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Public Service Commission urges staffing boost, warns ‘phantom load’ in PJM auctions inflates costs
Summary
The Public Service Commission told the Appropriations subcommittee its top priorities are filling vacancies and addressing market-design issues that can inflate capacity costs, including so-called “phantom load” from unverified data-center applications; PSC also defended a moratorium tied to BGE call-center failures.
The Public Service Commission told the House Appropriations Committee’s Transportation and the Environment Subcommittee that filling longstanding vacancies and confronting distortions in the PJM capacity market are the agency’s top priorities as it implements the governor’s focus on affordability and reliability.
In written analysis presented by the Department of Legislative Services, DLS said the PSC’s fiscal 2027 operating allowance falls to $132.3 million, a $97.5 million (42.4%) decrease driven largely by one-time residential bill credits provided in fiscal 2026. DLS recommended committee narrative requiring the PSC to report how it will use $15 million allocated from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund’s dedicated purpose account.
PSC Chair Barbay, who said he has been in the job…
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