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Data

FAQ-108.

Are the values for capacity PLA and transmission NSPL on the Monthly Data page of the BGS Auction site scaled for each EDC?

All Capacity PLA data for PSE&G, ACE, and RECO are not... Read Answer

1/7/2026.

FAQ-107.

Please confirm that, for ACE, the following data is correct for May 2024: BGS-RSCP Eligible Hourly Load and BGS-RSCP Eligible Peak Load Allocations.

ACE has confirmed that the data provided is... Read Answer

1/7/2026.

FAQ-100.

Are the values for capacity PLA and transmission NSPL on the Monthly Data page of the BGS Auction site scaled for each EDC?

For JCP&L, the following file does not need to be... Read Answer

1/7/2026.

FAQ-99.

Can you please provide Daylight Savings Hour 25 data for the JCP&L hourly excess generation data files posted to the Data Room of the BGS Auction Website?

The following files have been updated and posted to the... Read Answer

1/7/2026.

FAQ-28.

How are the Historical Load Profiles on the Additional Data page created for JCP&L?

Effective June 1, 2024 the hourly load data is developed... Read Answer

11/14/2025.

FAQ-27.

The following is a question related to JCP&L. For a given hour for a given day, why does the sum of the historical hourly load data by customer class under the “Historical Load Profiles” on the Additional Data page not equal the total BGS-RSCP Eligible Hourly Load found on the Monthly Data page?

The historical hourly load data by service class found in... Read Answer

11/14/2025.

FAQ-11.

Is Unaccounted for Energy (“UFE”) included in the load data for BGS-RSCP and BGS-CIEP posted to the BGS Data Room? Is hourly load data at the wholesale or the customer meter level? Do the data series correspond to settlement loads?

The total preliminary BGS-RSCP Energy obligation will be... Read Answer

8/12/2025.

FAQ-10.

Please confirm how to develop JCP&L BGS-RSCP Hourly Load data for data prior to August 2022.

To develop JCP&L BGS-RSCP hourly load (for data prior... Read Answer

8/12/2025.

FAQ-7.

Is the hourly load data reported in Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Prevailing Time?

The data in the BGS Data Room is reported in Eastern... Read Answer

8/12/2025.

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