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Parties Continue To Seek Clarification On Green Product Pricing Order
Excerpts From OPC’s Request For Clarification:
{***} “Pursuant to Public Utilities Article (“PUA”) § 3-114, the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel requests that the Public Service Commission clarify its December 30, 2024, order1 (the “order”) establishing green product pricing under PUA § 7-707(d)(2) and green product marketing requirements under PUA § 7-707(f) and (g). Specifically, OPC requests that the Commission clarify whether a retail supplier may include renewable energy credits (“RECs”) that do not qualify for Maryland’s renewable portfolio standard (“RPS”)—such as those RECs that are derived from renewable energy sources located outside the area within or adjacent to PJM Interconnection’s 13-state region2 , i.e., “national RECs”—in a green product offer. If not, the Commission should strike certain text, as described below, from the required customer disclosure to ensure retail supplier marketing materials provide residential customers with clear, precise information regarding the composition of green product offers.” {***}
Excerpts from RESA’s Request for Clarification:
{***} “[T]he Supplier Coalition requests that the Commission issue an order:
- Granting this application;
- Confirming that suppliers may offer green products to residential customers under PUA § 7-707 that consist of: (1) 51% green products backed by RPS-compliant RECs retired in PJM GATS; and (2) up to 49% renewable energy that is backed by non-RPS compliant RECs that are retired in a tracking system other than PJM GATS, so long as the supplier: (a) satisfies the marketing disclosures in the Green Pricing Order and the recently approved COMARs in RM 84; and (b) submits an attestation annually that substantiates the RECs retired on behalf of Maryland customers;
- Confirming that future annual proceedings to establish a green product price cap will include opportunities to present direct and rebuttal evidence, with cross-examination of witnesses, and will conclude by November 30 of each year to afford suppliers sufficient time to begin preparing offers for the following year; and
- Granting other relief as is just and reasonable.” {***}
OPC’s Request For Clarification (01/16/2025)
RESA’s Request for Clarification (01/24/2025)
(Retail Energy Supply Association and CleanChoice Energy Inc. – Application for Clarification and Reconsideration of Order No. 91464. Case No. 9757 (ML 315119)
9757
(Petition of Commission Technical Staff for Green Product Pricing)
