Pennsylvania PUC approves FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Companies’ long-term infrastructure improvement plans
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced on Thursday that it has approved FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Companies’ petitions to implement distribution system improvement changes (DSICs) as part of its long-term infrastructure improvement plans (LTIPs).
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Companies are made up of several Pennsylvania utilities, including the Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power), West Penn Power Company (West Penn Power), Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed) and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec).
The utilities recently filed petitions to make improvements to distribution infrastructure as part of the utilities’ long-term plan for improvement, as mandated by the PUC under Act 11 of 2012. Act 11 allows utilities to recover reasonable improvement costs and make infrastructure improvements through LTIPs. FirstEnergy’s petitions for improvement were approved and will be carried out over five years.
Under the new DSICs, Penn Power anticipates an additional 0.30 percent of customer distribution charges beginning July 1 of this year. Penelec anticipates a DSIC charge of 0.04 percent that will also be in effect July 1. Met-Ed will implement a DSIC rider estimated at 0.03 percent to be in effect this summer, while West Penn Power will establish a DSIC rider of 0.06 percent to be in effect at the same time this year.
First Energy services more than two million customers collectively throughout Pennsylvania.
