BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice to Hold Proceeding in Abeyance
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

Docket Nos. ER21-2282-000

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

ER21-2282-001

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

ER22-2114-000

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

ER21-2282-000
ER21-2282-001
(consolidated)

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation

ER22-2114-001

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

ER21-2282-000
ER21-2282-001
(consolidated)

On November 19, 2021, the Commission issued an order in the above-captioned
dockets, which accepted and suspended PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (PJM) filing
concerning transmission owner (TO) Initial Funding1 for five months, to become

Under TO Initial Funding, the transmission owner unilaterally elects to initially
fund the network upgrade capital costs that it incurs to provide interconnection service to
the interconnection customer, and the transmission owner subsequently recovers the
network upgrade capital costs through charges that provide a return on and of these
network upgrade capital costs from the interconnection customer. Midcontinent Indep.
Sys. Operator, Inc., 187 FERC ¶ 61,170, at P 1 n.1 (2024) (Order to Show Cause).
effective February 1, 2022, subject to refund and the outcome of paper hearing
procedures.2 The PJM Paper Hearing procedures are pending before the Commission.
The Commission also accepted and suspended PJM’s two additional filings, which
included ministerial tariff revisions related to those being considered in the PJM Paper
Hearing procedures, subject to refund and the outcome of the PJM Paper Hearing
procedures, and consolidated those proceedings with the ongoing PJM Paper Hearing
procedures (collectively, PJM Consolidated Proceedings).3
On June 13, 2024, the Commission issued the Order to Show Cause finding that
the existing open access transmission tariffs of certain regional transmission
organizations and independent system operators, including PJM, appear to be unjust,
unreasonable, and unduly discriminatory or preferential because they include provisions
for transmission owners to unilaterally elect TO Initial Funding.4
Upon consideration, given the common issues raised in the PJM Paper Hearing
procedures, the PJM Consolidated Proceedings, and the Order to Show Cause
proceeding, notice is hereby given that the PJM Paper Hearing procedures and the

PPL Elec. Utils. Corp., 177 FERC ¶ 61,123, at PP 2, 24, 57 (2021) (PJM Paper
Hearing procedures). Also, on December 20, 2022, the Commission accepted and
suspended certain ministerial conforming tariff revisions related to those being
considered in the PJM Paper Hearing procedures, to become effective January 3, 2023
and December 31, 9998, as requested, subject to refund and the outcome of the PJM
Paper Hearing procedures, and consolidated that proceeding with the ongoing PJM Paper
Hearing procedures. PPL Elec. Util. Corp., 181 FERC ¶ 61,245, at P 1 (2022). On April
4, 2024, the Commission accepted and suspended additional ministerial conforming tariff
revisions changing the December 31, 9998 effective date to October 5, 2023, subject to
refund and the outcome of the PJM Paper Hearing procedures, and consolidated that
proceeding with the ongoing PJM Paper Hearing procedures. PPL Elec. Util. Corp., 187
FERC ¶ 61,010 (2024).
3

See supra note 2.

Order to Show Cause, 187 FERC ¶ 61,170 at P 1.

Consolidated PJM Proceedings are held in abeyance pending the outcome of the Order to
Show Cause proceeding.
Dated: June 13, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-13524 Filed: 6/20/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/21/2024]