HB 1924 — An Act providing for Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission oversight of load forecasting, for access to confidential contracts and information and for annual report.

PRINTER'S NO.     2398

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1924
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY BURGOS, MULLINS AND FIEDLER, OCTOBER 6, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
        UTILITIES, OCTOBER 6, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Providing for Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission oversight
 2      of load forecasting, for access to confidential contracts and
 3      information and for annual report.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6   Section 1.     Short title.
 7      This act shall be known and may be cited as the Load Forecast
 8   Accountability Act.
 9   Section 2.     Findings and declaration of policy.
10      (a)     Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
11   follows:
12            (1)   PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., regional transmission
13      organization (PJM) projects significant growth in electricity
14      demand within the PJM footprint, including in this
15      Commonwealth, driven by data centers, vehicle and building
16      electrification and other large load additions.
17            (2)   PJM relies on load forecasts submitted by
18      Pennsylvania utilities to plan system needs and set capacity
 1      requirements that affect costs to consumers.
 2            (3)    Accurate forecasting is necessary to ensure adequate
 3      supply, maintain reliability and protect consumers from costs
 4      caused by overbuilding or underbuilding resources.
 5            (4)    The current process by which utilities submit
 6      information to PJM lacks transparency for policymakers,
 7      regulators and stakeholders.
 8            (5)    There is a need for oversight by the Pennsylvania
 9      Public Utility Commission to ensure accuracy and transparency
10      of load-forecast inputs and to coordinate with PJM and other
11      states to avoid duplicative counting of projects and customer
12      contracts.
13      (b)   Declaration of policy.--It is the policy of the
14   Commonwealth to authorize and require the Pennsylvania Public
15   Utility Commission to:
16            (1)    review and validate load forecasts submitted by
17      Pennsylvania utilities to PJM;
18            (2)    coordinate with PJM and other states so that system
19      planning reflects accurate, nonduplicative information; and
20            (3)    obtain access to materials, including confidential
21      agreements, that are necessary to perform this oversight.
22   Section 3.     Definitions.
23      The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
24   have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
25   context clearly indicates otherwise:
26      "Commission."     The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
27      "Electric distribution company."      As defined in 66 Pa.C.S. §
28   2803 (relating to definitions).
29      "PJM."      PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., regional transmission
30   organization or its successor.

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 1      "Utility."     An electric distribution company or other entity
 2   that serves end-use electric load within this Commonwealth and
 3   provides load-forecast information to PJM.
 4   Section 4.     Commission oversight of load forecasting.
 5      (a)   Investigation.--The commission shall investigate the
 6   methodologies, data and assumptions used by utilities when
 7   developing load forecasts submitted to PJM.
 8      (b)   Conduct.--In conducting the investigation under
 9   subsection (a), the commission shall have the following duties:
10            (1)   Review materials, data sets and filings that
11      utilities provide to PJM for load forecasting.
12            (2)   Evaluate the accuracy, consistency and transparency
13      of forecasting methods and assumptions.
14            (3)   Review and audit specific large-load interconnection
15      requests to ensure that only projects with a high likelihood
16      of development are included in a forecast, including
17      consideration of financial commitments made by an
18      interconnecting customer.
19            (4)   Coordinate with PJM so that Pennsylvania forecasts
20      are incorporated into regional planning on a fair, accurate
21      and nonduplicative basis.
22            (5)   Collaborate with PJM and other state utility
23      commissions within the PJM footprint to prevent double-
24      counting of new large loads and customer contracts and to
25      assess whether other state practices would improve this
26      Commonwealth's approach.
27      (c)   Outcome.--The commission may issue or promulgate orders,
28   guidance or regulations as necessary to implement this section.
29   Section 5.     Access to confidential contracts and information.
30      (a)   Authority.--In order to perform the commission's duties

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 1   under this act, the commission may review contracts, agreements
 2   and commitments between interconnecting customers and utilities
 3   that affect load-forecast assumptions.
 4      (b)   Production.--Upon request by the commission, a utility
 5   shall provide the contracts, agreements or related materials to
 6   the commission for the purposes of this act.
 7      (c)   Protection.--The commission shall protect the
 8   confidentiality of information produced under this section
 9   consistent with applicable Federal or State law.
10   Section 6.     Annual report.
11      (a)   Report.--No later than June 30 of each year the
12   commission shall submit a report to the chairperson and minority
13   chairperson of the Consumer Protection and Professional
14   Licensure Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and
15   minority chairperson of the Consumer Protection, Technology and
16   Utilities Committee of the House of Representatives on the
17   implementation of this act and shall post the report on the
18   commission's publicly accessible Internet website.
19      (b)   Contents.--The report shall describe all of the
20   following:
21            (1)   Actions taken by the commission to implement this
22      act during the prior fiscal year.
23            (2)   Findings from the commission's review of utility
24      load-forecast processes and materials submitted to PJM.
25            (3)   Coordination with PJM and other states to prevent
26      duplicative counting of projects and customer contracts.
27            (4)   Recommendations for statutory or regulatory changes
28      to improve load-forecast oversight and reliability.
29   Section 7.     Effective date.
30      This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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