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Utility Files Updated POR Rates
On July 27, 2026, Pepco in the District of Columbia filed its most recent updates to its electric purchase of receivables discount rates.
Pepco is proposing to apply a discount rate on the receivables associated with Residential customers of 5.8954% on Schedules R and MMA, 0.0000% on receivables associated with Small Commercial customers, schedules GS-LV ND, T, SL, TS, TN and OL-LED, and 0.0000% on the receivables associated with Large Commercial customers, schedules GS-LV, GS-3A, MGT-LV, GT-LV, GT-3A, GT-3B and RT. The Company respectfully requests that the Commission accept these proposed POR Discount Rates with the effective date of October 1, 2026.
Pursuant to Order No. 22883, Pepco has amortized the residential Purchase of Receivables bad debt expenses over a period of three (3) years. The amortized balance also accrued interest at the most recently approved weighted average cost for Pepco. Additionally, Pepco continued to use late payment revenues to offset bad debt expenses associated with the Purchase of Receivables for all rate classes.
Note that Attachment A to this filing provides language of the Supplier Tariff, Schedule 3, which describes in detail the components and derivation of the POR Supplier Discount Rates, including the proposed Discount Factors. Attachment B through Attachment D to this filing shows in detail how the Discount Rates are derived using the POR data for the period January 2024 through December 2025.
