Delmarva Power hotel electricity: Delaware and Maryland account rules

Why does a Delmarva Power hotel need a state-specific account review?

Delmarva Power & Light Company serves electric accounts in Delaware and Maryland, with separate tariffs. Its company information and service maps also distinguish electric territory from natural gas service in northern Delaware. A hotel should establish the actual delivery utility for each fuel, rather than applying one electric account’s rules to its gas or another state’s property.

The current Delaware electric tariff lists Rehoboth Beach, Bethany Beach, and other served locations. Its New Castle County description excludes areas served by specified municipal electric operations, including Newark, New Castle, and Middletown. A Delaware mailing address therefore does not establish a Delmarva electric account.

The current Maryland tariff lists places including Salisbury and Ocean City. These business and coastal destinations explain the editorial hotel-market coverage choice. They are not evidence of a hotel-room ranking, and an individual property’s bill remains necessary. Begin the account inventory with the hotel energy markets hub and identify state, fuel, account, and delivery schedule separately.

Which commercial schedules need to be compared?

Delaware’s commercial schedules include SGS-ND small general service non-demand, MGS-S medium general service secondary, LGS-S large general service secondary, and primary or transmission service. Maryland instead uses classifications including SGS-S and LGS-S, alongside its primary and transmission schedules. Identical abbreviations should not be assumed to have identical availability or charges across the two books.

A service classification is the tariff category assigned to an account under specified availability and billing conditions. It connects the service location’s metering and load characteristics with its delivery calculation and, where applicable, default supply treatment.

Have Delmarva confirm the assigned classification, voltage, demand history, and default supply category. For an extended-stay property adding kitchens or a resort changing its central plant, obtain an account review before forecasting tariff effects. Engineering estimates describe possible new load; the utility’s approved classification establishes the actual billing treatment.

How should the two-state bill inventory be organized?

Start by reproducing one bill for each property. Record whether demand and readings are measured or estimated, and identify the kWh, billing period, customer charges, riders, taxes, and supply components. Only then combine the property results into a portfolio summary. A combined blended rate can otherwise hide a demand-billed resort behind a lower-load hotel.

What does dated default supply mean in these tariffs?

The Delaware compilation retrieved in October 2026 identifies September 1, 2026 transmission updates and earlier July 2026 changes. The Maryland compilation contains October 1, 2026 updates. Individual unchanged leaves have older effective dates. Keep the governing leaf’s date alongside the charge or rule, instead of treating the cover date as the effective date of the whole book.

Default supply and hourly-priced service have account-specific eligibility and components. The Maryland book assigns hourly-priced treatment to relevant LGS-S and primary accounts with PJM capacity contribution of at least 600 kW, and to transmission accounts, subject to its provisions. That assigned capacity quantity is different from a hotel’s highest measured monthly demand.

The Delaware HPS rider includes election, interval-meter, and return-to-SOS conditions. For GS-P and LGS-S customers returning from competitive supply with Capacity PLC of 1,000 or more, it describes mandatory HPS and a twelve-consecutive-month period before electing back to SOS. Do not transfer Maryland’s default-category rules to that Delaware election. Ask for the account’s written utility assignment before selecting the benchmark.

How can a hotel compare an hourly product with a fixed offer?

An hourly default product requires the account’s load-weighted energy calculation plus the applicable capacity, transmission, ancillary, administrative, and adjustment components. Compare that complete scope with the supplier’s written inclusions. A low fixed energy component is not a complete substitute if capacity or transmission remains separate.

For an illustrative decision process, build two forecasts without inventing live prices. One uses the hotel’s current opening calendar and equipment. The other uses a planned longer season, electrification, or laundry change, with engineering estimates explicitly separated from measured history. Apply the candidate contract’s volume and material-change terms to both forecasts.

A coastal property should include winter freeze protection, lobby conditioning, pool-related equipment where present, and maintenance activity. Reduced room occupancy does not mean every meter becomes inactive. If a new wing opens, document whether it uses an existing meter or new service. The supplier’s account list must match the utility’s actual service configuration.

When can Delmarva supplier service begin?

The PHI supplier enrollment FAQ describes Delaware and Maryland enrollment on a three-business-day basis, while identifying additional Maryland electronic-processing requirements. This is a utility transaction framework, not a promise of service three days after a hotel signs. Confirm the submitted account data, acceptance, and actual effective date with the chosen supplier.

1. Verify the full electric account number and authorized legal customer for each state.
2. Obtain the outgoing contract’s final service date and notice requirements.
3. Ask the incoming supplier to identify its submission and effective-date convention.
4. Retain the accepted utility response, including any rejection correction.
5. Reconcile the first bill’s supplier, billing dates, and consumption allocation.

The tariff’s ability to leave utility default supply does not waive a commercial supplier’s termination clause. For a property sale, coordinate delivery-account setup, contractual assignment, and service continuity separately. A buyer should not assume that the seller’s authorization permits procurement for the buyer’s new entity.

Which capacity and transmission records are necessary?

PJM’s methodology inventory includes Delmarva-specific resources. Obtain current capacity and transmission assignments, units, effective periods, and supporting interval data. A rate schedule’s measured billing demand, a capacity tag, and a transmission obligation are different quantities. Ask every bidder which one its formula uses.

If the contract passes costs through, request the index, adjustment factors, and update provisions in writing. If it claims a fixed scope, review the exceptions for new market charges, changed tags, and load changes. A supplier should explain how the contract responds when the hotel installs new electric heating or starts serving larger banquet events.

For demand response or incentivized efficiency work, identify ownership of relevant capacity rights and any baseline obligations. Do not budget revenue from the same reduction under multiple arrangements without confirming compatibility. The hotel’s operating staff need a clear event plan and an explanation of which guest-service loads remain outside that plan.

What current Maryland efficiency program should be screened?

The Maryland business program FAQs describe small-business, prescriptive, custom, and building-tune-up pathways, with account and project conditions. Their Maryland location scope is material. A Delaware hotel should not treat that page as evidence that it qualifies for the same rebate.

The FAQ’s building-tune-up criteria include facility age, conditioned area, equipment condition, and other requirements. Screen the actual hotel against the current criteria before commissioning an application. For a smaller hotel, confirm the demand-based program category with the administrator; the page’s shorthand about monthly kW should not be turned into a kWh test.

Ask for the current offer period, required approvals, installation and document deadlines, and funding status. Preserve equipment specifications, invoices, baseline schedules, and final verification. Residential HVAC bonuses or discontinued residential control offers do not establish hotel eligibility. The project’s forecast should distinguish an approved incentive from an application still under review.

What should the owner approve across the portfolio?

Keep each property’s delivery schedule, default benchmark, supplier scope, accepted start, and equipment plan in the decision memo. The Pepco hotel guide and BGE hotel guide provide Maryland comparisons. The Atlantic City Electric hotel guide illustrates different New Jersey seasonal and enrollment rules. Use a common set of review questions while preserving those actual account differences.

Broker compensation: Request written disclosure of the supplier-paid adder or direct fee, its units and calculation, and its renewal or termination treatment. Include it consistently in the compared supply scope. Preserve that disclosure with the chosen contract and both states’ account-specific utility evidence.