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Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |
Rate Filings | Rate Filings This Note should be read in conjunction with Note 7. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. In addition to items previously reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, significant regulatory orders received and currently pending rate filings with FERC and the BPU are as follows: BGSS—In March 2021, the BPU gave final approval to PSE&G’s request to maintain the current BGSS rate of 32 cents per therm which had been provisionally approved effective October 1, 2020. In June 2021, PSE&G made its annual BGSS filing with the BPU requesting to maintain the current BGSS rate of 32 cents. If approved, the BGSS rate would remain in place beginning October 1, 2021. This matter is pending. Community Solar Energy Pilot (CSEP) Program—In May 2021, PSE&G made its initial filing for recovery of costs related to the CSEP program. New Jersey’s Clean Energy Act provided for the establishment of a "Community Solar Energy Pilot Program” which permits electric customers to participate in a solar energy project that is remotely located from their properties but is within their electric public utility service territory. The program allows for a credit to the customer's utility bill equal to the electricity generated attributable to the customer's participation in the solar energy project. PSE&G’s filing proposes to recover an initial revenue requirement of $0.4 million associated with the CSEP Program as a new component of PSE&G’s existing electric Green Program Recovery Charge (GPRC). This matter is pending. COVID-19 Deferral—PSE&G continues to make quarterly filings as required by the BPU and has recorded a Regulatory Asset as of June 30, 2021 of approximately $82 million for net incremental costs, including $42 million for incremental gas bad debt expense associated with customer accounts receivable, which PSE&G expects are probable of recovery under the BPU order. In July 2021, PSE&G, joined by other New Jersey gas distribution companies, made a filing with the BPU noting that the current deferral period, which ends on September 30, 2021, does not allow for proper consideration and inclusion of all incremental COVID-19 related expenses in the Regulatory Asset, and requesting that the Board extend the deferral period through the end of 2023. This matter is pending. Energy Strong (ES) II—In April 2021, the BPU approved PSE&G’s filing for a $13 million revenue increase under this investment program, effective May 2021. This increase represents the return on and of ES II electric investments placed in service through January 2021. GPRC—In June 2021, the BPU approved as final the GPRC rates approved by the Board on a provisional basis in January 2021. In July 2021, PSE&G filed its 2021 GPRC cost recovery petition requesting BPU approval to recover a $2 million increase in each of electric and gas base rates annual revenues. This matter is pending. Gas System Modernization Program II (GSMP II)—In May 2021, the BPU approved PSE&G’s December 2020 cost recovery petition to recover in gas base rates an annual revenue increase of approximately $21 million effective June 1, 2021. This increase represents the return on and of GSMP II investments placed in service through February 2021. In June 2021, PSE&G filed a GSMP II cost recovery petition seeking BPU approval to recover in gas base rates an estimated annual revenue increase of $34 million effective December 1, 2021. This increase represents the return on and of GSMP II investments expected to be in service through August 31, 2021. This request will be updated in September 2021 for actual costs. Remediation Adjustment Charge (RAC)—In July 2021, the BPU approved PSE&G’s RAC 28 filing requesting recovery of approximately $35 million in net manufactured gas plant remediation expenditures incurred from August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020. Transmission Formula Rates—In June 2021, PSE&G filed its 2020 true-up adjustment pertaining to its transmission formula rates in effect for 2020. This filing resulted in an additional annual revenue requirement of $13 million more than the 2020 originally filed revenue. In July 2021, PSE&G filed for FERC’s approval of a settlement agreement effective August 1, 2021 reached with the BPU Staff and the Rate Counsel with respect to the level of PSE&G’s base transmission return on equity (ROE) and other formula rate matters. The settlement reduces PSE&G’s base ROE from 11.18% to 9.9% and provides that the settling parties will not seek changes to the transmission formula rate for three years. This matter is pending. Weather Normalization Charge (WNC)—In June 2021, PSE&G filed its 2021-2022 WNC petition seeking to refund $2 million to customers over the 2020-2021 Winter Period. The overcollection will be refunded to PSE&G gas customers during the 2021-2022 Winter Period. This matter is pending.
Public Service Electric and Gas Company [Member] |
Regulatory Assets [Line Items] |
Rate Filings | Rate Filings This Note should be read in conjunction with Note 7. Regulatory Assets and Liabilities to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. In addition to items previously reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, significant regulatory orders received and currently pending rate filings with FERC and the BPU are as follows: BGSS—In March 2021, the BPU gave final approval to PSE&G’s request to maintain the current BGSS rate of 32 cents per therm which had been provisionally approved effective October 1, 2020. In June 2021, PSE&G made its annual BGSS filing with the BPU requesting to maintain the current BGSS rate of 32 cents. If approved, the BGSS rate would remain in place beginning October 1, 2021. This matter is pending. Community Solar Energy Pilot (CSEP) Program—In May 2021, PSE&G made its initial filing for recovery of costs related to the CSEP program. New Jersey’s Clean Energy Act provided for the establishment of a "Community Solar Energy Pilot Program” which permits electric customers to participate in a solar energy project that is remotely located from their properties but is within their electric public utility service territory. The program allows for a credit to the customer's utility bill equal to the electricity generated attributable to the customer's participation in the solar energy project. PSE&G’s filing proposes to recover an initial revenue requirement of $0.4 million associated with the CSEP Program as a new component of PSE&G’s existing electric Green Program Recovery Charge (GPRC). This matter is pending. COVID-19 Deferral—PSE&G continues to make quarterly filings as required by the BPU and has recorded a Regulatory Asset as of June 30, 2021 of approximately $82 million for net incremental costs, including $42 million for incremental gas bad debt expense associated with customer accounts receivable, which PSE&G expects are probable of recovery under the BPU order. In July 2021, PSE&G, joined by other New Jersey gas distribution companies, made a filing with the BPU noting that the current deferral period, which ends on September 30, 2021, does not allow for proper consideration and inclusion of all incremental COVID-19 related expenses in the Regulatory Asset, and requesting that the Board extend the deferral period through the end of 2023. This matter is pending. Energy Strong (ES) II—In April 2021, the BPU approved PSE&G’s filing for a $13 million revenue increase under this investment program, effective May 2021. This increase represents the return on and of ES II electric investments placed in service through January 2021. GPRC—In June 2021, the BPU approved as final the GPRC rates approved by the Board on a provisional basis in January 2021. In July 2021, PSE&G filed its 2021 GPRC cost recovery petition requesting BPU approval to recover a $2 million increase in each of electric and gas base rates annual revenues. This matter is pending. Gas System Modernization Program II (GSMP II)—In May 2021, the BPU approved PSE&G’s December 2020 cost recovery petition to recover in gas base rates an annual revenue increase of approximately $21 million effective June 1, 2021. This increase represents the return on and of GSMP II investments placed in service through February 2021. In June 2021, PSE&G filed a GSMP II cost recovery petition seeking BPU approval to recover in gas base rates an estimated annual revenue increase of $34 million effective December 1, 2021. This increase represents the return on and of GSMP II investments expected to be in service through August 31, 2021. This request will be updated in September 2021 for actual costs. Remediation Adjustment Charge (RAC)—In July 2021, the BPU approved PSE&G’s RAC 28 filing requesting recovery of approximately $35 million in net manufactured gas plant remediation expenditures incurred from August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020. Transmission Formula Rates—In June 2021, PSE&G filed its 2020 true-up adjustment pertaining to its transmission formula rates in effect for 2020. This filing resulted in an additional annual revenue requirement of $13 million more than the 2020 originally filed revenue. In July 2021, PSE&G filed for FERC’s approval of a settlement agreement effective August 1, 2021 reached with the BPU Staff and the Rate Counsel with respect to the level of PSE&G’s base transmission return on equity (ROE) and other formula rate matters. The settlement reduces PSE&G’s base ROE from 11.18% to 9.9% and provides that the settling parties will not seek changes to the transmission formula rate for three years. This matter is pending. Weather Normalization Charge (WNC)—In June 2021, PSE&G filed its 2021-2022 WNC petition seeking to refund $2 million to customers over the 2020-2021 Winter Period. The overcollection will be refunded to PSE&G gas customers during the 2021-2022 Winter Period. This matter is pending.

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