EDEWG Conference Call
April 6, 2006
(Minutes Revised 04/11/2006 per FES clarification as noted in “Process for Handling Bankruptcy)
Utilities: AP, DL, MetEd, PECO, PPL, and UGI
Suppliers/Service Providers: ESG, ECPower, First Energy Solutions, Mack Energy Services, and UGI Energy Services
Other: PUC, PJM
Agenda:
Review of Internet EDI Plan Progress
PUC reported that PECO filed the Plan electronically with the Secretary’s Bureau and that all EDM Sub-team members were sent copies of the transmittal letter and Plan. A Secretarial Letter is being prepared to serve these documents on all parties of record. Once parties are served the documents will be posted to the PUC website.
Status reports for implementation of the Plan were provided by EDCs present. Allegheny Power reported that it may postpone implementation due to no supplier activity. All other EDCs are on schedule. UGI reported it is upgrading its servers Monday to support the new standards. Two suppliers volunteered the status of their implementation: UGI Energy Services expects the new version to be implemented mid-April, and First Energy solutions reported an “all go.”
Process for Handling Bankruptcy
DL sought guidance from EDEWG members on how to electronically handle bankruptcies. DL is experiencing many more bankruptcies by customers especially residential, and the law requires the company to separate pre-petition and post-petition bankruptcy accounts. For example account no. 1000 is served by a supplier and goes into bankruptcy on 3/1; on 3/2 post-petition bankruptcy account no. becomes 1001. EDEWG members described how they currently account for these types of changes. FirstEnergy Solutions (a Supplier) clarified how it handles bankruptcies in Ohio. There is no drop and re-enrollment and no account number change. When bankruptcy notification is received, FES manually terminates and marks the account as pre-petition, then creates a new post-petition account using the same account number. FES point is that Suppliers as well as Utilities must have separate pre-and post-petition accounts.
Review of Regional Document Changes
EDEWG was informed that it needs to pay attention to the Maryland and New Jersey changes on the First Regional EDI document. NAESB also has a new document for Usage, Billing and Payments that is over 200 pages. EDEWG was invited to join the NAESB Retail Electric Quadrant Business Practices Subcommittee meeting scheduled Wednesday April 12, 2006 at 9:30a (Eastern) for an informative overview/briefing. To join the NAESB call EDEWG members are advised to contact NAESB (713-356-0060) and request all contact information needed to join the teleconference and webcast.
New Business
Mack Services Group is a small supplier serving the PECO market, who requested assistance of the PUC in obtaining the NAESB Internet standard.
John Wilhelm of PJM reported that MADRI (MidAtlantic Demand Response Initiative) and the PJM DSR (Demand Response Group) is exploring the use of EDI as a way to streamline and increase the accuracy of transmitting curtailment data to the PJM. PJM would like to implement a pilot, which could be just a test, verifying data, before the end of 2006. A brief description of its proposal will be sent to EDEWG to review in advance of our May meeting.
Next Meetings
EDEWG meetings scheduled for the rest of 2006:
May 4
June 1
July 6
August 3
September 1
October 5
November 2
December 7