{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1519","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 34-1519","heading":"Sale of generation assets.","body":"(a)\nIn overseeing a sale by the electric company of any or all of its generation assets, the Commission shall ensure that the sale:\n(1)\nWill not affect the reliability of the electricity supply in the District of Columbia in a deregulated electricity supply market; and\n(2)\nWill minimize market power problems in a deregulated electricity supply market.\n\n(b)\n(1)\nThe electric company shall not sell any of its generation assets to an affiliate of the electric company.\n(2)\n(A)\nBy the initial implementation date, the electric company shall transfer at book value any unauctioned generation assets to an affiliate of the electric company.\n(B)\nRelations between the affiliate identified in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph and the electric company shall be governed by a code of conduct to be issued by the Commission, which establishes functional, operational, structural, and legal separation between the electric company and the affiliate and prevents the electric company from subsidizing the activities of the affiliate. The code of conduct required by this subsection shall include the following protections:\n(i)\nA prohibition on the release of proprietary customer information from the electric company to the affiliate;\n(ii)\nA prohibition on the use by the affiliate of office space owned or used by the electric company;\n(iii)\nA prohibition on the sharing of employees by the electric company and the affiliate;\n(iv)\nA requirement that the electric company and the affiliate maintain separate books and records; and\n(v)\nA requirement that the electric company and the affiliate allocate and account for all shared expenses.\n\n(c)\n(1)\nBeginning on the initial implementation date, the electric generating facility at Benning Road in the District of Columbia may only be dispatched by PJM, or must run for local reliability, thus ensuring the reliability of electricity supply in the District of Columbia.\n(2)\nBeginning on the initial implementation date, the electric generating facility at Buzzard’s Point in the District of Columbia may only be dispatched by PJM, or must run for local reliability, thus ensuring the reliability of electricity supply in the District of Columbia.\n\n(d)\nWithin 2 years after a sale by the electric company of its electric generating facilities at Benning Road and Buzzard’s Point in the District of Columbia, the Commission shall report to the Council on the feasibility of decommissioning those electric generating facilities.","path":["Title 34. Public Utilities.","Chapter 15. Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/34-1519","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"243b471b7298efae447010c9d9af039de0831d63fe0a532bdc0051c1e365c1a7","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1518.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1520"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}