Technical Hearing on Electric Utility’s Application to Study Distribution of Costs

The proceeding concerns large-load customer regulations and tariffs interconnecting to the electric system servicing Maryland.

Docket No. 26-2666-01 concerns Corix Utah City Heating and Cooling LLC’s application to establish a thermal tariff, including rates and terms of service. Parties must have their witnesses present and prepared to testify.

En banc legislative-style hearing in Case PC72 concerning large load customer regulations and tariffs interconnecting to the electric system serving Maryland.

Case No. PC72 concerns large load customer regulations and tariffs for customers interconnecting to the electric system serving Maryland. The legislative-style hearing is before the Commission en banc.

Docket 26-035-20 concerns PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power’s application for approval and report of the sale of the Washington Service Area and an accounting order. Parties must have their witnesses in attendance and prepared to testify. The scheduling order establishes testimony, intervention, and discovery deadlines, and requires parties to supplement discovery responses when new, different, or corrected information becomes available.

The Potomac Edison Company’s application seeks a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to rebuild the Messick Road-Ridgeley 138-kilovolt transmission line in Allegany County, Maryland. The proceeding is an en banc evidentiary hearing.

The forum will examine the WestTEC process and results, the newly formed Washington Electric Transmission Authority (WETA), and developments involving The Western Transmission Consortium (TWTC). It will consider how these initiatives could accelerate transmission expansion and what transmission decisions are needed to benefit Washington’s economy and population. The program begins with presentations on the three initiatives, followed by a panel discussion on how they can support a thoughtful transmission build-out.

The conference focuses on the customer-utility interface, including planning, demand management, distributed energy resources, storage, DERMS, energy efficiency, interconnection, standardization, scalability, AI, data center growth, and next-generation loads. The program includes tutorials, technical tours, welcome and opening remarks with a keynote, breakout sessions, exhibits, stage presentations, startup lightning pitches, a poster session, and a closing session. Super Sessions address generation mix and grid reliability; data center growth and the AI economy; flexible load management; AI for planning, operations, and reliability; and asset management for an affordable grid. The program also includes an invite-only Innovation Challenge and brings together utility engineers, planners, consultants, developers working on large-load interconnections, AI and data-center leaders, DER providers, policymakers, regulators, and researchers in data, cybersecurity, and grid-edge systems. PacifiCorp is the host utility.

Industry leaders and commissioners discuss issues facing the electric, natural gas, water, and telecommunications industries. The program includes a CEO and Industry Leaders Panel on “The Future of the Industry” and a Commissioner Grill where conference participants submit questions to moderators.