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Maryland PSC approves consent agenda items; accepts Maryland Water Service UFW reconciliation with small customer credits and surcharge
Summary
At its May 21 administrative meeting the Maryland Public Service Commission approved five consent-agenda items including supplier license and tariff revisions and granted a community-solar operational-deadline extension; the commission also accepted Maryland Water Service Inc.’s 2024 unaccounted-for-water reconciliation for two small systems and approved tariff changes to issue a small customer credit and a temporary surcharge.
The Maryland Public Service Commission on May 21 approved a five-item consent agenda and accepted Maryland Water Service Inc.’s 2024 unaccounted-for-water (UFW) surcharge reconciliations for two small systems.
Consent agenda: Chair Hoover announced five items on the consent agenda: (1) Live Energy Inc.’s request to amend its electricity supplier license to remove a limitation that restricted the company to broker services for residential customers; (2) notice filings by PEG BandwidthMD LLC and Unity National LLC of participation in financing arrangements; (3) tariff revisions filed by Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) and (4) Delmarva Power and Light Company, both to be effective June 1, 2025; and (5) Synergen Panorama 3 LLC’s request for an extension of its operational deadline for a community solar project. The motions to approve or note the filings carried unanimously on recorded voice votes.
Maryland Water Service reconciliation: Lucy Shea of commission staff and Barbara Webber of the engineering division presented staff’s review of Maryland Water Service’s 2024 UFW reconciliation filings for the Pinto and Highland Estates water systems. Staff reported Pinto’s adjusted UFW percentage for 2024 was 2% and Highland Estates’ was 5%. Staff concluded that, under the stipulation and settlement in Case 9212, the company met its goal of keeping annual adjusted UFW at or below 20% in both systems for 2024.
Staff recommended the commission accept Maryland Water Service’s filing and proposed tariff revisions effective May 1, 2025. Under the accepted filing, Pinto customers will receive a one-time $18.21 credit for 2024 overcollection, and Highland Estates customers will see a 12-month surcharge of $1.79 per 1,000 gallons to recover an undercollection. Max Cook, representing Maryland Water Service, said the company had reviewed staff’s filing and had nothing further to add. A motion to accept the tariff provisions and allow the company to issue the credit and surcharge carried with recorded aye votes.
Votes at a glance: - Item 1 — Live Energy Inc., license amendment: motion to grant; outcome: approved (recorded voice votes: Commissioners Linton, Suchman, Barbet, Richard and Chair Hoover recorded as voting aye). - Item 2 — PEG BandwidthMD LLC and Unity National LLC financing notices: motion to note filing; outcome: noted/approved (recorded voice votes: Linton, Suchman, Barbet, Richard and Chair Hoover aye). - Item 3 — Pepco tariff revisions: accept for filing effective 06/01/2025; outcome: approved (recorded voice votes: Linton, Suchman, Barbet, Richard and Chair Hoover aye). - Item 4 — Delmarva Power and Light tariff revisions: accept for filing effective 06/01/2025; outcome: approved (recorded voice votes: Linton, Suchman, Barbet, Richard and Chair Hoover aye). - Item 5 — Synergen Panorama 3 LLC operational deadline extension for community solar: grant waiver until 07/15/2026; outcome: approved (recorded voice votes: Linton, Suchman, Barbet, Richard and Chair Hoover aye). - Administrative item — Maryland Water Service Inc., 2024 UFW reconciliation (Pinto, Highland Estates): accept filing and tariff revisions effective 05/01/2025; outcome: approved. Action allows a one-time $18.21 credit to each Pinto customer and a 12-month volumetric surcharge of $1.79 per 1,000 gallons for Highland Estates customers.
Why it matters: The water-company action corrects an overcollection in Pinto and addresses undercollection in Highland Estates while remaining within the settlement threshold for unaccounted-for water. The consent agenda items streamline routine regulatory business, including tariff filings and a community-solar operational-deadline extension.
What’s next: The consent items and the water-company tariff changes take effect as noted in the motions. The commission will continue to monitor filings and compliance per normal staff processes.
