FERC last week approved two requests by FirstEnergy Solutions (FES) to sell power to Potomac Edison and West Penn Power. All three companies are subsidiaries of FirstEnergy (ER17-1267, ER17-1272, ER17-1559). The agreements are retroactive to June 1.

FES won the bids through competitive solicitations from the affiliates to serve customers who do not take service from competitive retail suppliers. Potomac serves customers in Maryland and West Virginia; West Penn’s customers are in western Pennsylvania.

FERC uses standards set out in its 1991 Edgar Electric Energy (ER91-243) and 2004 Allegheny Energy Supply rulings (ER04-730) to prevent utilities from self-dealing. The commission determined that the affiliate deals met the four criteria of transparency, definition, evaluation and oversight.

No protests were filed over the transactions.

— Rory D. Sweeney