The Public Service Commission on Dec. 10 approved its administrative consent agenda and several regulatory actions affecting suppliers, community solar projects, and transmission reliability.

The commission voted to cancel a supplier's electric and natural gas licenses and assess $744.84 in unpaid Maryland assessments against the company, directing enforcement staff to collect the amount (motion moved by the chair and passed unanimously). The commission granted limited waivers under COMAR 20.62.03.04c to extend operational deadlines for two community solar pilot projects: the 8514 Liberty Road project in Baltimore County (extended to 2026-03-01) and the Mill Station project (extended to 2025-12-31). The commission also approved an application from Upper Oquon Service Authority for renewable facility certification for methane recovery from landfill or wastewater treatment sources, directing the applicant to open a REC account with PJM GATS within 30 days and to file on-site generation reports after each recording with GATS.

On tariff matters, the commission accepted for filing Pepco's updated residential service connection charges, approving an effective date of 2025-12-10 after staff recommended rejecting the company's earlier proposed effective date of 2025-11-20. Staff described the methodology used to set connection fees (three-year averages with outlier removal) and reported percentage increases across several fee categories. The commission likewise accepted compliance tariff filings from nine water companies filed by Edward Crooks in Case No. 9750, pursuant to Order No. 91819; staff recommended an effective date of 2025-12-10.

Finally, the commission granted PECO a waiver of the CPCN requirement under the Public Utilities Article §7-207(b)(4) to construct two 230 kV bypass projects at Quince Orchard (Montgomery County) and Ritchie (Prince George's County) substations, subject to staff conditions that PECO track bypass costs by project and provide annual updates on project status, schedule, and cost variance. Staff's technical presentation cited modeled extreme load-loss scenarios (approximately 1,750 MW and 1,125 MW) and said the bypasses are part of a mitigation plan that substantially reduced the modeled loss magnitudes to several hundred megawatts; PECO estimated combined capital costs of about $54,000,000 and an incremental bill impact of about $0.15 per month for a typical Maryland residential customer when the projects are fully reflected in rates.

Actions were recorded as motions moved by the chair and carried with recorded 'Aye' votes by Commissioners McLean and Sutchman/Suchman; the meeting record lists other staff and company representatives who presented or spoke during the items.