In The Matter Of The Verified Petition Of Jersey Central Power & Light Company for Review and Approval Of Increases in and Other Adjustments to Its Rates and Charges for Electric Service, and For Approval of Other Proposed Tariff Revisions in Connection Therewith; and for Approval of and Accelerated Reliability Enhancement Program ("2012 Base Rate Filing), BPU Docket No. ER12111052

On November 30, 2012 Jersey Central Power and Light Company filed a Petition with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities requesting an increase in the Company’s electric base rates of $31.7 million. Also with this filing, the Company requested Board approval for its implementation of an accelerated reliability enhancement program ("AREP") and the associated cost recovery mechanism. JCP&L is proposing to recover the costs associated with the AREP through a non-bypassable distribution rate rider. The specific projects to be included for recovery mechanism have not yet been determined.

Public Hearing Statement given by Brian Weeks on April 24, 2013 in Toms River, NJ.

Public Hearing Statement given by Ami Morita, on April 8, 2013 in Toms River, NJ.

Rate Counsel’s Petition Directing Jersey Central Power & Light Company (“JCP&L”) to File a Base Rate Case.

On September 7, 2011, Rate Counsel filed with the Board of Public Utilities a petition requesting that the Board direct JCP&L to file a base rate case under the belief that the Company is over earning based on the most recent financial and other relevant documents pertaining to JCP&L that are publicly available at this time.  

Rate Counsel Initial Brief filed on April 26, 2012

Rate Counsel's Reply Brief filed on May 10, 2012

I/M/O the Verified Petition of JCP&L for Authorization Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:3-7.2 for Approval to Participate in the FirstEnergy Corp, Intra System Money Pool Amendment No. 4 of the Petition, BPU Docket No. EF02030185.

By Order dated July 24, 2002, the Board granted JCP&L's earlier petition to participate in FirstEnergy's Money Pool pursuant to an approved Money Pool Agreement.  The Money Pool is comprised of participating FirstEnergy utility subsidiaries and is intended to meet the participant's short term operating needs.  On July 23, 2007, JCP&L filed a Verified Petition with the Board seeking approval of Amendment No. 4 to the Money Pool Agreement.

Comments filed by Rate Counsel on November 23, 2007.

JCP&L’S FORKED RIVER PLANT SALE
BPU Docket No.: EM07010026

JCP&L filed a Petition seeking approval to sell its Forked River generation plant and related assets of electric generating capacity to Forked River Power LLC, a subsidiary of Maxim Power (USA), Inc. for a purchase price of $20 million. The utility claims that its efforts in selling this plant are the equivalent of the BPU rules that apply to the auction of utility generation plant. JCP&L also requests waiver of the BPU rules on advertising the proposed sale of utility property. These exemptions are requested partly because they claim that the Forked River generation station is difficult to market.  Rate Counsel filed testimony and its expert concluded that by selling the plant, ratepayers will have to lose $2 million in Forked River transaction expenses and incur tax obligations that will exceed the $20 million of sales proceeds by about $2 million. Rate Counsel argues that in keeping the plant, it will provide ratepayers with $32 million. Also, the sale was never advertised and was not a competitive bid as required by the Board rules.

Initial Brief filed June 26, 2007

Letter Reply Brief filed July 12, 2007