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December 17, 2014
Duquesne Light has informed the Pennsylvania PUC that it was not able to meet the original December 15, 2014 deadline to implement an interim form of three-day accelerated switching, and has again asked for a waiver until January 16, 2015 to implement the interim solution.
December 16, 2014
The New York PSC has accepted Staff's modified accelerated switching proposal, which jettisoned an earlier proposal for the use of off-cycle switches, and instead retains the on-cycle meter read for switches.
December 11, 2014
Maine Assigns Docket for Review of Customer Usage Market Portal
December 10, 2014
The Small Customer Marketer Coalition has asked the New York PSC to resolve the "continuing inability" of KeySpan New York and KeySpan Long Island (collectively referred to as National Grid) to provide, "adequate, consistent and accurate billing services in connection with National Grid's ESCO…
December 5, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved PECO's compliance plan to implement accelerated switching, under which electric customers are to be switched to their chosen EGS within three business days, which includes issuing a new bill to the customer when the customer switches in the middle of a billing cycle…
November 24, 2014
Ohio electric utilities have filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio sample bills which incorporate the logo of the customer's retail electric supplier.
October 27, 2014
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania electric distribution companies have sought a temporary waiver of the accelerated switching requirements which require multiple off-cycle switches to be completed within three business days the same billing cycle
October 24, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC authorized PPL's interim accelerated switching mechanism that is not in full compliance with the accelerated switching program adopted by the PUC, but still allows the customer to be switched within three business days for the first off-cycle switch in a billing cycle.
October 23, 2014
The Maryland PSC approved new purchase of receivables discount rates at Washington Gas Light, effective November 27, 2014
October 22, 2014
Duquesne Light has requested a temporary waiver of certain elements of the Pennsylvania PUC's accelerated switching rules due to implementation of a new billing system which will delay Duquesne Light's complete compliance with the rules.
October 22, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC announced that additional functionality has been added to the PA Power Switch website.
October 20, 2014
Citing technical limitations cited by the utilities, Staff of the New York PSC has abandoned an accelerated switching proposal based on off-cycle switches, and instead proposes the retention of switching on an on-cycle meter read, with minor changes which will allow more switches to occur at the…
October 7, 2014
PECO has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for a temporary waiver of regulations requiring a minimum number of days in a customer's billing period in order to implement accelerated electric supplier switching, as PECO proposes to implement accelerated switching by issuing a new bill whenever a…
September 30, 2014
PPL Electric Utilities has asked the Pennsylvania PUC, due to technical reasons, for waivers from certain of the provisions of the new accelerated switching rules until July 31, 2015 or later.
September 29, 2014
A proposal from Duke Energy Ohio in its electric security plan application has been called "discriminatory" by retail suppliers, who argue that it would favor the utility's affiliate offering unregulated services.
September 18, 2014
"[I]n response to input from parties stating the need for additional discussions regarding accelerated switching of energy providers," Staff of the New York PSC will convene a second technical conference to discuss whether and how to effectuate accelerated switching on October 7.
September 11, 2014
The Connecticut PURA has assigned Docket 14-09-09 for an investigation regarding utility billing of gross receipts and sales and use taxes
August 26, 2014
Maryland should consider implementing pro-rata utility consolidated billing, instead of purchase of receivables, to address the variable rate pricing issues which were revealed during this year's polar vortex, the Maryland Office of People's Counsel said in comments on a working group report.
August 25, 2014
Staff of the New York PSC has issued a straw proposal for Track One of New York's Reforming the Energy Visions Proceeding, which, among other things, recommends enhancements to consolidated utility billing, and would grant distributed energy resource (DER) providers with customers information…
August 18, 2014
Commonwealth Edison has filed at the Illinois Commerce Commission to lower the flat per-bill charge applicable to retail suppliers under purchase of receivables.
August 15, 2014
Washington Gas Light has filed with the Maryland PSC updated purchase of receivables discount rates, which would set the residential POR discount rate to 0%.
August 14, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC is allowing the electric distribution companies to delay the implementation of instant connects (switch-at-connect, or day-one switching) and seamless moves, in order to allow the EDCs to focus on implementation of a 3-business day switching timeframe.
August 14, 2014
Nstar has filed with the Massachusetts DPU initial discount rates for its purchase of receivables program, to be effective September 28
August 8, 2014
Several New York utilities have sought extensions from New York PSC of the deadline for implementation of online historical bill calculators, which are to allow shopping customers to compare actual ESCO costs to shadow-billed default service costs, for both residential and small commercial customers…
July 29, 2014
Staff of the New York PSC have proposed that the customer switching timeline for retail electric and natural gas customers be accelerated to five business days, according to an undated proposal filed yesterday in Case 98-M-1343 et. al.
