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November 9, 2015
In comments in an Illinois rulemaking concerning retail supplier sales and marketing (click here for background) , the Citizens Utility Board proposed that the ICC open a proceeding to limit the receivables purchased from suppliers under the POR programs
November 6, 2015
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil will begin its electric purchase of receivables program on December 1, 2015
November 4, 2015
Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power have proposed adding a "clawback" to their purchase of receivables program in seeking approval of a default service procurement plan for the two-year period beginning June 1, 2017, citing "predatory pricing" practices by certain retail suppliers which…
October 30, 2015
Delmarva Power and retail suppliers agreed during a workshop yesterday that there are no barriers to implementing purchase of receivables in Delaware, though consumer advocates expressed reservations
October 27, 2015
The Connecticut PURA scheduled a technical meeting for November 3, 2015, to discuss the current processes used by suppliers to enroll residential and business retail choice customers (Docket 14-07-20RE01).
October 21, 2015
The Massachusetts DPU has approved the implementation plan for purchase of receivables at Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil
October 14, 2015
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have requested a further 30-day delay, until November 16, to file an implementation plan and specific discount rate for the introduction of purchase of receivables at AEP Ohio.
October 13, 2015
Sharyland Utilities, LP is conducting cancels and rebills for customers who were erroneously subject to a demand ratchet due to a lack of kW data for customers and language in the tariff concerning treatment of customers without kW data.
October 6, 2015
A tentative order previously issued by the Pennsylvania PUC concerning accelerated switching in the natural gas market has become final by operation of law.
September 18, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a tentative order which would extend through October 25, 2018 the shortened five-day waiting period between the time a natural gas customer is informed by the utility of a request submitted by a supplier to switch the customer's account, and the first date on which such…
September 16, 2015
The Florida Public Service Commission approved tariff changes at Peoples Gas System that include changes to when switches to alternative gas suppliers are effective.
September 11, 2015
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has asked the Maryland PSC to "revisit" its decision authorizing purchase of receivables in light of the polar vortex.
September 8, 2015
PECO recently lowered its natural gas POR discount rate, it informed the Pennsylvania PUC
September 4, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC approved Duquesne Light's plan to implement seamless moves and instant connects by July 1, 2016
September 4, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a final order concerning electric distribution company (EDC) development of a standardized solution for the acquisition of historical interval usage (HIU) and billing quality interval use (BQIU) data by electric generation suppliers via a secure web portal
September 2, 2015
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have requested a 45-day delay, until October 15, to file an implementation plan and specific discount rate for the introduction of purchase of receivables at AEP Ohio.
September 2, 2015
Staff of the New York PSC filed an update concerning discussions of supplier consolidated billing, or consolidated ESCO billing (CEB) as known in New York, as well as efforts to make bills more useful to customers.
August 27, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved tariffs filed by Columbia Gas of Ohio to permit retail suppliers to utilize bill ready utility consolidated billing, in addition to the current rate ready billing.
August 21, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a final order governing joint natural gas supplier-utility bills, and directed natural gas utilities to implement the new joint supplier-LDC bills within one year.
August 13, 2015
The Connecticut PURA issued a final decision which, among other things, addresses implementation of the requirement that suppliers list a residential customer's rate for the next month on bills (both utility consolidated and dual bills).
July 27, 2015
A New York collaborative has recommended to the PSC that the existing on-cycle natural gas switching timeline of 15 calendar days be modified to 10 business days.
July 27, 2015
A Connecticut PURA draft would allow electric suppliers to offer a different rate from the rate listed on the customer's bill as the next month's supplier rate, but only where the rate is lower than the previously listed rate.
July 17, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio should institute a warm transfer process, but should not move forward with instant connect, seamless moves, or contract portability, PUCO Staff recommended in a retail market improvement report.
July 14, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC has granted the FirstEnergy utilities a temporary waiver of the accelerated switching provisions, until August 31, 2015, which require that customers be permitted to complete multiple off-cycle switches within three-business days.
July 9, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC has directed to its Office of Competitive Market Oversight several issues regarding the electric utilities' customer lists raised by several NRG Energy suppliers.
