SB 308 — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LOAD FORECAST ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.

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2.BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

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3.Amend Title 26 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

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Legislative Findings and Purpose.

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) Recent reports by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

(PJM), have highlighted that electricity demand across the PJM footprint, including Delaware, is projected to grow due to data centers, electrification of vehicles and buildings, and other large load additions.

PJM recently projected that by 2030, PJM expects to add 32 GW of load to the grid – 30 GW of which is attributable to data centers.

(2) PJM relies upon load forecasts submitted by electric distribution companies in Delaware to establish system planning needs and capacity requirements which ultimately have costs associated with both.

(3) Accurate load forecasting is essential to ensure the adequacy of electric supply, maintain system reliability, and protect Delaware consumers from unnecessary costs caused by overbuilding or underbuilding system resources.

(4) Currently, the process by which utilities and load-serving entities submit information to PJM is very opaque, requires revision to ensure confidence and transparency so that policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders can rely upon the results.

(5) There is a critical need for the Delaware Public Service Commission (Commission) to provide oversight of load forecasting inputs from Commission-regulated electric distribution companies, to ensure SD :

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(b) The purpose of this Act is to provide the Commission with authority and responsibility to:

(1) Review and evaluate load forecasts submitted by Commission-regulated electric distribution companies to PJM.

(2) Coordinate with PJM and other states to support system-wide planning.

(3) Access all relevant materials, including confidential agreements, necessary to review and evaluate load forecasts.

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Oversight of Load Forecasting.

(a) The Commission shall initiate a proceeding to investigate the methodologies, data, and assumptions used by Commission-regulated electric distribution companies in developing load forecasts submitted to PJM.

(b) As part of this investigation, the Commission shall:

(1) Review all materials, data sets, and filings provided by Commission-regulated electric distribution companies to PJM related to load forecasting.

(2) Review the accuracy, consistency, and transparency of forecasting methods and assumptions.

(3) Review specific load interconnection requests to ensure that only those projects that have a high likelihood of being developed are included in the load forecast.

As part of this evaluation, the Commission should consider financial commitments provided by the interconnecting customer to the development of its project.

(4) Coordinate directly with Commission-regulated electric distribution companies and PJM to ensure that Delaware’s electric utility forecasts are incorporated into PJM’s regional planning on a fair, accurate, and non- duplicative basis.

(5) Work jointly with PJM and other state utility commissions within the PJM footprint to ensure that new large loads and customer contracts are not double counted across jurisdictions and to evaluate whether other state load forecasting policies can improve Delaware’s efforts.