Electric Power Outlook - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Under the provisions of purchase power agreements, utilities are required to purchase any energy
which is made available from a qualifying facility. 45 In 2010, 5,962 GWh were purchased from
independent power producers (IPPs) and QFs, representing 3.9 percent of net energy for load.
See Table 4. Contract capacity refers to the amount of the facilities’ total capacity that the EDC
contracts for; some purchases are for energy only.
Table 4 2010 Purchases from IPPs and QFs by Pennsylvania EDCs
Purchased Percent of Contract Total
Energy Net Energy Capacity Capacity
Company (MWh) for Load (kW) (kW)
Duquesne 0 0.00% 0 0
Met-Ed 1,935,785 13.08% 295,000 354,900
Penelec 3,034,903 20.13% 370,350 410,850
Penn Power 31 0.00% 0 10,600
PPL 62,969 0.16% 0 15,410
PECO 0 0.00% 0 0
West Penn 922,942 4.14% 125 135
UGI 0 0.00% 0 0
Citizens' 5,725 3.43% 0 6,000
Pike County 0 0.00% 0 0
Wellsboro 0 0.00% 0 0
Total 5,962,355 3.87% 665,475 797,895
45 Under PURPA Section 210(m)(1)(A), enacted in response to § 1253 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, no electric
utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase electric energy from a QF under
Section 210(m) if FERC finds that the QF has nondiscriminatory access to: “(i) independently administered,
auction-based day ahead and real time wholesale markets for the sale of electric energy; and (ii) wholesale markets
for long-term sales of capacity and electric energy.” FERC Docket No. RM06-10-001.
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