Electricity Supplier Fees

Overview
The Public Service Commission (PSC) of Maryland has allowed just and reasonable charges for services provided by BGE in connection with the implementation of the Electric Customer Choice.  All electricity suppliers must pay these charges as set forth in Schedule 1 of the BGE Electricity Supplier Coordination Tariff. These charges include the "Supplier Account Management & Load Profiling and Settlement" charge which recovers the cost associated with the functions provided by these groups.  The functions of Supplier Account Management (SAM) include, but are not limited to: electricity supplier registration, EDI certification testing, EDI monitoring, providing historical and interval usage, development and maintenance of electricity supplier web site, and providing electricity supplier information from email and voice inquiries.  The functions of the Load Profiling and Settlement group include, but are not limited to: load profiling, daily PJM energy settlement, PJM capacity and PLC reporting, and development and maintenance of the Loadvision software.

Billing Procedure

Each month, BGE will send an invoice to the electricity supplier for all charges as set forth in Schedule 1 of the BGE Electricity Supplier Coordination Tariff. The electricity supplier must make payment for charges incurred on or before the due date that shall appear on the bill.  This due date shall be determined by BGE and will not be less than 15 days from the date of transmittal of the bill.  All bills shall be subject to adjustment for any errors in arithmetic, computation or other errors from the date of such original monthly billing.

Manner of Payment

The electricity supplier shall make payments of funds payable to BGE by ACH Credit, ACH Debit or wire transfer to a bank designated by BGE.  If disputes arise regarding the electricity supplier's bill, the electricity supplier must pay the undisputed portion of disputed bills under investigation by the due date shown on the bill.

Late Fee for Unpaid Balances

If payment is made to BGE after the due date shown on the bill, interest will be added to the unpaid balance until the entire bill is paid, at the rate of 1.5% per month for two months.  At the end of the second nominal billing interval, an additional charge will be made equal to 2% of any portion of the original amount that remains unpaid at the time.  The total of these charges may not exceed 5%.

Net Billing between BGE and Electricity Supplier

As part of the routine billing and payment process between BGE and the electricity supplier, any and all amounts that may be due or owed by the electricity supplier to BGE may be offset against any amounts that may be due or owed by BGE to the electricity supplier.

Billing Disputes

In the event the electricity supplier fails to make payment on or before the due date because of a billing dispute between BGE and the electricity supplier, BGE will continue to provide services under the BGE Electricity Supplier Coordination Tariff and the BGE Supplier Coordination Agreement as long as the Electricity Supplier (1) continues to make all payments not in dispute, and (2) pays into an escrow account the portion of the invoice in dispute, pending resolution of the dispute.  If the dispute cannot be resolved, BGE may, at its election, stop processing new customer enrollments for the electricity supplier or terminate the BGE Supplier Coordination Agreement and retain the amount in escrow (including interest).  BGE will notify the electricity supplier in writing of its intent to pursue this course of actions.  The electricity supplier may, within 30 days, file a complaint with the PSC, in which case BGE will continue to provide all services including enrollment and the electricity supplier will continue to make payments into the escrow account until final disposition of the complaint by the PSC.