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Important Dates:

• Tue 1/7/2025 - Bidder Information Session
• Tue 1/7/2025 - Auction Manager announces tranche targets, tranche size, MW-measure
• Thu 1/9/2025 - Part 1 Window opens
• Mon 1/13/2025 - Auction Manager announces minimum and maximum starting prices
• Fri 1/24/2025 - Part 1 Applications are due

Recent Announcements:

• 04/09/2025 - ANNOUNCEMENT: Government Aggregation Data Posted
• 03/05/2025 - ANNOUNCEMENT: PUCO Accepts Results of the March 2025 Auction under AEP Ohio’s CBP
• 03/04/2025 - REMINDER: Auction is TODAY, March 4, 2025; Log in now

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• FAQ-307:
  Where can I find minimum stay rules in AEP Ohio’s territory regarding customers that are returned to the Standard Service Offer by a Governmental Aggregator?
  
  Please refer to Paragraph 27, “Changing Competitive Service Providers”, of the Terms and Conditions of Service available on AEP Ohio’s website here. 
  
  02/14/2024 in Other/General
  
  
• FAQ-306:
  Are suppliers responsible for NITS charges?
  
  Each winning bidder will be responsible for fulfilling all the requirements of an LSE for the portion of AEP Ohio’s SSO supply that it serves, including, without limitation, energy, capacity, ancillary services, market-based transmission service (excluding NITS), and any other service as required by PJM. AEP Ohio will provide distribution services and will be responsible for NITS charges and for other non-market-based FERC approved transmission charges. 

  Please note that the Master SSO Supply Agreement provides further and full details on the obligations of the SSO Supplier. Additionally, Attachment F of the Master SSO Supply Agreement provides a sample PJM invoice that lists PJM billing statement line items and the party responsible for such line items (the EDC or the SSO supplier).
  
  01/22/2024 in Supply Agreement
  
  

• FAQ-305:
  Is there a formal process managed by the Auction Manager or AEP Ohio under the competitive bidding process for stakeholders to propose modifications or request changes to the Master SSO Supply Agreement?
  
  On January 6, 2023, AEP Ohio filed an Application seeking to implement its fifth Electric Security Plan (“ESP V”) for a period to commence on June 1, 2024 and end on May 31, 2030 (Case No. 23-23-ELSSO). On September 6, 2023, AEP Ohio and other parties to the proceeding filed a Joint Stipulation and Recommendation (“Stipulation”) recommending that the Commission approve AEP Ohio’s application as modified by the Stipulation. The Stipulation, among other things, modified the term of ESP V to commence on June 1, 2024 and end on May 31, 2028. This proceeding is ongoing as AEP Ohio’s Application and Stipulation are still under consideration by the Commission.

  Regarding the November 2023 Auction, on September 15, 2023, AEP Ohio filed a Motion for Interim Relief to conduct a November 2023 Auction consistent with the competitive bidding process approved in AEP Ohio’s ESP IV (“Motion for Interim Relief”). On September 20, 2023, the Commission issued an Entry approving AEP Ohio’s Motion for Interim Relief to hold a November 2023 auction. The terms of and process for qualifying as a supplier under the Master SSO Supply Agreement were previously established and approved by the Commission when AEP Ohio’s ESP IV was approved and AEP Ohio is not able to make modifications to the Master SSO Supply Agreement for this November 2023 Auction as it must use the Master SSO Supply Agreement approved thereunder.

  AEP Ohio’s Application for ESP V provides details regarding future auctions in 2024 and beyond and remains under consideration by the Commission. Details of the ESP V Application and Stipulation are available at the Commission’s website. There is no formal process managed by the Auction Manager or AEP Ohio under the competitive bidding process for stakeholders to propose modifications to or request changes to the Master SSO Supply Agreement.
  
  10/27/2023 in Supply Agreement
  
  

• FAQ-304:
  Is it possible to propose changes to the Master SSO Supply Agreement for the November 2023 Auction?
  
  On January 6, 2023, AEP Ohio filed an Application seeking to implement its fifth Electric Security Plan (“ESP V”) for a period to commence on June 1, 2024 (Case No. 23-23-EL-SSO). On September 6, 2023, AEP Ohio and other parties to the proceeding filed a Joint Stipulation and Recommendation (“Stipulation”) recommending that the Commission approve AEP Ohio’s application as modified by the Stipulation. As AEP Ohio’s Application and Stipulation are still being considered, on September 15, 2023, AEP Ohio filed a Motion for Interim Relief to conduct a November 2023 auction consistent with the competitive bidding process approved in AEP Ohio’s ESP IV (“Motion for Interim Relief”). On September 20, 2023, the Commission issued an Entry approving AEP Ohio’s Motion for Interim Relief to hold a November 2023 auction consistent with AEP Ohio’s ESP IV.

  Documents governing the November 2023 Auction (including the Master SSO Supply Agreement) were made available on the Information - Documents page of the CBP website on October 4, 2023. The Master SSO Supply Agreement is made available to bidders so that each bidder can review the terms and accept such terms as required by the Part 1 Application. Following the auction, if the Commission accepts the results of the results, winning bidders must execute the Master SSO Supply Agreement within three (3) days of Commission acceptance of the results. Modifications to the Master SSO Supply Agreement cannot be considered for this November 2023 Auction as the form of the Master SSO Supply Agreement for this November 2023 Auction must be consistent with the form of the Master SSO Supply Agreement approved under AEP Ohio’s ESP IV.
  
  10/18/2023 in Supply Agreement
  
  

• FAQ-303:
  Can you please provide a redline document comparing the Master SSO Supply Agreement for the November 2023 Auction to that of the March 2023 Auction?
  
  The Master SSO Supply Agreement for the November 2023 Auction has not changed from the March 2023 Auction; thus, a redline will not be provided.
  
  10/11/2023 in Supply Agreement
  
  
• FAQ-302:
  If a bidder chooses to sign the Inserts using a digital signature, does the bidder have to use DocuSign or Adobe Sign?
  
  When an Insert requires a signature, it must be completed either by: (i) printing, signing, and scanning the Insert; or by: (ii) digitally signing the Insert and providing along with the Insert an additional document or information that verifies the identity of the signatory. Additional documentation or information may include: (i) a certificate of completion if the signatory uses DocuSign; (ii) a Final Audit Report if the signatory uses Adobe Sign; (iii) evidence that the digital signature has been certified by the signatory using a document signing certificate; or (iv) other documentation or information produced by a commercially available software that can be used by the Auction Manager to verify the identity of the signatory. Digital signatures without a document or information verifying the identity of the signatory are not acceptable; signature images and other electronic signatures are not acceptable. In some cases, it will be required that the signature of an Insert that is not digitally signed be notarized.

  Please see the “Guide to Providing Digital Signatures” document on the Documents page on the CBP website here for more information.
  
  10/06/2023 in CBP Rules , Applications
  
  

• FAQ-301:
  When does the Auction Manager provide its report to the Commission following the auction?
  
  At the conclusion of the auction, on the day the auction closes, the Auction Manager prepares a report on the auction results. The Auction Manager transmits its report to the Commission and the Commission Consultant. The Auction Manager advises the winning bidders in the auction when the report has been transmitted to the Commission.
  
  10/06/2023 in CBP Rules
  
  
• FAQ-300:
  Is there a product schedule available for future auctions?
  
  On January 6, 2023, AEP Ohio filed an Application seeking to implement its fifth Electric Security Plan (“ESP V”) for a period to commence on June 1, 2024 (Case No. 23-23-EL-SSO). AEP Ohio included within its Application a proposed product schedule (see page 19 of the PDF here). On September 6, 2023, AEP Ohio and other parties to the proceeding filed a Joint Stipulation and Recommendation (“Stipulation”) recommending that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (“Commission”) approve AEP Ohio’s application as modified by the Stipulation. Among other things, the Stipulation modifies the term length of ESP V to commence on June 1, 2024 and continue through May 31, 2028 instead of commencing on June 1, 2024 and continuing through May 31, 2030 as proposed in AEP Ohio’s ESP V Application.

  As the Stipulation is still being considered by the Commission, a schedule of future auctions is not currently available. However, to ensure that its SSO obligation is met on and after June 1, 2024, on September 15, 2023, AEP Ohio filed a Motion for Interim Relief to conduct a November 2023 auction consistent with the competitive bidding process approved in AEP Ohio’s ESP IV (“Motion for Interim Relief”). The Motion for Interim Relief requested that AEP Ohio be able to hold a November 2023 auction and offer 50 tranches of a 12-month product with a supply term beginning June 1, 2024. Additionally, on December 21, 2023, AEP Ohio filed a Motion for Interim Relief to conduct a March 2024 auction consistent with the competitive bidding process approved in AEP Ohio’s ESP IV (“Second Motion for Interim Relief”). The Second Motion for Interim Relief requested that AEP Ohio be able to hold a March 2024 auction and offer 50 tranches of a 12-month product with a supply term beginning June 1, 2024. 

  The Commission issued an Entry approving these Motions for Interim Relief on September 20, 2023 and January 10, 2024, respectively. The November 2023 auction was held on November 28, 2023. The March 2024 auction will be held on March 5, 2024. The Commission Entries with additional background information is available on the Regulatory Background page of the CBP website here.

  Revised 1/22/2024
  
  09/28/2023 in Other/General
  
  

• FAQ-299:
  When is data through March 2023 expected to be posted to the AEP CBP website?
  
  The Data Room contains the most up-to-date information available for the data series that are updated monthly. The files available on the Data Room page are typically updated monthly, on or before the 20th of each month. The next data update is expected to occur on or before April 20, 2023 and will reflect data through January 2023. Data updated through March 2023 is expected to be made available on or before June 20, 2023.
  
  04/11/2023 in Data
  
  
• FAQ-298:
  Can AEP Ohio please describe current migration of SSO customers?
  
  AEP Ohio does not provide load analysis or forecast for SSO customers or SSO Load. Each bidder is responsible for its own independent assessment of all sources of information that may be pertinent.
  
  03/13/2023 in Data
  
  

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