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Commission staff recommended approval, saying the waiver would allow TradePoint’s five separate 1.8 MW generating units to receive billing credits based on the BGE aggregate node locational marginal price and that all interconnection upgrade costs would be borne by TradePoint. “Staff supports TradePoint’s request for a waiver of special provision 3 of BGE Schedule X,” Deandre Wilson, commission staff, told commissioners.

TradePoint’s representatives said the project would inject energy onto BGE’s 13.2 kV distribution feeder and that the developer would retain renewable energy credits and sell them to a commercial customer under a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA). Charles Schaller of Baker Donelson, representing TradePoint Atlantic, said the company had filed the required information and that staff had closely reviewed the proposal. Don Pagliaro, TradePoint’s project lead, said the VPPA “is a financial hedge agreement. The RECs are also being sold, but it’s a hedge for energy purchase.”

Commissioners asked detailed legal and operational questions about jurisdiction. Commissioner Richard said he wanted to be sure the arrangement would remain under state jurisdiction and not be converted into a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission matter by virtue of relying on locational marginal pricing. David Hockett, commission staff, explained that under the proposed “in schedule” contract, PJM would provide credits to BGE as negative load based on the BGE aggregate node LMP and BGE would pass those credits on to the solar developer.

BGE told the commission it supports the waiver and that other utilities in Maryland do not include the PJM interconnection requirement in their equivalent tariffs. A BGE representative (Beverly) said the company had worked with TradePoint and staff to design a settlement mechanism that treats the generation as distribution‑connected negative load. “We actually do question now whether or not we need this requirement,” the BGE representative said, referring to the PJM interconnection provision in Schedule X.

At the meeting the commission moved to grant TradePoint’s request “subject to the caveat that nothing in this approval should be construed as constituting authority or providing support or confirmation to obligate BGE to purchase energy from TradePoint at avoided cost pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act or PURPA” and an amendment to clarify that the interconnection is at distribution and does not confer FERC jurisdiction. The motion passed with recorded affirmative votes from Commissioner Barbay, Commissioner Richard and the chair.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Administrative Meeting - 6/11/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Public Service Commission on June 11 granted TradePoint Atlantic a waiver of special provision 3 of BGE’s Schedule X tariff so a 9 MW rooftop solar project at Sparrows Point can avoid the PJM small resource interconnection queue.","taxTitle","Public Service Commission, Independent Agencies, Organizations, Executive, Maryland","taxId",80344,"location","Maryland","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6532670,"PSC staff, Pepco and people’s counsel discuss removal of Fairmont Heights microgrid from Maryland energy storage pilot",358,502000,860000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3847941-8342829d5b108e52723e0a659cb069b4&start=502&end=860","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3847941-8342829d5b108e52723e0a659cb069b4/thumbnail_502000.jpg","/articles/6532670/Maryland/PSC-staff-Pepco-and-peoples-counsel-discuss-removal-of-Fairmont-Heights-microgrid-from-Maryland-energy-storage-pilot","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6532670-f7dfa05c34c487df122a5b1e3751f49a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770430692&Signature=Tc3XUbxnnl59BcW7ge~pKhViIvwODB~p~tqBsAsb3FWPE4nYdWQudjJFBtkCANFvOfzz~V82P01U8fsqXkcIMsJCrrEGe5zscePdYsqfnN9ud9p97paqF8EouvDUrzIUyBaEz9Nt5DP1RjXG3Hqd7AZPDjN8XLj6STJN~puBdC277c6Qbu3v2DJ2Mzpg2qtWxkMnN4BaCyR4naEDWxxGNnJxSZFwPe933IDijJ7-OIx62rD93CHy22N7rXcuWBg4~dWkw~hfec8wt-rzhz1NI9aB9MQ6QSO0zwPnt1O3I9OpwlTFn2j72HMRzMaNW7aHzApe2DyoXdpTNw63EL5AXA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Public Service Commission considered Pepco’s request to remove the Fairmont Heights microgrid pilot from the Maryland energy storage pilot program during its June 11 administrative meeting.

Commission staff recommended amending a prior letter order to reject the Fairmont Heights project’s inclusion in the pilot program, staff said, because Pepco “continue[s] to encounter challenges in completing the construction of the project” and its subcontractor, Block Energy, has ceased operations. Deandre Wilson, commission staff, told commissioners Pepco filed the request on May 5, 2025, and that staff supports removing the project from the pilot so the program still meets statutory size requirements for remaining projects.

Jacob Auslander of the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel said OPC does not oppose Pepco’s request to suspend implementation or remove the project, but asked the commission not to make any determination now that could be read as allowing Pepco to recover project costs. “We don’t oppose PEPCO’s request to suspend implementation of the project, and we don’t oppose its removal from the pilot program,” Auslander said. He added that OPC wants future opportunities to contest any cost-recovery request, because OPC believes the record shows “clear evidence that PEPCO mismanaged this project.”

Pepco told the commission it does not believe continuing the Fairmont Heights project is in the public interest. Matthew Seager, appearing for Pepco, said the subcontractor that supplied the microgrid’s operating system, HALA (working under Block Energy), has ceased operations and the proposed in‑house alternative was untested, posed cybersecurity concerns and would add about $1,300,000 and roughly a year to completion. “The company is not at all happy to be here under these circumstances,” Seager said. He added Pepco “is simply not going to roll the dice when it comes to our cybersecurity.”

Pepco said it is auditing the contractor to determine what materials and funds can be recovered and that it has a parent guaranty from Block Energy to cover certain liabilities. Staff told commissioners the audit is underway and that Pepco had pledged to report lessons learned as part of its pilot reporting. Seager said Pepco was not asking the commission to decide any cost‑recovery or prudence question now, saying that would be appropriate only in a rate case with an evidentiary record.

Commissioner questions focused on what equipment is on site and the homes tied to the project. Gabby Levinson, Pepco manager of smart grid programs, told the commission the homes are connected to Pepco’s distribution system and will receive power regardless of the project’s pilot status. Levinson also told commissioners that the Maryland Energy Administration‑funded partner (HIP) had promised to install the solar roofs so the houses could work toward net‑zero energy.

Commissioners said they wanted a lessons‑learned report and clarity that the commission was not making any prudence finding at this meeting. Commissioner Suchman said the commission would “take this under advisement” so staff could prepare a written order specifying what the commission wants included in the lessons‑learned report and clarifying “any of the actions or non actions going forward.”

No formal vote on cost recovery or prudence was taken at the meeting. Staff recommended amending the earlier order to reject the project’s pilot inclusion; Pepco and OPC both told the commission they do not seek a prudence determination in this administrative action. The commission directed staff to prepare precise written instructions for the lessons‑learned report and to clarify next steps in a written order.","The Maryland Public Service Commission heard staff and Pepco explain Pepco’s request to remove the Fairmont Heights microgrid from the state’s energy storage pilot after a subcontractor ceased operations; the Office of People's Counsel asked the commission not to prejudge any future cost-recovery dispute and asked for lessons learned reporting.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6532660,"PSC approves consent agenda items including supplier license changes and Little Elk Solar deadline waiver",90,313000,403000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3847941-8342829d5b108e52723e0a659cb069b4&start=313&end=403","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3847941-8342829d5b108e52723e0a659cb069b4/thumbnail_313000.jpg","/articles/6532660/Maryland/PSC-approves-consent-agenda-items-including-supplier-license-changes-and-Little-Elk-Solar-deadline-waiver","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6532660-b441c0ba37fe80c31947f822418733fe/orig.mp4?Expires=1770430692&Signature=FJZppLLDGyBQdxgu54CBMbK7oj63fbvjyDgpGYLH-YlNSakK8EC4kZ~NM36m4ula17gkIxieL7~BShoITgz424VSsBERPLFCvcoN-CJ4DcFSusFcxC7h6vTy7jlhcKWBoJKV4pLVL5QEsBJUInrnXPG90a2-npvzomvfxMIKkEfbB0GOpNQ3hCIGUn9fMeLxhopi38508zMkMX3M-B8Mgia9bPfE7g8RokRq0gYPEPNV8FGZPOAfDjB8mfeB7-ITFrKCLta0ypTUZAZ8G7w68vFno0vz8vaydFDh6ZX5iido59MT1UijZX7XiceIneYunpJqzynWneSjuUFQ4bwP2A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Public Service Commission approved six items on its consent agenda during the June 11 administrative meeting, including a waiver extending the operational deadline for Little Elk Solar LLC and several license and broker renewal actions.

Chair and commissioners voted on the consent items with the chair and Commissioners Suchman, Barbay and Richard recording affirmative votes. The consent agenda listed six items: a waiver request from Little Elk Solar LLC to extend an operational deadline; an application from JT Consulting LLC for a license to supply natural gas (limited to broker services for the classes applied for); a request from JMI Consultants LLC to amend its license; a summary request from Open Market Energy LLC; a request from Innovate Energy Benefit LLC to amend its license to supply electricity and natural gas; and a broker renewal application from L5E LLC.

For item 1 staff and the chair stated, “we grant a waiver of the operational deadline for the Little Elk Solar Project until 12/30/2025.” The commission then recorded “Aye” votes from the commissioners. For the natural gas supplier application (item 2) staff recommended granting a license limited to broker services and directed the applicant to notify the commission within 30 days of any changes to its application information; the commission recorded affirmative votes. Items 3–6 involved license amendments or removal of permission to serve residential customers and a broker renewal; staff recommended granting the requests and the commission voted to approve them.

These approvals were taken as routine consent items and recorded in the administrative meeting minutes; no further discussion or separate roll‑call motions on these individual items was recorded in the transcript.","At its June 11 administrative meeting the Public Service Commission approved consent agenda items including a waiver for Little Elk Solar’s operational deadline and several supplier license changes and renewals.","actionData","errors"]

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PSC grants TradePoint Atlantic waiver of BGE Schedule X provision, with caveat on jurisdiction

PSC staff, Pepco and people’s counsel discuss removal of Fairmont Heights microgrid from Maryland energy storage pilot

PSC approves consent agenda items including supplier license changes and Little Elk Solar deadline waiver