July 15, 2014
Nstar Confirms Date of Purchase of Receivables Implementation, Submission of Discount Rates
Nstar has confirmed in a Massachusetts DPU filing that it will implement Purchase of Receivables on September 28, 2014.
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July 10, 2014
State Requires Utility to Not Send Enrollment Notices in Contract Assignment Situation, Directs Further Study of Issue
The Maryland PSC granted a request from NRG Residential Solutions and directed Baltimore Gas & Electric to suppress "enrollment" notices that would otherwise be triggered and sent to customers of Dominion Retail which are being transferred to NRG after NRG purchased the Dominion Retail electric…
July 7, 2014
PSC Staff Recommend Change in Utility Enrollment Letter to Reflect Customers Assignment, Suggest Generic Investigation
Staff of the Maryland PSC have recommended that the Commission direct Baltimore Gas & Electric to change the language of a customer notice triggered by a change in a customer's electric supplier which currently is written as if the change is a new enrollment, but is still being produced and sent in…
June 25, 2014
New York EDI Collaborative Files Report on Required Market Changes, Asks for Extension on Contested Items
A New York collaborative has filed a report concerning EDI changes directed by the PSC in its recent retail electric market order (click here for background) , but asked for an extension on several required changes because the issues remain contested on rehearing, or are being further explored in…
June 18, 2014
Update: CenterPoint TDU to Begin Processing Disconnects for Non-Pay Tomorrow
In an update on its system issues, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CNP) said in a market notice this morning that service orders and enrollments are now processing end to end through its systems
June 17, 2014
CenterPoint TDU Not Processing Disconnects for Non-Pay Due to System Issues
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric is currently experiencing system issues which are preventing CNP from processing market transactions
June 17, 2014
Retail Supplier Sees Higher Attrition As a Result of Utility Welcome Letters to Inorganic Customer Acquisitions; Asks PSC to Cease Letters Since No 'Enrollment' Occurred
Citing an increase in attrition from utility enrollment notification letters sent to customers being served by a new supplier after the acquisition of a customer book, NRG Residential Solutions has requested that the Maryland PSC direct Baltimore Gas & Electric to cease issuance of such letters in…
June 11, 2014
Sharyland Reports Suspension of Disconnects for Non-Pay in New Choice Areas Due to ESI ID Confusion
Sharyland Utilities LP issued a market notice to retail electric providers yesterday that it temporarily stopped performing disconnections for non-pay in its areas newly open to choice after it became clear that a "large majority" of the DNP requests related to customer confusion or errors regarding…
June 10, 2014
PUC Approves Changes to Retail Supplier Payment Hierarchy, Other Market Enhancements
The New Hampshire PUC has approved without modification a settlement regarding the payment hierarchy for electric utility consolidated bills, and certain other retail market enhancements.
May 27, 2014
PUC Approves Delay in Implementing Tools to Allow Suppliers to Remotely Access Account Numbers
The Pennsylvania PUC has extended the deadline by which electric distribution companies must implement programs allowing retail electric suppliers, with customer authorization, to remotely access customer account numbers to facilitate enrollment in environments in which the customer may not have…
May 27, 2014
PUC Refers Presentation of Generation Pricing to Office of Competitive Market Oversight
The Pennsylvania PUC has referred the question of how electric generation prices should be presented, and uniformity in such formatting, to its Office of Competitive Market Oversight.
May 27, 2014
In Living Color? Here's What New Pennsylvania "Joint EDC-Supplier" Bill Will Look Like
While Pennsylvania has ordered the electric distribution companies to include the logo of a customer's electric supplier on utility consolidated bills by June 1, 2015, that logo may not necessarily be in color, under a final order published Friday.
May 27, 2014
Connecticut Draft: "Little" Supplier Interest in Offering Supplier-Consolidated Billing, Would Lead to Confusion
A draft order from the Connecticut PURA would conclude that there is "little supplier interest" in offering supplier consolidated billing (SCB), and would find that, "there does not appear to be real benefits to ratepayers," from supplier consolidated billing.
May 27, 2014
Pennsylvania PUC Approves New Assignment of Costs to POR Discount Rate
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved the assignment of new costs to the electric purchase of receivables discount rate at PECO.
May 23, 2014
PUC Finalizes Recommendations to Provide More Supplier Information on Utility Bills
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) said yesterday that it finalized recommendations that will provide consumers with more information from their electric generation suppliers (EGSs) on their utility bill.
May 21, 2014
Ohio Staff Proposes 'Significant' Changes to AEP Ohio Purchase of Receivables Proposal, Including Use of Supplier-Specific Discounts
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended "significant" changes to AEP Ohio's proposed purchase of receivables program, in testimony filed in AEP Ohio's electric security plan proceeding.
May 9, 2014
Staff Petitions Maryland PSC to Open Investigation Into Negative POR Discount Rates
The Maryland PSC Staff has petitioned the PSC to open an investigation into the causes of negative discount rates for the purchase of electric and natural gas supplier receivables
May 8, 2014
Maryland PSC Commissioners Skeptical of Arguments Against Shortening Switching Timeline
The Maryland PSC yesterday took under advisement the utilities' alternative proposals to comply with the PSC's directive to temporarily accelerate the switching timeline, with such alternative proposals generally only accelerating the timeline for returns to SOS, not switches to another supplier.
May 8, 2014
Maryland Approves New POR Discount Rates, Directs Pepco to Start Using Late Payment Fees As Offset
The Maryland PSC has approved new electric and natural gas purchase of receivables discount rates, effective June 1, 2014.
April 30, 2014
D.C. PSC Sets Date By Which Pepco Must Include Offset to POR Discount Rate
The District of Columbia PSC has ordered that Pepco shall begin including revenues from late payment charges as an offset to the purchase of receivables discount rate by January 1, 2015.
April 28, 2014
FirstEnergy Solutions Waives Polar Vortex Surcharge for Residential Customers
FirstEnergy Solutions announced that it is waiving its polar vortex surcharge for residential customers.
April 22, 2014
Utilities Can't Meet Maryland Accelerated Switching Timeline, Propose Alternatives
Several utilities informed the Maryland PSC that they cannot perform accelerated switches in the manner envisioned by the PSC, and proposed alternatives which would generally achieve the same timeline for returns to SOS, but would not facilitate faster switching from one supplier to another.
April 18, 2014
ESCOs Allege That ConEd Passing On Costs of Forecasting Errors to ESCOs (Millions in Imbalances Sought from Suppliers)
Several ESCOs have alleged that Consolidated Edison is seeking to pass-on the costs of inaccurate natural gas forecasts to ESCOs through imbalance payments, as ESCOs asked the New York PSC to immediately order a dispute resolution process to avoid ConEd from suspending any ESCOs from operating on…
April 14, 2014
Maryland Accelerates Switching Timeline to 5 Days, Urges Consideration of Service Quality Standards for Retail Suppliers
The Maryland PSC has accelerated the switching timeline for customers with advanced meters, while also encouraging stakeholders to consider service quality standards for retail suppliers
April 4, 2014
Pennsylvania Orders Electric Switches to Occur Within 3 Business Days
The Pennsylvania PUC has adopted a final rulemaking order to require that an electric distribution company execute a switch within 3 business days of the receipt by the EDC of the electronic enrollment transaction