical Daily Capacity and Transmission Obligations?
Answer: The Historical Daily Capacity and Transmission Obligations are updated the last business day of each month. The Hourly Load Data and Hourly UFE Data are updated the first week of each calendar month.
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DAT 00021 (revised 07/08/2014)
Published On: 02/15/2013
Question: Can you please provide the expected Daily Zonal Scaling Factors for the upcoming Planning Year for each zone?
Answer: The forecasted Daily Zonal Scaling Factors will not be posted as the factor is calculated based upon the Capacity Peak Load Contributions which the Companies do not forecast.
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DAT 00023 (revised 02/10/2016)
Published On: 06/25/2013
Question: How often are the Daily Zonal Scaling Factors updated on the FEPA Auction Information Website?
Answer: The Daily Zonal Scaling Factors are updated on the first business day of each month on the FEPA Auction Information Website.
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DAT 00024
Published On: 07/15/2013
Question: It is my understanding that the PLCs that FirstEnergy submits to PJM have already been scaled by the Daily Zonal Scaling Factors provided in the Data Room (i.e., the "Load and Other Data" page under Documents on the FEPA Auction Information Website). Therefore, PJM’s Zonal Scaling Factors as posted in PJM’s eRPM eSuite are equal to one. However, when I take the 5/31/2013 PENELEC Commercial Capacity PLS value posted on the FEPA Auction Load and Other Data page (http://www.fepaauction.com/Documents/LoadandOtherData.aspx) of 275.093 MW and multiply that value by the 5/31/2013 PENELEC Daily Zonal Scaling Factor of 89.781%, I get a value of 247.708 MW. Using our share of the PENELEC commercial load on 5/31/2013, the computed PLC is not equal to the value posted in eRPM for 5/31/2013. Is there another daily factor that is applied to the PLC outside of the Daily Zonal Scaling Factor prior to uploading the values to PJM?
Answer: The PLCs submitted to PJM already have been scaled by the Daily Zonal Scaling Factors as provided on the "Load and Other Data" page. Please note that the raw PLC values when scaled may not match those posted to PJM eRPM because they are created on a monthly basis after the fact. The data on the "Load and Other Data" page are not intended, nor should they be used, to verify or validate the values posted to PJM.
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DAT 00025
Published On: 07/29/2013
Question: How are the daily zonal scaling factors that are provided on the "Load and Other Data page" under Documents on the Information Website calculated?
Answer: The DZSF (Daily Zonal Scaling Factor) is calculated by dividing the retail zonal load by the sum of the LSEs PLC values on a daily basis.
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DAT 00026 (revised 01/18/2017)
Published On: 12/11/2013
Question: The Met-Ed file containing Daily Zonal Scaling Factors for Network Transmission Service Peak Loads ("NSPLs") begins with data from 12/1/2012. Are there historical data available prior to this date? Also, can you explain the significant difference between the factor on 12/31/2012 and on 1/1/2013?
Answer: We added the NSPL daily zonal scaling factors to the load data postings starting December 2012. We are unable to create these data historically. The significant difference in NSPL Daily Zonal Scaling factors between December 31 and January 1 is due to newly assigned NSPL tickets , as well as a new PJM zonal NSPL target, that are effective each January 1.
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DAT 00027 (revised 09/21/2016)
Published On: 12/27/2013
Question: Within the Unaccounted for Energy (UFE) data file, the UFE Factor starts to be published 06/01/2011. Please explain how those factors are calculated.
Answer: Unaccounted for Energy (UFE) represents the hourly Mega-Watt ("MW") variance between the Companies’ total retail hourly energy (system load) and the sum of (i) the estimated hourly customer loads (both interval metered and profiled) and (ii) associated electrical losses. The hourly UFE values are in Eastern Prevailing Time (EPT). See section E of the Data Description Document, https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/dam/upp/files/pa/load-data/Data_Description_Document.pdf. Also see FAQ DATA 00009.
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DAT 00031
Published On: 01/11/2014
Question: Can the Company share any background information as to the reason for the substantial increase in Reactive Services in the Penelec Zone in 2013 and whether that is expected to continue in the future?
Answer: Explanation of changes in Reactive Services charges should be obtained from PJM.
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DAT 00032
Published On: 01/11/2014
Question: Does the non-shopped residential data provided on the Website as "Capacity and Transmission PLC by Rate" include the Default Service peak load contribution (PLC) associated with load served by the 48-month round-the-clock fixed 50-MW energy-only block procured in January 2010?
Answer: Yes, the posted Capacity and Transmission data include the fixed block Default Service.
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DAT 00033
Published On: 01/11/2014
Question: Does the non-shopped residential data provided on the Website as "Hourly Load by Class" include the Default Service load served by the 48-month round-the-clock fixed 50-MW energy-only block procured in January 2010?
Answer: Yes, the posted Hourly Load by Class data include the fixed block Default Service.
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DAT 00043 (revised 01/18/2017)
Published On: 12/11/2014
Question: We looked at the historical load data on the "Load and Other Data" page under documents on the Information Website. For Penelec and Met-Ed, sometimes hourly load is significantly higher than for the previous hour and following hour. For example, in the Penelec hourly load data file, on 12/22/2013, hour 10, both shopped and non-shopped residential load is almost 3 times higher than the load in hour 9. The same load jump also is found for 9/5/2014-Hr12 and for some days in Sept 2010. The issue also exists in the Met-Ed load data (9/11/2013-Hr10). Is this a data error?
Answer: Residential loads, more so than commercial and industrial loads, are weather-sensitive and respond to temperature fluctuations. 9/5/2014 was one of PJM's five critical peak days in both Penelec and Met-Ed as energy demands were at their highest. Temperatures were above normal this day, especially compared to other days during the summer, and residential loads responded in kind. The data have been reviewed and are accurate. Additionally, extreme weather conditions on 12/22/13 also would explain the residential load jump at hour 10. When weather conditions are extreme, the customer class load diversity decreases significantly as many residential customers turn on their A/C or heat simultaneously, depending on the season.
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DAT 00048
Published On: 03/25/2015
Question: In reference to FAQ DAT 00009, can you confirm that the energy volumes that Default Service Suppliers are required to deliver and on which they will be paid effective June 1, 2015, are equal to the provided Hourly Load by Class data multiplied by [1 - (Hourly Deration Factor)]?
Answer: Yes, that is correct as described.
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DAT 00054
Published On: 06/19/2015
Question: The loss factors are provided by schedules, and without class information that gives us the make-up of each class, we cannot develop a properly weighted loss factor. Can you provide us with either the load data applicable by schedule or the applicable weighted loss factors for the different classes?
Answer: The load data posted on the Information Website are by class type with losses. The purpose of the data specifically is to provide potential Default Service Suppliers with the information needed to competitively bid to serve non-shopped load available for Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn. These are the data posted to PJM used for billing Default Service Providers and also used to create the EDC invoice to pay Suppliers for purchased power. While we agree the class type load data do not provide the granularity needed to determine a weighted loss factor, we do not agree that there is a need to determine a weighted loss factor for each class type in order for Default Service Suppliers to competitively price this product since the aggregated load by class with losses is provided.
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DAT 00055 (revised 07/24/2015)
Published On: 07/24/2015
Question: Where can I find the actual electrical load numbers (in megawatt-hours) for the previous auctions and future auctions?
Answer: All actual MWh information used for previous auctions and to be used for future auctions can be found here: https://www.firstenergycorp.com/upp/pa/load_data.html. Under Hourly Load you will find the MWh data for each operating company by class type.
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DAT 00056 (revised 09/21/2016)
Published On: 09/22/2015
Question: Where can information related to demand response add-back during the high 5 peak hours for the PJM Region be found?
Answer: Information on PJM add-backs (also referred to as Load Drop Estimates) can be found in the PJM's Website Manual 19, Load Forecasting and Analysis, in Section 4 and Attachment A: http://www.pjm.com/~/media/documents/manuals/m19.ashx.
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DAT 00057 (revised 12/03/2015)
Published On: 09/29/2015
Question: For West Penn Power load data, I noticed an increase in both shopping and non-shopping commercial load starting around 6/1/2015 (what looks like around 30 MW for non-shopping and 50 MW for shopping). Is there a reason for this, or is this an error in the data?
Answer: We verified the accuracy of the data. When compared to June 2014 average loads, there was very little change in the commercial class year-over-year; less than a 1% decrease in commercial non-shopping load and about a 2% increase in commercial shopping load. Seasonal changes may influence increased load patterns from month to month; May is generally considered a shoulder month with moderate swings in temperature and load usage versus June which is a warmer weather month with higher consumption.
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DAT 00059
Published On: 10/09/2015
Question: For Penn Power small commercial/industrial (SCI) Default Service, PLC dropped about 10MW (~10%) in June 2015. What is the reason behind the drop in PLC during June 2015?
Answer: The posted peak load contribution (PLC) values are unscaled values. Penn Power's actual load contribution to the 2014/2015 five coincident peak periods (5 CPs) was above target and the zone's actual load contributions to the 2015/2016 5 CPs were below target due to mild summer weather. If the daily zonal scaling factor is applied to the posted PLC values for May 31 and June 1 (0.98 and 1.02, respectively), you will find that the scaled PLC values are in line.
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DAT 00062 (revised 11/30/2015)
Published On: 11/30/2015
Question: In order for a Default Service Supplier to estimate their capacity obligation, do they need to scale the hourly load data found on the "Load and Other Data" page under Documents on the Information Website by the reconciliation factors for the applicable delivery year? Or have the hourly load data on the "Load and Other Data" page already been scaled by these factors?
Answer: The reconciliation factors referred to are applied to a customer's metered load with losses to determine a customer's peak load contribution (PLC) value. Applying these factors to the hourly data posted on the "Load and Other Data" page would estimate a PLC value not capacity obligation. To determine capacity obligation, apply PJM's UCAP conversion factor and the daily zonal scaling factor to the class type PLC values. Both the daily zonal scaling factor and the class type PLC values can be found on the "Load and Other Data" page at https://www.firstenergycorp.com/upp/pa/load_data.html. The PJM's UCAP conversion factor is the ratio of the respective zone's Final Zonal UCAP to the Base Zone WN Summer Peak. These values can be found in PJM"s eRPM. The UCAP conversion factor typically is around 15%.
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DAT 00066 (revised 09/21/2016)
Published On: 02/10/2016
Question: What is the size of the total load in the auction?
Answer: For the upcoming auctions, the tranche targets and approximate tranche sizes will be announced on the Information Website. Additionally, load data can be found on the Information Website at http://www.fepaauction.com/Documents/LoadandOtherData.aspx.
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DAT 00070 (revised 01/18/2017)
Published On: 04/21/2016
Question: Are transmission loss factors the same as the average duration factors for the zones? If so, over what period are they the average? If not, what is the source of the loss factor? Can they be found in published tariffs?
Answer: These transmission loss factors are from company loss studies. These loss factors are provided in the PJM OATT Attachments M-1 and M-2. They also can be found in the Company retail tariffs. They do not reflect the PJM company zone deration factors, however the hourly deration factors are posted to this portal monthly.
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DAT 00075
Published On: 09/26/2016
Question: Can FEPA please provide some background on how the capacity file takes into account the customer redefinition? Based on the “WPP_Cap_Trans” file customers in question appear to be included in the Commercial class, please confirm that is the case.
Answer: Starting 6/1/2015, interval metered customers with demands between 400-500 kW and qualifying loads are reported in the industrial class as a result of new rate design; previously, they were classified as commercial. As such, PLC and NSPL values associated with these customers are reflected in the industrial class starting 6/1/2015.
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DAT 00078
Published On: 12/01/2016
Question: For the Penn Power Cap_Trans_PLS, are the units KW or MW?
Answer: The units are kW.
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DAT 00080
Published On: 01/17/2017
Question: Can you please explain why in the Capacity and Transmission PLC by Rate (PP_Cap_Trans_PLS) file, PennPwr Non-Shopped NSPL increased 6 times from 12/31/2016 to 1/1/2017?
Answer: The large increase in the Penn Power Industrial customer class NSPL is due to a 15 MW Industrial customer that became active last year and was assigned a default Transmission PLC value less than 1 MW at that time. The 2017 Transmission PLC calculation used this customer's actual load data, increasing its Transmission PLC from less than 1 MW in 2016 to 14.6 MW effective Jan 1, 2017. A similar change occurred with the Capacity PLC value assigned to this customer effective June 1, 2017.
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DAT 00084
Published On: 03/27/2017
Question: From May 3, 2015, West Penn Power Commercial was redefined to exclude interval customers with demands of 400-500kW. Is the West Penn Power load data prior to this date provided adjusted accordingly to the new class definition?
Answer: No, historical Commercial data prior to May 1, 2015 are not recast according to the new class definition, but instead represent Commercial load respective to the class definition effective during that time.
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DAT 00093
Published On: 10/16/2017
Question: We noticed a significant change in the shape of the load for the shopping and default service Penn Power commercial load starting in mid-February 2017. Do you have any explanation for this change?
Answer: All Penn Power consumption customers became smart meter enabled in February 2017, and FirstEnergy started to report their actual interval data as of February 20, changing the load shape from profiled to actual.
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DAT 00094
Published On: 10/25/2017
Question: In general across the four zones, we noticed that the residential load coincident peaks for 2017 were on the high end based on the historical data posted to the Website. Can you confirm whether or not all consumption customers in all FEPA zones experienced a change to smart meters this year, similar to the shift in Penn Power zone?
Answer: The conversion of consumption meters to smart meters is ongoing for Met-Ed, Penelec, and West Penn Power. As smart meters are installed and the meter testing is completed, the hourly data from smart meters have been incorporated into the Residential historical hourly data starting in March 2017. The percentage of Residential customers with smart meters for these three operating companies will continue to increase through 2019.
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DAT 00100
Published On: 10/30/2017
Question: Will Default Service Suppliers be allocated any UFE to smooth the transition from profiled to smart-metered load?
Answer: There are no current plans to allocate any UFE to the Pennsylvania Default Service loads.
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DAT 00102
Published On: 12/08/2017
Question: After June 1, 2017, PJM started reporting scaling factors other than 1 for Met-Ed and Penelec. Before June 1, all scaling factors reported for both Met-Ed and Penelec were 1. Because of the change in scaling factors since June 1, we would like to know if Met-Ed and Penelec have changed how they treat or report the capacity tags provided in the data files on the FEPA Information Website.
Answer: We have not changed how we treat or report capacity tags in the data files found on the FEPA Information Website. The unscaled tags continue to be provided as well as the respective scaling factors.
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DAT 00106
Published On: 01/09/2018
Question: I understand that the hourly load profile of a tranche is an estimate based on historical loads. Will the companies or PJM provide their own forecasts closer to delivery to be scheduled using InSchedule? Who does this scheduling - the companies or the Default Service provider?
Answer: Please see section 7.3 (Energy Scheduling) of the Supplier Master Agreement. The Companies are not obligated to provide any day ahead scheduling services. Also, the Companies do not provide forecasts.
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DAT 00123
Published On: 01/11/2019
Question: Similar to the Penn Power load data, can FE provide hourly load for ME, PN, and WP small commercial customers that will be migrating to the large commercial class?
Answer: Unlike Penn Power, Met-Ed, Penelec, and West Penn Power have not been fully converted to AMI (advanced metering infrastructure) and we are unable to provide hourly load respective to the customers that will migrate among the classes at this time.
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DAT 00124
Published On: 01/15/2019
Question: Can you please provide the NSPL tags for all the zones with the class breakouts for the new transmission year 2019?
Answer: The 2019 NSPL data for 1/1/2019 by class have been posted to this Information Website along with the daily zonal scaling factor for 1/1/2019 for each zone.
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DAT 00125 (revised 04/23/2019)
Published On: 01/16/2019
Question: Can we please ask the four utilities to provide an update on the "Percentage of Commercial Load served by Non-Shopping Accounts on the GSM and GP30 rate tariffs with billing demands > 100kW for 12 Consecutive Months" through December 2018 (Penn Power was not provided back then)? Also, we would like an update to the January 2018 proxy provided with a January 2019 proxy "12 consecutive months for the 12-month period ending January 2018 as a proxy for the population of customers that will migrate from the Commercial to Industrial customer class in June 2019". Lastly, please post an update (if any) to the "Percentage of PLS ICAP kW Aggregates of Non-Shopping Commercial Accounts on GSM and GP30 rate tariffs metered over 100 kW".
Answer:
Historical commercial load has been posted for Penn Power by hour respective to the customers migrating from the commercial to the industrial class on June 1, 2019; please note the additional column labeled "Commercial Migration". Unlike Met-Ed, Penelec, and West Penn Power, Penn Power is fully converted to advanced metering, and as such, it has been possible to provide the hourly breakout.
Accounts Metered over 100 kW 12 Consecutive Months
02/2017 - 01/2018
The following data use the number of customers currently served on rate tariffs GSM in Penelec, Met-Ed, and Penn Power, and GP30 in West Penn with billing demands greater than 100 kW for 12 consecutive months for the 12-month period ending January 2018 as a proxy for the population of customers that will migrate from the Commercial to Industrial customer class in June 2019.
| Number of Non-Shopping Commercial Accounts on GSM and GP30 rate tariffs metered over 100 kW |
Met-Ed |
Penelec |
West Penn |
Penn Power |
Total |
| # of Accounts from 02/2016 - 01/2018 |
983 |
1,149 |
1,539 |
274 |
3,945 |
| Shopping Accounts as of 01/2018 |
912 |
1,059 |
1,357 |
245 |
3,573 |
| Non-Shopping Accounts as of 01/2018 |
71 |
90 |
182 |
29 |
372 |
| Total # of Accounts as of 01/2018 |
983 |
1,149 |
1,539 |
274 |
3,945 |
| 2019 (2019/2020 for PLC) Delivery Year ICAP kW Aggregates of Non-Shopping Commercial Accounts on the GSM and GP30 tariffs metered over 100 kW |
Met-Ed |
Penelec |
West Penn |
Penn Power |
| PLC* |
8,958 |
10,060 |
26,120 |
4,816 |
| NSPL* |
10,335 |
18,415 |
27,522 |
6,846 |
| Non-Shopping Commercial kW Aggregate on 1/1/2019 and 6/1/2019 (Projected) for Transmission and Capacity |
Met-Ed |
Penelec |
West Penn |
Penn Power |
| PLC |
167,951 |
198,850 |
283,500 |
75,083 |
| NSPL |
169,094 |
229,556 |
276,100 |
83,248 |
| Percentage of PLS ICAP kW Aggregates of Non-Shopping Commercial Accounts on GSM and GP30 rate tariffs metered over 100 kW |
Met-Ed |
Penelec |
West Penn |
Penn Power |
| PLC* |
5.3% |
5.1% |
9.2% |
6.4% |
| NSPL* |
6.1% |
8.0% |
10.0% |
8.2% |
*Based on 2019 (2019/2020 for PLC) Delivery Year ICAP values on 1/1/2019 (NSPL) and 6/1/2019 (PLC)
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DAT 00126 (revised 04/16/2019)
Published On: 01/16/2019
Question: Can you please provide PLC data for PJM Planning Year 2019/2020 for each utility, by customer class?
Answer:
Please refer to DAT 00125 for information regarding the number of customers currently served on rate tariffs GSM in Penelec, Met-Ed, and Penn Power, and GP30 in West Penn Power with billing demands greater than 100 kW for 12 consecutive months for the 12-month period ending January 2018. These data will be used as a proxy for the population of customers that will migrate from the Commercial to Industrial customer class in June 2019. The tables below depict the 2019 PLC values and Daily Zonal Scaling Factors that will become effective on June 1, 2019 for the current customer classes for each PA utility. The stated values do not take into account customer migration taking place between April 1, 2019 and June 1, 2019.
2019 Unscaled PLC kW - Snapshot of 6/1/2019
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Non-Shopped Commercial |
Non-Shopped Industrial |
Non-Shopped Residential |
Non-Shopped Total |
| Met-Ed |
167, 951 |
26,297 |
903, 258 |
1,097,506 |
| Penelec |
198,850 |
10,182 |
648,556 |
857,588 |
| Penn Power |
75,083 |
1,493 |
303,576 |
380,152 |
| West Penn |
283,500 |
70,900 |
1,169,600 |
1,524,000 |
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Shopped Commercial |
Shopped Industrial |
Shopped Residential |
Shopped Total |
| Met-Ed |
454,245 |
801,346 |
377,803 |
1,633,394 |
| Penelec |
472,477 |
781,341 |
226,453 |
1,480,271 |
| Penn Power |
186,022 |
189,646 |
96,208 |
471,876 |
| West Penn |
586,100 |
1,057,700 |
384,700 |
2,028,500 |
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PLC Scaling Factor |
| Met-Ed |
1.005 |
| Penelec |
1.013 |
| Penn Power |
0.997 |
| West Penn |
1.005 |
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DAT 00129
Published On: 01/21/2019
Question: FAQ GEN 00060 refers to Rider H and the transmission loss component. It implies that the transmission loss component should be added to Rider H. Using West Penn Power as an example, FAQ GEN 00060 gives the transmission loss component as 0.02184. When I look at the West Penn Power Supplier Tariff, I can see 2.184% as the on-peak line losses for Transmission Voltage under the Company Line Loss Factor Rider. The off-peak line losses are 1.938%. Rider H in the West Penn Power Electric Tariff states that the Loss Factor for the Commercial Customer Class is 1.0899 and for the Residential Customer Class is 1.0910. Can you please provide me with the correct calculation I need to do in order to get the correct load at the retail meter? It is my understanding that all residential load should be at a Secondary voltage, and there are different percentages for this. For example the West Penn Power Supplier Tariff states 9.434% and 8.537% for on-peak and and off-peak. What should I do about this?
Answer: A customer's service voltage level determines transmission and distribution loss factors. Please refer to the following link for additional information: https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/dam/supplierservices/files/eligibility/EligibilityListFileLayoutWPP.pdf.
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DAT 00130
Published On: 04/23/2019
Question: Can you confirm DAT 00125 – Penelec NSPL, Non-Shopping Commercial data in the third table?
Answer: There was a typo in the table for FAQ DAT 00125. The Penelec Non-Shopping Commercial aggregate NSPL should be 229,556 not 29,556. The table has been corrected.
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DAT 00131 (revised 05/21/2019)
Published On: 04/30/2019
Question: (1) In the PLC data posted in FAQ DAT 00126, have the 100 kW+ customers been migrated to the Industrial class? (2) To confirm, the historical commercial load in West Penn, Met-Ed, and Penelec still includes customers that average over 100 kW, correct?
Answer: Yes, the historical commercial loads in West Penn, Met-Ed, and Penelec reflect customers with billing demands greater than 100 kW for twelve consecutive months ending January 2018 as a proxy for commercial customers expected to migrate from the commercial to industrial class starting June 1, 2018. FAQ DAT 00126 initially was published in October 2018. Since October 2018, there has been a change in shopping status for these commercial customers expected to migrate in June. The PLC data were revised in April 2019 to reflect this change from non-shopping to shopping.
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DAT 00132 (revised 05/21/2019)
Published On: 04/30/2019
Question: Monthly migrating commercial class loads are updated in FAQ SMA 00037 for Met-Ed, Penelec, and WestPenn. Hourly loads of Penn Power (that show the migrating class) are still from January. Can you please either update the migrating load table in SMA 00037 with Penn Power, or provide refreshed hourly loads of Penn Power for the migrating class?
Answer: Penn Power hourly loads have been updated through 3/31/2019 to reflect the expected commercial migration starting 6/1/2019.
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DAT 00133
Published On: 05/02/2019
Question: In Hourly Load by Class for Penelec listed on the Information Site, the Excel file has a strange character in one of the cells. In the spreadsheet, go to the "Penelec old <2011" tab, and check row 691 column R (data for 2008/06/29 TOTAL PN COMPANY). The value shows up as "???/1652179". Would you be able to amend this for future revisions?
Answer: This has been corrected.
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DAT 00134
Published On: 05/10/2019
Question: Regarding the Penn Power historical Commercial load, which tab and column within the load file reflects the migrated load? From what date forward are the migrated load available?
Answer: Historical loads representing the expected commercial migration starting 6/1/2019 are available from 9/1/2017 through 3/31/2019. In the file "Penn Power Hourly Load by Class", please refer to the columns "Commercial (1)" and "Commercial Migration (2)" -- and the notes associated with those columns -- in the tabs "PP Load 010118-Current" and "PP Load 060111-123117".
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DAT 00135
Published On: 05/21/2019
Question: For Penn Power, there is a considerable level (600-800 kW) change starting Sept. 2018 in migrating commercial load (customers with demands greater than 100 kW for 12 consecutive months that will transition to the Industrial class on June 1, 2019) compared to 2018 and 2017. Is there any explanation for this change?
Answer: There was an error in the hourly data posted for August 2018. The primary data were not updated to reflect secondary data despite the label. Also, the non-shop commercial hourly loads were overstated for all hours of August 31. The necessary corrections have been made now, and as a result the change has been normalized to look in line with previous periods.
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DAT 00136 (revised 05/21/2019)
Published On: 05/21/2019
Question: For Met-Ed, West Penn, and Penelec, do the data for the Non-Shopped Commercial customers in the Hourly Load by Class files represent (1) all non-shopping Commercial customers, or (2) non-shopping Commercial customers that have not voluntarily switched to the Hourly Pricing Default Service Rider? If the answer is option 2, then what period of historical data is impacted by the customers that have voluntarily switched to the Hourly Pricing Default Service Rider? Are the historical Capacity PLS and Transmission PLS values also reduced for customers that have voluntarily switched to the Hourly Pricing Default Service Rider?
Answer: For Met-Ed, West Penn, and Penelec, the hourly data for the non-shopped commercial load represent all non-shopping commercial customers in the Hourly Load by Class files for the posted time periods.
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DAT 00137
Published On: 05/21/2019
Question: Based on the response to FAQ GEN 00120, as of February 1, 2019, all four utilities have deployed smart meters to more than 90% of their customers. For Met-Ed, Penelec, and West Penn, do the historical hourly data reported in the Hourly Load by Class reflect interval usage collected from these smart meters or is the usage for customers with smart meters still based on utility temperature based profiles scaled to monthly customer meter reads? We note that when Penn Power’s customers became smart meter enabled in February 2017, and the utility switched from profile to actual load, the shape of the load changed meaningfully. We do not see a similar change in the load data for Met-Ed, Penelec, and West Penn.
Answer: When interval data from a smart meter have been bill certified, it is reported in the Hourly Load by Class files as of that bill certification date forward. The utility weather informed profile is no longer used to report hourly load for that account. Please note there are time lags between deploying/installing smart meters and bill certifying their interval output. In order to determine meaningful load shape changes, most if not all smart meters would need to be bill certified and reported in the Hourly Load by Class files for twelve months. All customers in Penn Power were bill certified in February 2017 enabling that load change comparison. In contrast, customers in Met-Ed, Penelec, and West Penn have been bill certified using a phased-in approach over the past couple of years.
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DAT 00138 (revised 10/27/2022)
Published On: 06/10/2019
Question: I understand that the hourly volumes cannot be provided for the Met-Ed, Penelec, and West Penn Power commercial customers that are migrating to industrial. Would it be possible to provide historical monthly or annual volumes for the customers that are migrating over?
Answer: Please refer to FAQ SMA00037 for historical monthly volumes for customers migrating between the commercial and industrial classes in Met-Ed, Penelec, and West Penn Power.
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DAT 00139
Published On: 06/20/2019
Question: After checking both Capacity and NSPL Tags for June, we don’t see the expected effects of the commercial customers supposed to be moved to the LCI class. Can you please tell us the reason? Is the reclassification supposed to happen later in the month?
Answer: Data have been re-posted to reflect the reclassification. Data that were originally posted for June reflected estimates that did not include the reclassification.
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DAT 00140
Published On: 06/20/2019
Question: In FAQ response DAT 00125, it was stated that there would be about 5%-10% of non-shopping Commercial customers (based on PLC/NSPL) metered over 100kW. We would expect these customers to be required to take Default Service through the Hourly Pricing Default Service Rider starting June 1, 2019. However, when comparing the historical utility NSPL values between May 31, 2019 and June 1, 2019, we noticed that the change in NSPL values was less than 1%. Does this mean that the customers have yet to be moved to the Hourly Pricing Default Service Rider, and that the NSPL values have yet to reflect this change, or have these customers already moved to the Hourly Pricing Default Service Rider as of a prior date?
Answer: Please re-check the data posted to the Website. Estimates were posted for June prior to the migration which did not reflect the change since it had not occurred yet. Actual data now are posted for the first few days in June which reflect the commercial-to-industrial migration.
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DAT 00141
Published On: 06/20/2019
Question: Could you provide Penn Power PLC daily zonal scaling factors for a few days in June 2019?
Answer: These are available on the Website through 6/6/2019.
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DAT 00142
Published On: 06/20/2019
Question: In the posted data files for load, NSPL, and PLC, are the migrating commercial to industrial customers in the commercial class for dates prior to 6/1/19 and industrial class for dates 6/1/19 and after?
Answer: Yes, that is correct.
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DAT 00143
Published On: 06/21/2019
Question: In the Penn Power hourly load data, we noticed that the Non-Shopped Commercial load between the tabs “PP Load 090118 – Current” and “PPLoad010118-052219_W_Migration” are different for the months of November 2018, and February – March 2019. For the Shopped Commercial load, the difference exists only in March 2019. Which tab contains the correct hourly volumes?
Answer: Refreshed data have been posted to the Website. The numbers should tie between the two tabs for all months.
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DAT 00144 (revised 10/27/2022)
Published On: 06/25/2019
Question: Can you please update the tables in FAQ SMA 00037 for 2018 Fall and after? The NSPL change between May 31 and June 1, and also load level change in Penelec, West Penn , Met-Ed, and Penn Power, don't reflect the expected migration for June due to the load redefinition.
Answer: Please re-check the data posted to the Website for NSPL from June 1, 2019 through June 6, 2019 as the data demonstrate a load shift in the Non-Shopping MW between the Commercial and Industrial classes. June 1, 2019 forward values posted to the Website before the actual date reflected estimates that did not include the migration.
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DAT 00145
Published On: 10/10/2019
Question: In the "WPP_Hrly_Data" file, the settlement type for June 2019 is "P". While for July 2019, it is "S". Can you please confirm that is correct?
Answer: Please recheck the WPP_Hrly_Data file, the Settlement type for June is "S". There may have been a delay in updating the June data.
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DAT 00146
Published On: 10/14/2019
Question: Reconciled load data are provided for three of the Utilities (Penelec, Met-Ed, and Penn Power) through June 2019. Can the data be updated through July 2019? Also, can West Penn Power post reconciled data for both June 2019 and July 2019?
Answer: Reconciled hourly load data are posted for Met-Ed, Penn Power, and West Penn Power through July 2019. Reconciled hourly load data for Penelec will be posted for July 2019 by close of business on October 14, 2019. Hourly load data are posted by the fifth business day of the month for the previous calendar month as well as the last reconciled period. Our Data Description Document will be updated to indicate this frequency.
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DAT 00147
Published On: 10/16/2019
Question: In the Met-Ed and Penelec load data, what's the reason that the Commercial Shopped load dropped in June 2019? Even if I add up the shopped and non shopped commercial data, there is still a drop in June 2019 in Penelec data.
Answer: Customers with billing demands greater than 100kW for twelve consecutive months migrated from the Commercial to the Industrial customer class starting June 1, 2019.
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DAT 00148
Published On: 10/24/2019
Question: Since the commercial data from 6/1/19 - current is indicative of the commercial customer migration, can you please provide the Penn Power settled load data for April 2019-May 2019? The data currently listed on PPLoad010118-052219_W_Migration show "P" in the settlement field for those two months. Looking at the PP Load 090118 - Current tab, the Commercial [1] is no longer present and the data up until 6/1/19 appear to revert back to the pre-migration Commercial load so there is this two month gap where the final settled Commercial Migration load is unknown.
Answer: The PPLoad10118-052219_W_Migration tab has been updated to reflect hourly secondary data for April and May 2019.
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DAT 00149
Published On: 10/24/2019
Question: Can the utilities provide shopping statistics on a daily basis? If not possible, at least a monthly number for the time period: April 1, 2019 to October 1, 2019. The current files (Shopping_Stats.xls for Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power) only provide data at the quarterly level.
Answer: The information requested cannot currently be produced on a daily or monthly basis. We will look into the feasibility to provide it on a more frequent basis than quarterly.
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DAT 00150
Published On: 10/24/2019
Question: Would you please clarify that the shopped commercial load data of Penn Power include the load above the 100kW power (the migrating class) before 6/1/2019?
Answer: Yes, it does. Only the non-shopping commercial load was broken out to indicate commercial migration starting June 1, 2019.
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DAT 00151
Published On: 10/24/2019
Question: Would you please provide secondary settlements of the commercial migration load for Penn Power from 4/1/2019 to 5/31/2019?
Answer: April and May 2019 have been updated to reflect hourly secondary settlements for commercial migration in the PP_Hourly_Load file.
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DAT 00152
Published On: 10/24/2019
Question: With increased supplier uncertainty given the recent rate reclassifications across all utilities, will there be any backcasted load information provided?
Answer: Please see FAQ SMA 00044.
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DAT 00153
Published On: 10/25/2019
Question: Looks like the data posted on SMA 00044 are off from the baseline provided in SMA 00037, from August 2018 to September 2018 WPP Percentage of “Commercial Load served by non-shopping accounts with billing demands greater than 100 KW” went from 11.8% to 22.6% (91% change). Met-Ed changed by a factor of 120%. Penelec also changed 12%. Can we please confirm that SMA 00044 values are incorrect? And if so, ask for a timely correction.
Answer: Please note the customer counts were different responding to SMA 00037 versus SMA 00044. As identified in the customer count chart, SMA 00037 used the non-shopping customer population identified from February 2017 through January 2018 that met the criteria for migration in order to provide a back-cast of percentage of commercial load movement from September 2017 through August 2018. SMA 00044 used the non-shopping customer population that actually migrated in June 2019 to provide a back-cast of percentage of commercial load movement from September 2018 through May 2019. Using West Penn Power as an example, the non-shopping customer count used to respond to SMA 00044 was significantly higher than the non-shopping customer count used to respond to SMA 00037 (322 versus 182). Additional customers qualifying for migration and shopping status changes adjusted the customer counts between the time a response was originally composed and revised for SMA 00037 versus provided for SMA 00044.
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DAT 00154
Published On: 10/25/2019
Question: Can FirstEnergy describe what the driver is in the difference in load percentages in the responses to SMA 00044 and SMA 00037? Additionally, since there were differences in the load percentages, why were the ICAP and NSPL percentages not affected also?
Answer: Please note the customer counts were different responding to SMA 00037 versus SMA 00044 driving the change in non-shopping commercial load back-cast percentages. SMA 00044 requested a back-cast for September 2018-May 2019 which is what the response provided.
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DAT 00155
Published On: 10/25/2019
Question: (1) Are the NITS rates ($/MW/Year) published for 2020 based on 2019 NSPL values or 2020 NSPL values? If you used 2020 NSPL values, can you please provide those values to us? (2) Can you provide us with a snapshot of 2020 NSPL values for Residential and Commercial Shopping and Non-Shopping load?
Answer: 2020 NSPL values will not be calculated and made available until the middle/end of December 2019. A snapshot can be provided closer to that time.
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DAT 00156
Published On: 10/25/2019
Question: Can FirstEnergy describe what the driver is in the difference in load percentages in the responses to SMA 00044 and SMA 00037? Additionally, since there were differences in the load percentages, why were the ICAP and NSPL percentages not affected also?
Answer: Please note the customer counts were different responding to SMA 00037 versus SMA 00044 driving the change in non-shopping commercial load back-cast percentages. SMA 00044 requested a back-cast for migrating non-shopping commercial load percentages from September 2018-May 2019 which is what the response provided.
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DAT 00157
Published On: 10/25/2019
Question: Can FirstEnergy provide NSPL tags for 2020? If not, can FirstEnergy provide guidance on how NSPL tags are assigned to customers within each zone?
Answer: NSPL tags for 2020 will not be available until the end of December 2019. Please refer to FirstEnergy's Capacity Manual for details on how NSPL tags are assigned/calculated by customer in FE zones.
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DAT 00158
Published On: 10/28/2019
Question: We noticed that total number of customer accounts for Met-Ed has increased from April 2019 to July 2019, mostly by 836 customer counts increase in the non-shopping group. However, FAQ SMA 00044 suggests that there should be 998 accounts to migrate from commercial to industrial class. Similar in Penelec and West Penn Power, number of accounts in Penelec has increased in non-shopping group by 1359 and the total accounts has increased by 151 between April19 and Jul19. Suggested by FAQ SMA 00044, there should be 1270 accounts migrating from commercial to industrial class. On the other hand, the total number of accounts in industrial group in all three utilities has increased between Jul19 to Oct19, and not in June 2019. Is it due to migration from the commercial to the industrial group? And if so, is there any delay for these migration as it was expected on June 2019. Can you please explain the difference between the migrating accounts posted in the Shopping_Stats file compared to the data reported in FAQ SMA 0044? And if there is any inconsistency or the delay between reporting account numbers and the actual migration? Did all commercial to industrial migration happen on June 1, 2019? If so, can you please confirm if PLC, NSPL, Hourly load and counts are adjusted correspondingly for the migration starting on June 1, 2019?
Answer:
| Corrected July 1, 2019 Customer Shopping Statistics |
| Company Name |
Rate Class |
Customer Count |
| Met-Ed |
Residential |
142,019 |
| Met-Ed |
Commercial |
29,322 |
| Met-Ed |
Industrial |
1,696 |
| Met-Ed |
Total |
173,037 |
| Penelec |
Residential |
121,807 |
| Penelec |
Commercial |
34,699 |
| Penelec |
Industrial |
1,840 |
| Penelec |
Total |
158,346 |
| Pennsylvania Power Co |
Residential |
33,918 |
| Pennsylvania Power Co |
Commercial |
9,427 |
| Pennsylvania Power Co |
Industrial |
516 |
| Pennsylvania Power Co |
Total |
43,861 |
| West Penn Power Company |
Residential |
147,421 |
| West Penn Power Company |
Commercial |
35,932 |
| West Penn Power Company |
Industrial |
2,115 |
| West Penn Power Company |
Total |
185,468 |
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DAT 00159
Published On: 11/13/2019
Question: Follow up questions to FAQ DAT 00157 - Referring to: https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/dam/supplierservices/files/supplier-registration/PJMCapacityManualPN.pdf.
(1) Is the Zone’s Restricted Peak and Hour designated in the “PJM Network Transmission Service Peak Loads” such as this document: https://pjm.com/-/media/markets-ops/settlements/network-service-peak-loads-2020.ashx?la=en? (2) Will the peak hour designated by PJM in question 1 determine if the zone is winter or summer peaking? (3) Can the PJM published zonal load on dataminer (https://dataminer2.pjm.com/feed/hrl_load_metered) be used to determine the 5 highest season peak hours for the zone (winter or summer as determined in questions 1 and 2)? (4) Can the class load data published on the FEPA Auction Information site (https://www.fepaauction.com/Documents/LoadandOtherData.aspx) be used to determine CUST_NSPL by averaging the class level load data for the five hours determined in question 3?
Answer: The transmission peak published by PJM determines the transmission season (winter or summer) for the FE zones. Both PJM's dataminer and the class load published on the FEPA Auction Information site can be used as proxies for determining average CUST_NSPL; however, customer move-in/move-outs after the peak may limit the accuracy as well as weather normalization factors. Please use the suggested method for prior years to analyze possible deltas.
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DAT 00160
Published On: 11/13/2019
Question: The shopped commercial capacity PLS data beginning 6/1/2019 in the WPP_Cap_Trans file show a significant drop and then recovery on 6/10/2019. Data for 6/10/2019 forward seem to hold steady similar to the other PLS values. Is the period of 6/1/2019-6/10/2019 accurate in the file? If not, will updated data be posted?
Answer: There was an error in the data posting and it will be resolved by the afternoon, 11/13/19.
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DAT 00161
Published On: 11/13/2019
Question: We noticed that the initial settlement load data from PJM for September and October 2019 do not tie out with the preliminary hourly load data posted on the FEPA DSP Auction Information Website. We compared the published hourly load which is at Eastern Standard Time and, based on the Data Description document, “include both distribution and transmission system losses and are not de-rated for marginal transmission losses and do not include UFE” with the PJM initial load settlement at load with losses level. Our source for the PJM settlement volumes was the “Load InSchedule With and Without Losses” from the MSRS Report Catalog, and we used the “Load with Losses” values. For the data from the FEPA utilities, we used the load data from the files posted under “Hourly Load by Class” and converted them to Eastern Prevailing Time (EPT) to line them up with the PJM data. We noted that the Data Description document described the hourly load data as including “both distribution and transmission system losses and are not de-rated for marginal transmission losses and do not include UFE”. We did not adjust the FEPA load data for UFE as per FAQ DAT 00009, which states that “PA utilities will be responsible for total UFE and no longer allocate UFE to LSE loads.” As an example, for hour ending 9 EPT on September 1, 2019, the Penelec commercial load in the non-shopping segment, based on the data posted on the FEPA Website, was 78.2 MW, whereas the PJM load with losses showed a value of 75.18 MW for the same hour. The published value on the FEPA Auction Information Website is consistently different from the PJM load across the months of September and October 2019.
Answer: UFE is included in the primary settlement at PJM and is removed from the LSEs during the secondary settlement in which it is then assumed by the PA utilities. Both September and October have only primary settlement data available since the secondary 60-day settlement has not occurred yet.
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DAT 00162
Published On: 01/24/2020
Question: Can you please advise when load data will be updated for the January auction? Currently the last update was 11/30/2019.
Answer: Data are posted through 1/1/2020.
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DAT 00163
Published On: 01/24/2020
Question: Regarding the Capacity PLS numbers provided in the "PP_Cap_Trans" file, there is a significant volumetric shift from Dec 31, 2019 to Jan 1, 2020 in the Commercial and Industrial classes. The eligible Commercial Capacity moves from 218,546 kW to 267,459 kW while the eligible Industrial Capacity moves from 240,142 kW to 191,118 kW. The variances are practically offsetting, which would indicate a load re-classification. Since load re-classifications historically occur in June, can you indicate why this shift is occurring in January and if it is indeed correct?
Answer: There was a formula error in the Jan 1, 2020 data posted. This data have been corrected and the corrected file is now posted.
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DAT 00164
Published On: 02/25/2020
Question: We compared the settlement UCAP data we received from PJM for Commercial Penelec, against the historical PLC provided on the FEPA auction Information Website. We converted the PJM daily UCAP to the PLC level by adjusting for the Final Forecast Pool Requirement (FRR) and Final Zonal RPM Scaling Factor (ZSF) and daily zonal factor for PLC. We noticed there is a consistent 1.4% difference between the PLC calculated from PJM settlement and PLC from the FEPA auction Information Website. We have tested the methodology for Met-Ed and the difference between PLC calculated from settlement data and PLC from the FEPA Information Website is ignorable.
The sources of our data are as follows:
UCAP from PJM : MSRS report “Locational Reliability Charge Summary“
FRR and ZSF : 2019/2020 3rd Incremental Auction Results from PJM https://www.pjm.com/markets-and-operations/rpm.aspx
Daily Zonal Scaling Factor and Historical PLC: “Daily Zonal Scaling Factor” and “Capacity and Transmission PLC by Rate” reports
https://www.fepaauction.com/Documents/LoadandOtherData.aspx)
We have attached the PLC calculation as a reference for your observation.
Can you please explain the difference between settlement PLC and historical non-shopping Commercial Penelec PLC data?
Answer: The capacity and transmission data are rounded to the proper format as required for PJM submission to the Capacity Exchange. The data posted to the FEPA Default Service Program (DSP) auction Information Website are the raw un-rounded data.
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DAT 00165
Published On: 02/25/2020
Question: While reviewing the hourly average load by month for Penelec, we’ve noticed some shifts in the profile shape for 2018 and 2019 compared to the other posted history. For example, in May the nightly ramp down occurs around Hour Beginning 20, but in 2018/2019 that ramp down starts an hour earlier. That data were separated onto its own tab recently and the overlap on the “Penelec New 2018” and “Penelec old <2018” tabs are not consistent with each other. Did the “New” data come from a different source? We understand there will likely be some change in the profile based on the recent tariff reclassification, but some uniformity in terms of the daily ramp up/ramp down would be expected.
Answer: The source data for the new and old tabs have not changed. The only variable data within the load profile shape is weather.
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DAT 00166
Published On: 03/10/2020
Question: As a follow up to FAQ DAT 00161, we compared the settlement load data we received from PJM, adjusted for the 60-day revisions, for Commercial load in West Penn Power and Penelec, against the hourly load data provided on the FEPA auction Information Website. We converted all of the PJM settlement data to the equivalent of the Load With Losses level so as to line it up with FEPA hourly load data. Per the data description file, “All hourly energy values include both distribution and transmission system losses and are not de-rated for marginal transmission losses.” Based on the response to FAQ DAT 00161, we did not adjust the FEPA hourly load data for the UFE factors posted on the FEPA Information Website. The sources of our data are as follows: (a) Initial settlement data from PJM: MSRS report “Load InSchedule With and Without Losses”, (b) 60 day revisions: MSRS report “Energy & Inadvertent Load Recon Charge Summary”, (c) FE PA Data: Non-Shopped Commercial hourly load data (https://www.fepaauction.com/Documents/LoadandOtherData.aspx).
As detailed in the attached file for West Penn Power Commercial case, we continue to see that the RFP data do not tie out with the PJM settlement volumes. As an illustration of the difference in volumes, we provide a table comparing the values for September 2019. Could you please provide an explanation as to the difference in the values?
Answer: Upon reviewing the attachment in association with this FAQ, there appears to be a discrepancy within the date-time format of the data reflected that is causing the variance in question.
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DAT 00167
Published On: 04/08/2020
Question: Regarding the answer provided for FAQs DAT 00166 and DAT 000161, we aligned the PJM settlement data with West Penn Power load data posted on the FEPA auction Information Website based on the answer provided in FAQ DAT 00166. There is still a 3-4% difference between the West Penn Power load data (which includes both distribution and transmission system losses based on the data description file) and the PJM settlement load (load with losses). While it may be coincidental, we noticed this difference is close to the deration factor posted on the FEPA auction Information Website. Has West Penn Power taken its load data, which should be at the same level as the PJM data with losses and inadvertently scaled it up by the deration factor twice? This would seem to double count the adjustment due to the deration factor. We updated the previously attached file (adjusted for date-time difference) and included it to further illustrate our point. The file is sent by email to FEPAAuction@crai.com.
Answer: Upon further review of the data posted to the FEPA auction Information Website, a stray rate category was found that is not being allocated into the Default Service load groupings. The data associated with this rate category are the delta found within the comparison of the posted data to the PJM settlement data. The load data used for PJM settlement are accurate and complete as this discrepancy is only within the power procurement reports posted. We will review our system processes that compile the data for the power procurement reporting to ensure all rate categories are included. The Data Description document also will be updated to reflect these changes.
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DAT 00168
Published On: 04/09/2020
Question: Do you have an idea of when FEPA will be able to update the load data on the DSP auction Information Site with the latest set of reconciled info from PJM (January 2020 final settles, etc.)?
Answer: The updated hourly load reports are expected to be posted by the end of day today (April 9, 2020).
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DAT 00169
Published On: 04/14/2020
Question: Can the utilities provide a PLC forecast for Planning Year 2020/2021 for both shopped and non-shopped across Residential and Small Commercial customer classes (this is the PY2020/2021 update to the unscaled PLC data provided in FAQ DAT00126)?
Answer: Documents have been updated to include a 06.01.20 PLC Forecast tab and have been posted.
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DAT 00170
Published On: 04/14/2020
Question: I saw the data updates, but it looks like Met-Ed hourly load data are not updated, and the Deration Factor and UFE files are not available on FirstEnergy's Website (I get a “page not found” error on the last two). Can you please make sure this is corrected?
Answer: The Met-Ed Load Data reports will be posted before end of day today (4/14/2020).
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DAT 00171
Published On: 04/16/2020
Question: (1) In Penelec load data sheet new 2018, why are the data settled for Jan 2020 but preliminary for Dec 2019? There are also two extra columns starting from Dec 2019, what are they? (2) In Met-Ed load data sheet 2019+, are the Jan 2020 data also in kW? Why are they significantly smaller than all other months?
Thanks.
Answer: For question #1, the Penelec hourly load data for December 2019 have been corrected and posted. Regarding question #2, there was a previous issue with the Met-Ed hourly data report which was resolved and reposted.
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DAT 00172
Published On: 04/16/2020
Question: It looks like the Deration and UFE files are ok now, but the Hourly load data have incorrect RES data (both shopped and non-shopped). Can someone from the utility please take a look at the Jan20 values? https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/dam/upp/files/pa/load-data/meted/ME_Hrly_Data.xls
Answer: The correct data for January 2020 have been confirmed and uploaded.
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DAT 00173
Published On: 04/16/2020
Question: Do the utilities have an estimate for plan year 2020-21 capacity PLC scaling factors (such as those provided in FAQ DAT 00126)?
Answer: FEPA will not be providing an estimate for the 2020/2021 PLC scaling factors.
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DAT 00174
Published On: 04/22/2020
Question: Can FEPA provide projected PLC tags for PY2020/2021?
Answer: The 6/1/2020 PLC forecasts for the PJM Planning Year 2020/20201 are posted within the individual PA operating company Capacity and Transmission Load Data pages.
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DAT 00175
Published On: 04/22/2020
Question: Can the utilities update FAQ DAT 00126 and provide PLC estimates for PJM Planning Year 2020/2021, by customer class?
Answer: The 6/1/2020 PLC forecasts for the PJM Planning Year 2020/2021 are posted within the individual PA operating company Capacity and Transmission Load Data pages.
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DAT 00176
Published On: 04/22/2020
Question: Could you please: (1) Confirm that the NSPLs posted in the data room for Jan 1, 2020 are correct, and (2) Provide NSPL and PLC data from Jan 1, 2020 through Jan 20, 2020?
Answer: The 6/1/2020 PLC forecasts for the PJM Planning Year 2020/2021 are posted within the individual PA operating company Capacity and Transmission Load Data pages.
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DAT 00177
Published On: 04/27/2020
Question: Thank you for providing the PY 20/21 PLCs. Could you also provide the corresponding Daily Zonal Scaling Factor for those numbers? Also, could you please clarify what day the data are as of, so we know how to interpret the migration levels in the data?
Answer: The posted 2020/21 PLC forecast data for June 1 are as of April 10, 2020. As stated in FAQ DAT 00173, FEPA will not be providing an estimate for the 2020/21 PLC scaling factors.
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DAT 00178
Published On: 05/11/2020
Question: Based on the answer to FAQ GEN 00108, I have two follow-up questions (my first question has two parts). We will very much appreciate the answers to them today as we need the clarifications for the upcoming auction on April 27. (1)(a): In the example that has been used in the answer to FAQ GEN 00108, the 52.2 MW/Tranche includes both the non-shopped and shopped accounts. So, if a Default Service Supplier was serving one tranche of such load (i.e., 52.2 MW/Tranche), would the capacity MW value obligation for the Supplier be = 52.2 x {[844,325 (non-shopped)]/[844,325 (non-shopped) + 419,337 (shopped)]} = 34.87 MW/Tranche. (1)(b): In the upcoming auction (i.e., auction on April 27, 2020), the MW/Tranche for Penelec’s Commercial (Fixed Price) is 49.64 MW. The 06.01.20 Forecast of Commercial Capacity PLS is 183,302 (non-shopped) and 315,303 (shopped). So, if a Default Service Supplier serves one tranche of such load (i.e., 49.64 MW/Tranche), would the forecast capacity MW value obligation for the Supplier be = 49.64 x {[183,302 (non-shopped)]/[183,302 (non-shopped) + 315,303 (shopped)]} = 18.25 MW/Tranche. (2): For the upcoming auction (i.e., auction on April 27, 2020), the 06.01.20 forecast of Penelec’s Commercial Capacity PLS is 183,302 (non-shopped) and 315,303 (shopped) i.e., 183,302 + 315,303 = 498,605 is the Total forecast Penelec Commercial Capacity PLS. The Total Tranches for Penelec Commercial is 14 (I calculated 14 because 1 tranche is 7.14% of Total Tranches, and 1/0.0714 = 14). Lately, the DZSF of Penelec has been ~0.99. So to calculate MW/Tranche, I did (0.99) x (498,605/14), which yields 35,614.64 kW/Tranche (or 35.614 MW/Tranche). However, the published MW/Tranche is 49.64 MW. Why is my calculation of 35.614 MW so different from the published 49.64 MW?
Answer: "MW/Tranche" is approximate only and based on historical data. The values (as reflected on the News page of the FEPA Default Service Program Information Website) are provided for reference purposes only and may be updated prior to the auction as explained in the Bidding Rules. The Companies -- Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power -- do not represent that each tranche will have the loads shown or any particular MW value, and it is noted that the actual nominal MW quantity during the Delivery Period will depend upon many factors. The data used in the calculation for 2020/2021 6/1 PLC are forecast data only and may not align to the MW/Tranche data posted.
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DAT 00179
Published On: 06/18/2020
Question: Will the FEPA companies be posting revised hourly load data (including March 2020 reconciliations and initial settles through May 2020) this week on the Information Website?
Answer: The FEPA Load Data reports will be updated and posted by the end of day today.
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DAT 00180 (revised 10/27/2022)
Published On: 06/18/2020
Question: In the upcoming auction (i.e., auction on June 29, 2020), the MW/Tranche for Met-Ed Commercial (Fixed Price) is 49.35 MW. The latest 06.01.20 Forecast of Met-Ed Commercial Capacity PLS is 165,458 (non-shopped) and 326,444 (shopped). So, if a Default Service Supplier serves one tranche of such load (i.e., 49.35 MW/Tranche of Met-Ed Commercial load), would the forecast capacity MW value obligation for the Supplier be: 49.35 x {[165,458 (non-shopped)]/[165,458 (non-shopped) + 326,444 (shopped)]} = 16.59 MW?
Answer: Based on the spreadsheet on the FEPA Auction Information Website (ME_Cap_Trans.xls, Met-Ed 06.01.20 Forecast Cap worksheet), the current Tranche Size is 37.26 MW/Tranche. The calculation uses the Met-Ed Shopped and Non-Shopped Commercial data: (491,902 kW) / (1,000 kW/MW) * (0.98462 DZSF) = (484.336 MW) / (13 tranches) = 37.26 MW/tranche. The tranche size was established for the DSP-V filing and will change over time as load changes. The DZSF is from May 31, 2020.
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DAT 00181
Published On: 06/18/2020
Question: The Capacity and Transmission PLC by Rate file for Penn Power has 06.01.20 forecast Commercial Capacity PLS as 63,200 (non-shopped) and 138,064 (shopped), i.e., the Total Penn Power Commercial Capacity PLS = 63,200 + 138,064 = 201,264. The Total Tranches for Penn Power Commercial is 6 (I calculated 6 because 2 Tranche is 33.33% of Total Tranches, and 2/0.3333 = 6). Lately, the DZSF of Penn Power has been ~0.982. So to calculate MW/Tranche I do (0.982) x (201,264/6), which yields 32,940.20 kW/Tranche (or 32.94 MW/tranche). However, the published Penn Power Commercial MW/Tranche for the June 29, 2020 auction is 49.46 MW. Why is my calculation of 32.94 MW/Tranche so different from the published 49.46 MW/Tranche?
Answer: The 49.46 MW/tranche was established at the beginning of DSP-V as the approximate size of a tranche. The MW/tranche size will change over time as load changes.
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DAT 00182
Published On: 09/18/2020
Question: I am looking into the historical data and it is not clear on how to treat UFE. DAT 00009 states not to apply UFE to historical data, however, the Data Series Overview on page 4 states the following: "The companies allocate Unaccounted-for-Energy ("UFE") each month to all Load Serving Entities in each Company zone (i.e., to EGSs and Default Service Load Serving Entities) for each customer Class Based on load-ratio share. The hourly energy values posted to the auction Information Website do not include UFE. Hourly UFE values are provided separately as described in section E of this document."
Answer: The FAQ DAT 00009 response is correct as the process went into effect June 1, 2015. However the Data Description document was not updated to reflect the new information. We will update the document and re-post it as soon as possible.
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DAT 00183 (revised 10/27/2022)
Published On: 09/21/2020
Question: Regarding the announcement of tranche targets and tranche sizes, can you please clarify what you mean by “MW/Tranche"? For example, the first row for Met-Ed: what does 55.73 mean? Is it the total of MW over the 12 month period? Or is it 55.73 mw each month for 12 months? Also, since its 4 tranches for this solicitation at 16%, does it mean that 1 tranche equals 4%.
Answer: “MW/Tranche” is the estimate of both the energy obligation and capacity obligation per tranche of the Default Service Supplier at any point in time. It is calculated using the Peak Load Contribution (PLC) Daily Zonal Scaling Factor (DZSF) times the Shopped and Non-Shopped Capacity Peak Load Share (PLS) by Class, and dividing that number by the relevant number of tranches. The estimated MW/Tranche values provided on the Information Site are for reference purposes only and may be updated prior to the auction as explained in the Bidding Rules. The Companies — Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power — do not represent that each tranche will have the loads shown on the Information Site or any particular MW value — the actual MW quantity during the Delivery Period will depend upon many factors. A tranche represents a fixed percentage of a company’s class load, which would be 4% in the example mentioned above. Forecasted company peak loads are used to set the number of tranches, and the resulting tranche size percentages. The number of tranches will stay constant during the delivery period regardless of the actual peak or hourly load. Suppliers are responsible for serving the actual load, which will depend on various factors including but not limited to time of year and day, weather, and customer shopping migration.
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DAT 00184
Published On: 10/12/2020
Question: Your data description file states that the PLC history has not been adjusted by the daily zonal scaling factor. Can you confirm this is true for the NSPL data as well?
Answer: The posted PLC and NSPL data are not adjusted by the Daily Zonal Scaling Factor.
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DAT 00185
Published On: 10/13/2020
Question: For the Met-Ed transmission peak load allocation data, I see you're missing data for 31Aug2019. Can you confirm that this is just a missing daily data point and not that the days in the data are shifted (i.e., Sep1 is actually Aug31, etc.)?
Answer: The Met-Ed transmission data for August 31, 2019 is missing and an updated report will be posted by the end of business today.
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DAT 00186
Published On: 10/29/2020
Question: We noticed that hourly load shape has significantly changed since May 2019. We are wondering if you can provide us an explanation regarding this load shape. Has there been a change in residential profile? and if so, can you provide us with the old profile and the date that new profile has been in effect? For illustration purposes, a spreadsheet is attached with plots of average monthly load from 2014 for months of June, July, August and September using WPP_Hrly-Data.xlsx.
Answer: The residential load for 2020 has increased due to COVID-19 impacts. Residential loads are weather sensitive and respond to weather fluctuations, more so than for Commercial or Industrial loads. The Residential load profile has not changed as the only variable within the load profile is weather data.
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DAT 00187
Published On: 11/04/2020
Question: This question pertains to FAQ DAT 00129. In response to a question about the correct loss factor to use to arrive at load at retail meter, you replied with a link to a document that shows the on-peak/off-peak loss factors that are found in the EGS tariff for WPP. You said that that link has all relevant information. Those loss factors are the loss factors found in the EGS tariff which we understand is NOT the loss factor that applies to us for Default Service. It is our understanding that the applicable loss factor is found in Rider H, which is just the plain 1.0899 for commercial class. Can you confirm whether we should be reading the loss factors from the EGS tariff or Rider H in the electric service tariff?
Answer: The on-peak/off-peak loss factors reflected within the EGS tariff for West Penn Power are the combination of transmission and distribution losses which are applied to all retail and Default Service EGS load for submission to PJM as explained within the EGS tariff.
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DAT 00188
Published On: 11/04/2020
Question: Can the FEPA utilities provide a current snapshot view of what the NSPL tags will look like on Jan 1, 2021 for the various loads given information available today? PJM has posted preliminary system data at: https://www.pjm.com/-/media/markets-ops/settlements/network-service-peak-loads-2021.ashx?la=en
Answer: The FEPA Companies will not be posting forecast capacity (PLC) or transmission (NSPL) data.
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DAT 00189
Published On: 01/25/2021
Question: It seems the most recent load data were updated in December. Will there be another load update prior to the auction on January 25?
Answer: The 2021 NSPL data from January 1 - January 15 will be posted by end of business Monday, January 18. The Hourly Load and UFE data will be updated on or after January 19.
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DAT 00190
Published On: 01/25/2021
Question: Could you provide the PLC for each class for the new PJM planning year 2021-22.
Answer: The 2021/2022 PLC snapshot will be posted by end of business Monday, January 18.
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DAT 00191
Published On: 01/25/2021
Question: The NITS rate history from Y2016 to Y2021 suggests that the NITS rates have been increasing since Y2017 with the largest yearly increase of 172% for Met-Ed/Penelec from Y2017 to Y2018, 121% for PennPower from Y2017 to Y2018, while WestPennPower stayed flat or had minor decreases. Would the EDCs provide forward-looking estimates for future NITS rate as the suppliers bear the ultimate risks on NITS rate increase?
Answer: The FEPA Companies do not provide forward looking estimates of future NITS rates.
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DAT 00192
Published On: 01/25/2021
Question: Can the FEPA utilities please post transmission NSPLs for dates into January 2021 to assist prospective bidders with their analysis?
Answer: The 2021 NSPL data from January 1 - January 15 will be posted by end of business Monday, January 18.
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DAT 00193
Published On: 01/25/2021
Question: Can the utilities provide PY 2021/2022 PLC values for the current mix of shopping and non-shopping customers, by customer type? Additionally, can they provide the 2021 NSPL values for the current mix of shopping and non-shopping customers, by customer type?
Answer: The 2021 NSPL values for January as well as the 2021 PLC snapshot already have been posted to the "Load and Other Data" page on the FEPA DSP Auction Information Website.
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DAT 00194
Published On: 04/20/2021
Question: The data in WPP_Hrly_Data appear to be missing 2/28 HE 24?
Answer: The corrected WPP Hrly Data report will be posted by the end of the day today.
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DAT 00195
Published On: 04/26/2021
Question: Will the FEPA utilities provide an update of the PLC snapshot referenced in FAQ question DAT 00193 prior to the April 26th auction (current available version in Load Data site is dated Jan21)?
Answer: The FEPA Utilities will provide an updated 2021 PLC Snapshot by end of the day.
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DAT 00196 (revised 10/27/2022)
Published On: 04/26/2021
Question: For the Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Residential, Commercial loads that will be auctioned on April 26, 2021, did Utilities nominate ARR paths in the Stage 1A and 1B rounds? If so, could you please provide bidders with the results including the paths and the amount of MWs cleared? Additionally, once available, could you please also provide bidders with the results of Stage 2, including the paths and the amount of MWs cleared?
Answer: The awarded auction revenue rights (ARRs) for the PA accounts for the unassigned load for PY 21/22 can be found on the FEPA Default Service Program Information Website's Documents page using the ARR Results link.
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DAT 00197
Published On: 04/26/2021
Question: Can you please confirm the Daily Zonal Scaling Factor is correct for West Penn Power starting Jan 2021 and forward? We noticed a very large jump from Dec 31, 2020 (0.98473) to Jan 01, 2021(1.05962). The NSPL DZSF does not show the same jump during the yearly change Dec 31, 2020 (0.996501) to Jan 01, 2021 (0.999583).
Answer: The WPP Capacity Daily Zonal Scaling Factor (DZSF) process was found to have an error which has been corrected. The corrected report will be posted by the end of day today.
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DAT 00198
Published On: 04/26/2021
Question: Do the published ARR Results - 2021/2022 Delivery Year include only the ARR paths for the Default Service load that will be auctioned on April 26, 2021 (Only Residential and Commercial) for all 4 utilities?
Answer: Please see FAQ SMA 00028.
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DAT 00199
Published On: 06/21/2021
Question: Can FEPA describe what caused the shift in eligible PLC from Commercial to Industrial in West Penn on 6/5/20?
Answer: A West Penn Power customer had a rate change which caused their PLC to shift from Commercial to Industrial.
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DAT 00200
Published On: 06/21/2021
Question: Do the published ARR Results - 2021/2022 Delivery Year include only the ARR paths for the Default Service load that will be auctioned on April 26, 2021 (Only Residential and Commercial) for all 4 utilities?
Answer: Please see FAQ SMA 00028.
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DAT 00201
Published On: 06/21/2021
Question: Can you confirm the plc data for March 21 for all utilities are correct? We noticed a very large step up in each of the 4 utilities.
Answer: The PLC data for March 2021 are correct, reflecting a shift from Shopping to Non-Shopping due to a supplier default at PJM.
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DAT 00202 (revised 10/27/2022)
Published On: 06/25/2021
Question: The question I had was regarding the West Penn non-shopping class PLC change from May 31 to June 01. With the PLC’s being set on the 5 peak hours from the previous year set in July at close to the height of Covid lockdowns, we were expecting to see a decrease in the PLC's. We saw decreases of roughly 10% in Met-Ed and PENELEC PLC’s for the non-shopping commercial class. We noticed for the West Penn non-shopping class there was only a decrease of 0.6% and same sort of drop for the shopping class so there wasn’t any migration between shopping and non-shopping. Was there a redefinition of the Commercial Class? The load data also show there was a drop in July 2020 where the PLC’s were set. When looking at the 2021 PLC snapshot, Met-Ed and PENELEC are very close to the snapshot value taking into account the Migration and Scaling Factor. West Penn on the other hand is substantially higher and there has been a decrease in the Non Shopping customers since January.
Answer: There has not been a redefinition of the commercial class. The West Penn Power contribution to the summer peak 2020 zonal load was relatively similar to the contribution for the 2019 zonal load. As a result, the aggregate capacity values reflect a slight decrease on June 1. The last snapshot, which is a forecast, is very close to the non-shopping commercial value posted, whereas the shopping commercial value has increased. This can be attributed to customer changes and any other changes that may have occurred from the time of the forecast (3/21/2021) to June 1.
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DAT 00203
Published On: 06/28/2021
Question: Can you please provide us with the latest available final settle (March 2021) and latest initial settled data for month of May for both Met-Ed and Penelec Commercials hourly data? It seems the hourly data have been updated for West Penn Power and Penn Power but not for Met-Ed and Penelec.
Answer: The hourly data reports for Met-Ed and Penelec were posted at the end of the day on 6/25/2021 to reflect the complete primary settlement for the month of May 2021. The secondary data for March 2021 already are reflected within the reports.
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DAT 00206
Published On: 12/10/2021
Question: Can you please provide us with a snapshot of 2022 NSPL values for residential and commercial shopping and non-shopping groups based on published NSPL values in PJM for 2022 for ME, PN, and WP zones?
Answer: The 2022 NSPL values have not been calculated and will not be available.
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DAT 00207
Published On: 12/10/2021
Question: Are you able to provide Final Settled Data for the month of August?
Answer: Per the Data Description document, the monthly reports are to be posted by the 5th business day of the month. As such, the reports will be posted by the end of day Friday, November 5.
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DAT 00208
Published On: 01/12/2022
Question: Will you be providing a 2022/2023 PLC snapshot for the Jan 2022 Auction?
Answer: The 2022/2023 PLC snapshot is expected to be posted by end of day Friday, January 14.
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DAT 00209
Published On: 01/20/2022
Question: Will you be updating the Load Data to include DEC before the Jan 24th Auction?
Answer: The Load and Other Data reports reflecting complete December 2021 data have been posted.
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DAT 00211 (revised 10/27/2022)
Published On: 03/07/2022
Question: I noticed that the November 2021 hourly load data for Penelec and Penn Power have not been updated for Secondary settlement even though it is past the 60 day period (Met-Ed and West Penn Power have been updated). Do you happen to have updated versions of these files?
Answer: Corrected hourly load reports for Penelec and Penn Power, reflecting November 2021 secondary data, have been posted.
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DAT 00213
Published On: 04/13/2022
Question: Can the FEPA companies please update the PLC snapshot file found at https://www.fepaauction.com/Portals/0/Documents/LoadData/2022_PA_PLC_Snapshot.xlsx for a recent view (April preferably) prior to the April 19th auction?
Answer: A new 2022/2023 Capacity/PLC snapshot will be posted by the end of day Friday, 4/15/2022.
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DAT 00214
Published On: 04/13/2022
Question: Can the utilities post an update to their 2022/2023 PLC snapshot file posted on 1/11/2022 to incorporate more recent data?
Answer: A new 2022/2023 Capacity/PLC snapshot will be posted by the end of day Friday, 4/15/2022.
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DAT 00215
Published On: 07/01/2022
Question: Could you please provide June 2022 Capacity data for all four of the utilities in the corresponding Cap_Trans.xls files? Thank you.
Answer: The June 2022 PLC and NSPL data will be posted per our normal reporting schedule which is by the 5th business day of July.
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DAT 00216
Published On: 07/01/2022
Question: Can FirstEnergy provide the PLC data post 05/31?
Answer: The June 2022 PLC and NSPL data will be posted per our normal reporting schedule which is by the 5th business day of July.
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DAT 00217
Published On: 01/11/2023
Question: Would you be able to provide Hourly load / PLC / NSPL / Customer Counts beginning 1/1/2014 at the very least. The data room has data beginning 1/1/2019 and we need more data to make an informed load forecast while participating in the auction.
Answer: At this time, FEPA will not be posting historical data prior to 1/1/2019.
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DAT 00218 (revised 01/20/2023)
Published On: 01/19/2023
Question: Can you provide the 2023 NSPL by rate class for each utility?
Answer: The monthly load data report, Capacity and Transmission by Rate, will be updated by the 5th business day of the month. The next update will be posted by end of day February 7, 2023. The updated capacity and transmission reports reflecting the first seven days of January 2023 will be posted on January 20, 2023.
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DAT 00219
Published On: 01/19/2023
Question: We are analyzing Cap PLC and Trans NSPLs for MetEd and Penelec and are finding a notable drop in both tags occurring between Sept 1st and 2nd across almost all customer classes, both shopped and non-shopped. Can FEPA comment on what’s happening here? It doesn’t seem to be customer migration as both shopped and non-shopped accounts are dropping (not netting). Similarly, on Sep 21st, there seems to be a reallocation of tags (not quite net zero impact) between COM, RES, and IND Cap and Trans tags – is this a correction of a previous misallocation? If so, can that correction be applied to the historical data to show a clean data set?
Answer: In September 2022 we implemented a new settlement system and as with any new system there may be unexpected system or data issues not found during testing. We continue to focus on finding and resolving any of these issues that have occurred since the new system implementation. As such the original shift or drop in values posted in early September was due to the system integrations. The adjustment reported in late September reflects improvements made within our processes. We are not able to go back and repost adjusted data.
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DAT 00220
Published On: 02/02/2023
Question: In the "Capacity and Transmission PLC by Rate" file the data has been updated to January 7, 2023. For the Transmission PLS or NSPL data it appears there is a material change in the values from 12/30/22 to 12/31/22 and no material change from 12/31/22 to 1/1/23 as would be expected from the new calendar year NSPL values. Is it possible that the new 2023 NSPL values were applied a day early and reflected in the 12/31/22 values?
Thanks
Answer: The FEPA monthly Cap_Trans reports had a reporting error for the Transmission data for 12/31/2022. The reports have been corrected.
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DAT 00221
Published On: 02/02/2023
Question: In the "Capacity and Transmission PLC by Rate" file the data has been updated to January 7, 2023. For the Transmission PLS or NSPL data it appears there is a material change in the values from 12/30/22 to 12/31/22 and no material change from 12/31/22 to 1/1/23 as would be expected from the new calendar year NSPL values. Is it possible that the new 2023 NSPL values were applied a day early and reflected in the 12/31/22 values?
Thanks
Answer: The FEPA monthly Cap_Trans reports had a reporting error for the Transmission data for 12/31/2022. The reports have been corrected.
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DAT 00222 (revised 04/21/2023)
Published On: 04/18/2023
Question: On the “Load and Other Data” page under “Hourly Load by Class”, the files contain Hour 25 on 11/6/22. Both the spreadsheet titles and the Data Description Document state that the data is provided in Eastern Standard Time, and that all days should contain exactly 24 hours. While past years contain only 24 hours per day, it’s difficult to identify where the inconsistency began. Is this a mistake?
Answer: Within the Hourly Load by Class reports, the data posted since the implementation of our new settlement system (9/1/2022 Primary, 7/1/2022 Secondary) are reflected in Eastern Prevailing Time (EPT). Due to this, the day of the time change in spring will reflect 23 hours whereas the day in the fall will reflect 25 hours. This aligns with PJM operations. The previous settlement was in Eastern Standard (EST) which always reflected 24 hours. A note will be added to the top of the reports to identify this.
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DAT 00223
Published On: 11/09/2023
Question: We have a question about time zones in the hourly load files.
You state in the description tab of each file and in the FAQ response DAT 00222 that hourly load data is in EST until 7/1/2022, after which point data is presented in EPT. At which hour does it transition?
6/30/2022 HE24 prevailing timezone was EDT, so 6/30/2022 HE24 EST is 7/1/2022 HE1 EPT. Yet, there is a separate 7/1/2022 HE1 EPT with a different value. In fact, each hourly load file shows 24 hours for each of 6/30 and 7/1, so the hour at which point the data transitions to EPT is not clear at all. There is also an "x" next to 6/30/2022 HE24 in the Penelec Hourly Data file.
This looks erroneous, or we have misinterpreted your FAQ response. Could you please address this and please confirm that what you wrote in the FAQ and the description file is actually representative of the hourly load data? If we've misinterpreted, could you clarify? Thanks.
Answer: Within the FEPA Hourly Load reports, data as of 7/1/2022 are reported in EPT due to the implementation of the new settlement system. All data posted prior are in EST as that data were from the former settlement system.
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DAT 00224
Published On: 11/09/2023
Question: I’m pulling data for the Nov 2023 FEPA DSP-VI auction, and it seems that for at least METED and PENELEC that Cap and Trans data is missing for 12 March 2023 and there is bad data for April 1-2, 2023. Can someone review and revise or advise on the issue?
Answer: The FEPA Cap_Trans reports have been corrected and re-posted.
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DAT 00225
Published On: 11/09/2023
Question: In the sheet "MET-ED 2019-2022" from the file "ME_Hrly_Data.xlsx", there are 8,761 hours for the data in 2022. This appears to be due to a reporting change during the year from Standard time to Prevailing time in order to accommodate DST, since 3/13/2022 data does not reflect DST and shows 24 hours of data (not 23 hours), while 11/6/2022 shows 25 hours of data (consistent with DST). Please confirm at which exact timestamp does the reporting shift from Standard time to Prevailing time.
Answer: Within the FEPA Hourly Load reports, data as of 7/1/2022 are reported in EPT due to the implementation of the new settlement system. All data posted prior are in EST as the data were from the former settlement system.
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DAT 00226
Published On: 11/09/2023
Question: What is causing the drop in Capacity and Transmission tags in the Meted data for 4/1 and 4/2/2023 - is this a data error and can FirstEnergy please confirm or provide corrected numbers?
Answer: The ME Cap_Trans report has been corrected and posted.
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DAT 00227
Published On: 11/09/2023
Question: Why are there two records for each day in June 2022 for the Transmission data found in PP_Cap_Trans.xlsx in the PENN POWER TRANS 2019-2022 tab? Can FirstEnergy please correct this?
Answer: The PP Cap_Trans report has been corrected and posted.
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