The Maryland Public Service Commission is due to receive comments on Potomac Electric Power Company’s application for adjustments of retail rates and charges applicable to electric services. The Exelon subsidiary filed a three-year rate plan, seeking an increase in base revenues of $74.4 million in the first year, and $59.4 million each in the second and third years, with an added $20.4 million for a nine-month extension of the third year. The company proposes a return on equity of 10.5 percent. The rate plan covers the effective period April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2027, with a proposed nine-month extension from April 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027. 9702

The Ohio Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing to discuss Chestnut Solar LLC’s application to build an up to 68-megawatt solar project. The National Renewable Energy Corporation subsidiary proposes to install about 170,500 photovoltaic modules spanning an area of about 404 acres in Marion County. The project would connect to the American Electric Power North Waldo-Wildcreek electric substation, in order to enter PJM Interconnection LLC.

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing to discuss Xcel Energy Inc. application for adjustments of retail rates and charges applicable to natural gas services. The company requests an increase in base revenues of $59.03 million, or 9.6 percent, with a return on equity of 10.20 percent. The application would result in an increase of $6.93 for residential customers consuming a monthly average of 73 therms. Additional hearings will be held on May 1, 2, 7, 8, 9. GR-23-413

The California Independent System Operator Corp. will hold a hybrid California New Resource Implementation, or NRI, stakeholder meeting to bolster collaboration with the community in preparation for the upcoming summer operations. The meeting will include an overview of the NRI process, a highlight of the metering and telemetry requirements, with a focus on potential challenges and offering strategies for more efficient approvals, and a discussion on battery storage primary frequency response. The operator seeks to work with stakeholders to enhance efficiency in onboarding resources to the grid reliably.

The Utah Public Service Commission will hold a technical conference regarding Questar Gas Company’s integrated resource plan, or IRP, for the play year June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025. The Dominion Energy subsidiary intends to file its IRP in early June 2024. The discussion will focus on long-term planning. Prior conferences held since February examined IRP standards and guidelines, supply sourcing, system integrity, and transportation and storage planning, among others. The next conference is scheduled for July 8. 24-057-04

The California Energy Commission will hold a joint workshop with the Air Resources Board to discuss a draft transportation fuels assessment and a transportation fuels transition plan. Legislation enacted in 2023 directed the commission to conduct a triennial assessment of transportation fuels in order to identify methods to ensure a reliable supply of affordable and safe fuels in the state while helping prevent price spikes. The law also requires both agencies to prepare a plan to transition away from petroleum fuels in line with declining instate petroleum demand based on the assessment. The plan must include a discussion on how to ensure an affordable, reliable, equitable, and adequate supply of petroleum and alternative transportation fuels under the board’s most recent scoping plan. The workshop will include an overview of the draft assessment which includes scenarios of gasoline demand and policies explored to mitigate gasoline price spikes. 23-SB-02