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August 19, 2022
The Office of Education, Outreach, and Enforcement (EOE) of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority requested that PURA issue a draft decision to assign about $2.3 million in costs for utilities to update their billing systems to retail suppliers, with a proposed mechanism, and…
July 26, 2022
A Public Utilities Commission of Ohio attorney examiner has adopted a procedural schedule to allow for consideration of a November 2021 Staff report which does not favor the expansion of electricity supplier consolidated billing (SCB) in Ohio
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July 21, 2022
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July 8, 2022
The District of Columbia PSC has approved an annual update to purchase of receivables discount rates at Pepco, effective on or after the July 2022 billing cycle
June 27, 2022
The District of Columbia PSC approved, as-filed, Washington Gas Light's update to its purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates, effective on or after the June 2022 billing cycle
June 23, 2022
Several Texas retail electric providers have requested to participate in the matching process to receive a list of their low-income customers for the next fiscal year (fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2022.)
June 22, 2022
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas issued a memo concerning the line-term that should be used to the extent a retail electric provider, if permissible, passes through ERCOT nonbypassable uplift charges related to the winter storm Uri securitization
June 16, 2022
A PUC approved a tariff to implement an additional…
May 31, 2022
The Texas Energy Association for Marketers filed a statement of position with the Texas PUC opposing the inclusion, in Texas-New Mexico Power Company's distribution cost recovery factor update, of…
May 18, 2022
A Public Utilities Commission has issued orders concerning requests filed by several utilities which had…
May 9, 2022
A utility has filed an update to its purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates
May 2, 2022
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC new purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates.
April 29, 2022
Residential Discount Falling From 3% to 1.4% At One Utility
A retail energy regulator has conditionally approved the alternative calculations of POR discount rates
March 23, 2022
A PUC has approved…
March 11, 2022
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc., the Retail Energy Supply Association, and Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. jointly moved for a PUC to issue an order setting a procedural schedule so that the parties may file comments regarding a PUC Staff report on supplier consolidated billing filed in November 2021
February 10, 2022
The Massachusetts DPU, at both Eversource (Nstar, East & West) and National Grid, has ordered that the currently effective purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages or SCBPs) shall remain in effect until the Department orders otherwise
February 2, 2022
Oncor issued a market notice stating, "In anticipation of extreme inclement weather, Oncor will unexecute DNP orders received for Thursday, February 3, 2022 and Friday, February 4, 2022 under Force Majeure using the weather moratorium code (V001)."
January 26, 2022
Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. (Duke Energy Ohio or the Company), will hold a virtual technical conference regarding the customer information system conversion at issue which has prompted Duke to seek waiver of certain Public Utilities Commission of Ohio rules in order to suspend certain services provided…
January 21, 2022
The Maryland Public Conference 44 (PC44) Competitive Markets and Customer Choice (CMCC) Work Group Leader submitted to the Maryland PSC a status report on the implementation of a requirement under Senate Bill 79 (SB79), enacted by the Maryland General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session…
January 20, 2022
Duke Energy Ohio has applied for various waivers of certain Ohio rules as part of a cutover to a new CIS and billing system
January 5, 2022
Oncor has notified Texas retail electric providers of a new web address available to REPs regarding the TDU's procedures for implementing involuntary load shedding initiated by ERCOT, in compliance with recently adopted Subst. R. §25.475(h)(4)
December 13, 2021
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended granting a waiver that would allow Duke Energy Ohio to continue billing an affiliate's non-commodity services on the utility bill, though Staff recommended a shorter waiver period than sought by Duke.
December 1, 2021
Waiver Request Suggests Differing Treatment Will Continue In Interim Period
AEP Ohio has filed a request with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio seeking a "limited" 18-month waiver of Ohio Adm. Code 4901:1-10-33(A), which now requires that utilities not discriminate in the billing of non-commodity and other non-jurisdictional services.
November 23, 2021
The Massachusetts DPU approved new Standard Complete Billing Percentages (purchase of receivables [POR] discount rates) at Fitchburg Gas and Electric d/b/a Unitil, effective on and after December 1, 2021
November 8, 2021
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended in a report on a supplier consolidated billing (SCB) pilot at AEP Ohio that SCB should not be expanded at this time, as Staff cited, "poor participation of the eligible providers and concerns with the methods of customer enrollment[.]…
