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July 17, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has adopted a final order directing the electric distribution companies to submit compliance plans facilitating Electric Generation Suppliers' access to the utility account numbers of newly enrolled customers in instances where the account number is not available from either the…
July 15, 2013
A trade association has asked the Maryland PSC to terminate the ability of retail energy suppliers to use utility consolidated billing for non-commodity services.
July 10, 2013
Retail suppliers have protested numerous changes sought by AEP Ohio to its supplier coordination tariff, governing the utility's interaction with competitive suppliers.
July 9, 2013
A proposed order from an Illinois ALJ would deny an application from Northern Illinois Gas Company d/b/a Nicor Gas Company to institute a purchase of receivables program.
July 8, 2013
The Delaware PSC has opened a review of the transparency of Delmarva Power's electric bill under Docket No. 13-250
June 21, 2013
The village of Fox River Grove, Illinois, announced that it was returning customers under its opt-out municipal electric aggregation back to Commonwealth Edison after bids for a new term of the pool could not beat ComEd's rate.
June 20, 2013
Fitchburg Gas and Electric (Unitil) reported to the Massachusetts DPU that it has reached an agreement with retail suppliers regarding implementation of purchase of receivables prior to implementation of a new Customer Information System.
June 14, 2013
The New Hampshire PUC has approved a request to close an investigation of purchase of receivables, without prejudice, and has also agreed to open a new proceeding regarding payment hierarchy.
May 30, 2013
The New Jersey BPU yesterday adopted changes to the purchase of receivables programs in place at the electric and natural gas utilities.
May 20, 2013
Delaying an on-bill comparison of ESCO versus default service costs at Central Hudson Gas & Electric, "serves no purpose other than to the possible detriment of uninformed ratepayers."
May 16, 2013
The Maryland PSC has established new purchases of receivables discount rates for several electric and natural gas utilities, with the new discounts starting June 1.
May 13, 2013
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended a residential electric Purchase of Receivables discount rate that is lower than the rate sought by Baltimore Gas & Electric.
May 13, 2013
The Retail Energy Supply Association has filed to close, without prejudice, a generic investigation regarding whether purchase of receivables, customer referral, and electronic interface programs should be implemented in New Hampshire.
May 6, 2013
A joint proposal's requirement for Central Hudson Gas & Electric to include ESCO versus default service cost comparisons on bills is ill-defined and premature, a recommended decision from two New York ALJs found.
May 3, 2013
Consistent with a prior directive, the Massachusetts electric distribution companies have filed with the DPU updated purchase of receivables compliance plans, including new discount rates.
April 16, 2013
Texas retail electric providers may begin submitting electronic transactions for new customers in the Sharyland Utilities, L.P. Brady, Celeste, Colorado City, and Stanton divisions, which are transitioning to retail choice, in February 2014, Sharyland said in an update to the Public Utility…
April 12, 2013
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended a large increase in the Baltimore Gas & Electric purchase of receivables discount rate for residential natural gas customers.
April 11, 2013
Niagara Mohawk has filed with the New York PSC draft materials concerning an online ESCO versus default service cost comparison tool, as well as for on-bill comparisons of ESCO versus default service costs.
April 5, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has deferred action on another retail market enhancement, specifically, retail suppliers' ability to access online customer information at the FirstEnergy utilities.
April 3, 2013
Duke Energy Ohio, as part of a natural gas rate case settlement, has agreed to make additional rate codes available to retail natural gas suppliers.
April 3, 2013
Duke Energy Ohio has agreed to provide to retail suppliers a list of eligible customers who have provisioned advanced meters.
April 3, 2013
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has issued a procedural schedule for further consideration of the electric utilities' pending purchase of receivables compliance filings, which have been pending at the DPU for two years.
April 2, 2013
The one-time fee for any opt-out of advanced metering granted to and exercised by Texas electric customers should be billed by the transmission and distribution utilities, not retail electric providers, a group of REPs said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
April 1, 2013
Executing the default-prompted mass transition of PNE Energy Supply's customers to default service cost $40,000, Public Service Company of New Hampshire said in a filing with the PUC.
March 29, 2013
PPL Electric has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed mechanism to establish the purchase of receivables discount rate to reflect the unique uncollectibles experience of retail supply customers.
