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September 1, 2016
Niagara Mohawk, KeySpan New York, and KeySpan Long Island have received from the Secretary of the New York PSC an extension of time to comply with certain of the automated mechanisms included in the New York PSC's July 15 order prohibiting ESCO service to assistance program participant (APP)…
August 22, 2016
Niagara Mohawk, KeySpan New York, and KeySpan long Island sought an extension of time to comply with certain of the requirements stated in the New York PSC's July 15 order prohibiting ESCO service to assistance program participant (APP) customers in the manner prescribed by the PSC, but proposed to…
August 19, 2016
Update, August 30: Arcadia Power informed ECM that it does not offer its bill payment service in competitive areas of Texas.
July 29, 2016
Duquesne Light announced that it has implemented instant connects (day one shopping) and seamless moves.
July 22, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a final order adopting a waiver to allow for a change in when the EDC switch confirmation letter is sent in situations of an instant connect (day one shopping), but will not require all EDCs to adopt such a change.
July 22, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC has rejected Philadelphia Gas Works' implementation plan to implement a remote account number access mechanism, finding that PGW's proposal to recover a portion of costs of the program via the purchase of receivables discount would threaten the viability of the POR program.
July 20, 2016
Customers formerly on a "day-night" rate at NYSEG were enrolled into the Sustainable Westchester opt-out municipal aggregation (which has a flat rate) have been asking SW to institute a day-night rate, as SW asked the PSC to require NYSEG to share data concerning day-night customers
July 18, 2016
The District of Columbia PSC directed Washington Gas Light to answer a series of questions about its new billing system and its impact on retail suppliers
July 1, 2016
Denies Access to Non-EGS, Non-Contracted CSP Third Parties
The Pennsylvania PUC approved the technical implementation standards proposed by Electronic Data Exchange Working Group's (EDEWG) Web Portal Working Group (WPWG) for a standardized solution for the acquisition of historical interval usage (HIU) and billing quality interval use (BQIU) smart meter…
July 1, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC approved compliance plans to implement remote natural gas account look-up mechanisms at eight natural gas utilities, rejected National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.'s compliance plan, and approved cost recovery from retail suppliers, via the purchase of receivables discount, at…
June 21, 2016
Washington Gas Light has filed with the Maryland PSC updated purchase of receivables discount rates, which would include an increase from the current residential POR discount rate of 0%.
June 9, 2016
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CEHE) announced in a market notice that the automated Historical Usage / LOA function on CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric’s Competitive Retailer Information (CRIP) system is now available for IDR accounts.
May 27, 2016
The Maryland PSC approved an update to the purchase of receivables discount rates at Potomac Edison, with the new rates effective June 1, 2016.
May 27, 2016
The Maryland PSC approved an update to the purchase of receivables discount rates at Delmarva, effective June 1, 2016, which includes an increase in the residential discount
May 27, 2016
The Maryland PSC approved an update to the purchase of receivables discount rates at Pepco, with the new lower rates effective June 1, 2016.
May 27, 2016
The Maryland PSC has approved new electric and natural gas purchase of receivables discount rates at Baltimore Gas & Electric, effective June 1, 2016.
May 23, 2016
Direct Energy has sought to phase-in "exorbitant" increases in the consolidated billing charge at KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (National Grid), in testimony on the KeySpan LDCs' current rate case
May 20, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a tentative order proposing to change when the EDC confirmation letter is sent in situations of an instant connect (day one shopping).
May 13, 2016
The District of Columbia PSC has opened an investigation into the implementation of Washington Gas Light Company’s new billing system and its impact on customers, on the approval process for natural gas suppliers, and on competition in the natural gas retail market in the District of Columbia
May 2, 2016
The Massachusetts DPU approved new purchase of receivables discount rates (standard complete billing percentages), effective May 1, 2016, at Nstar, National Grid, and Western Massachusetts Electric Co.
April 28, 2016
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed proposed updates to the electric and natural gas purchase of receivables discount rates, to be effective June 1, 2016.
April 21, 2016
Given the passage of time, a new Pepco billing system, and its decision to resume consideration of dynamic pricing at Pepco (click here for story) , the District of Columbia PSC has sought supplemental comments regarding retail supplier access to AMI Data
April 13, 2016
Nstar has informed the Massachusetts DPU that, pending feedback from electric suppliers, it intends to issue a one-time payment to retail suppliers serving industrial customers to effectuate an over-collection under the purchase of receivables program, rather than addressing the reconciliation via a…
April 7, 2016
A settlement in the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities' default service proceedings for the period June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2021 would introduce, on a pilot basis, a clawback mechanism to the purchase of receivables program
April 4, 2016
Delaware stakeholders recently rehashed purchase of receivables in yet another round of comments concerning the proposed program, though what was most notable was the lack of any discussion from Delmarva regarding an implementation timeline to introduce POR should it be ordered by the PSC.
