If you wish to enter a price offer for 4 Total Tranches Supplied, you must also enter bids for 1, 2, and 3 Total Tranches Supplied.

However, there are no restrictions on the dollar amounts of the prices that you enter into the cells of the Bid Proposal Spreadsheet. If you bid on 4 Total Tranches Supplied, your bids for one, two or three tranches could be more or less than your bid for 4 tranches. Please keep in mind that there are strict rules governing the cells that must be filled out in order for your Bid Proposal Spreadsheet to be accepted.

If you wish to enter a price offer for 4 Total Tranches Supplied, you must also enter bids for 1, 2, and 3 Total Tranches Supplied.

However, there are no restrictions on the dollar amounts of the prices that you enter into the cells of the Bid Proposal Spreadsheet. If you bid on 4 Total Tranches Supplied, your bids for one, two or three tranches could be more or less than your bid for 4 tranches. Please keep in mind that there are strict rules governing the cells that must be filled out in order for your Bid Proposal Spreadsheet to be accepted.

Through the Alternate Energy Credits (“AEC”) RFP, PPL Electric purchases AECs necessary to meet the AEPS Obligation associated with its purchases of Block Energy Supply under its Default Service Procurement Plan (“DSPP”). In the AEC RFP, AECs will be procured through multiple solicitations that mirror the purchases of Block Energy Supply under the DSPP. In each solicitation, the vintage of the AECs must enable PPL Electric to comply with the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards for retail sales of energy during the supply period covered by the Block Energy Supply. In each solicitation, PPL Electric seeks to procure the following categories of AECs: Tier 1, Tier 2, and Photo-voltaic (a subset of the Tier 1 AECs). Before each solicitation, PPL Electric will announce the amount that it seeks to purchase in each category.

For example, in the first solicitation, PPL electric is purchasing 50 MW of Block Supply for a delivery period beginning January 1, 2011 through May 31, 2011. Correspondingly, PPL Electric seeks to purchase 4,965 Tier I (Non-Solar) AECs, 34 Tier I (Solar) AECs, and 10,331 Tier II AECs. The AEPS Act permits EDCs and EGSs to bank AECs created in one reporting year for use in either or both of the two subsequent reporting periods. See 73 P.S. § 1648.3(e)(6). As such, any AECs procured pursuant to the AEC RFP in the first solicitation must be based on renewable energy generated between June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2011.    

This is correct. In each of the solicitation 5 and solicitation 6, PPL Electric will seek to procure a total of 84,613 Tier I (non-solar AECs), 1,880 Tier I (Solar AECs), and 129,645 Tier II AECs for a delivery period of 5 years beginning in January 1, 2011. The AECs will be delivered throughout the 5 year period to meet the prescribed requirements within the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act (“AEPS Act”) at 73 P.S. §§ 1648.1-1648.8. The quantities of AECs required to comply with AEPS requirements for a compliance year gradually increases during the 5 year delivery period.

Through the Alternative Energy Credits (“AEC”) RFP, PPL Electric purchases AECs necessary to meet the AEPS Obligation associated with its purchases of Block Energy Supply under its Default Service Procurement Plan (“DSPP”). In the AEC RFP, AECs will be procured through multiple solicitations that mirror the purchases of Block Energy Supply under the DSPP. In the fifth solicitation and the sixth solicitation, PPL Electric is soliciting bids to block energy supply for the period January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015. As such, PPL Electric will also solicit bids to supply Tier I (solar), Tier I (non-solar) and Tier II AECs that comply with the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards for retail sales of energy during the supply period covered by the Block Energy Supply of January 1 through December 31, 2015.  

The PLC (MW) for the Residential Customer Group as provided in the Full Requirements RFP Rules is for the entire Residential Customer Group.

Please note that these numbers are 'forecasts' or projections of PLCs, and will change to match actual peak load contributions once actual supply begins at the commencement of the supply period. For historical PLC data please see the Rate Category & Load Data from 2001 to present found here.

Please also see Data/General FAQ-4 and FAQ-10 for additional information.

Through the Alternative Energy Credits (“AEC”) RFP, PPL Electric purchases AECs necessary to meet the AEPS Obligation associated with its purchases of Block Energy Supply under its Default Service Procurement Plan (“DSPP”).  In the AEC RFP, AECs will be procured through multiple solicitations that mirror the purchases of Block Energy Supply under the DSPP. 

For example, in the second solicitation, PPL Electric solicited bids to supply Tier I (solar), Tier I (non-solar) and Tier II AECs for the period January 1 through August 31, 2011.   These AECs must comply with the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards for retail sales of energy during the supply period covered by the Block Energy Supply of January 1 through August 31, 2011. In particular, 5/8 of the target AEC quantities of each AEC category will be used for the compliance period June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011, and 3/8 of the target AEC quantities of each AEC category will be used for the compliance period June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011.

The AEPS Act permits EDCs and EGSs to bank AECs created in one reporting year for use in either or both of the two subsequent reporting periods. See 73 P.S. § 1648.3(e)(6). As such, in this October 2009 solicitation, 5/8 of the AECs procured must be based on renewable energy generated between June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2011 and the remaining 3/8 of the AECs procured must be based on renewable energy generated between June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2012.