2009 Report - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Section 1 - Introduction
Purpose
Electric Power Outlook for Pennsylvania 2008-2013 summarizes and
discusses the current and future electric power supply and demand situation for
the eight major investor-owned jurisdictional electric distribution companies
(EDCs) operating within the Commonwealth and the entities responsible for
maintaining the reliability of the bulk electric supply system within the region. Any
comments or conclusions contained in this report do not necessarily reflect the
views or opinions of the Commission or individual Commissioners. Although this
report has been issued by the Commission, it is not to be considered or construed
as approval or acceptance by the Commission of any of the plans, assumptions or
calculations made by the EDCs or regional reliability entities and reflected in the
information submitted.
The Bureau of Conservation, Economics and Energy Planning prepared this
report, pursuant to Title 66, Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Section 524.
This report is submitted annually to the General Assembly, the Governor, the
Office of Consumer Advocate and each affected public utility, and also is made
available to the general public on the Commission’s website. 10
The information contained in this report includes a brief description of the
existing generation, transmission and distribution system for each EDC, highlights
of the past year, information on EDCs' projections of peak load, and a discussion
of historical trends in electric utility forecasting. Since the eight largest EDCs
operating in Pennsylvania represent approximately 99 percent of jurisdictional
electricity sales, the smaller companies have not been included in this report.
The report also provides a regional perspective with statistical information
on the projected resources and aggregate peak loads for the region, which
impacts Pennsylvania.
Informational sources include data submitted by jurisdictional investorowned
EDCs, which is filed annually pursuant to the Commission's regulations.
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Sources also include data submitted by regional reliability councils to the North
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) which is subsequently forwarded
to the federal Energy Information Agency (EIA).
10 See http://www.puc.state.pa.us/general/publications_reports/pdf/EPO_2009.pdf.
11 52 Pa. Code §§ 57.141—57.154.
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