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July 27, 2012
The Connecticut Attorney General and Office of the Consumer Counsel have asked the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to consider listing the utility Standard Service rate, as well as a shopping customer's relative savings versus the rate, on the bills of customers on competitive…
July 26, 2012
The District of Columbia Office of People's Counsel said that implementing a purchase of receivables program at Pepco would "distract" Pepco from solving reliability and storm-related issues facing the utility.
July 25, 2012
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company (Unitil) has informed the Massachusetts DPU that its current Customer Information System (CIS) cannot support a purchase of receivables program, and that POR implementation must be delayed until a new CIS is implemented.
July 19, 2012
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio delegated that issues related to the payment priority for competitive supply and utility receivables collected on an electric utility consolidated bill shall be addressed in a newly opened rulemaking, declining to address the issue as part of the FirstEnergy…
July 11, 2012
The Massachusetts DPU has informed stakeholders that it would like to "facilitate" settlement negotiations regarding (what are hoped to be) the final outstanding issues regarding the electric distribution companies' purchase of receivables (POR) programs.
July 10, 2012
Maryland's Office of Home Energy Programs of the Department of Human Resources (OHEP) should inform Electric Universal Service Program (EUSP) participants about their opportunities to take service from competitive suppliers, Maryland PSC Staff recommended in comments on OHEP's FY 2013 EUSP plan…
July 2, 2012
A year after the introduction of switch holds to the ERCOT market, the number of switch holds applicable to residential customers in ERCOT as part of entering into a deferred payment plan remain less than 1% of residential ESI IDs in ERCOT.
July 2, 2012
ERCOT's Technical Advisory Committee approved a new process for removing switch holds from vacant Continuous Service Agreement (CSA) premises.
June 26, 2012
Pepco has recommended that any purchase of receivables program required by the District of Columbia PSC be delayed until the introduction of a new billing system, currently scheduled for 2014 (FC 1085).
June 25, 2012
Direct Energy Services, LLC has sought a modification to the treatment of uncollectibles under PPL Electric's purchase of receivables program, in testimony filed in PPL's rate case (R-2012-2290597).
June 20, 2012
The Maryland PSC has established new Purchase of Receivables discount rates at Baltimore Gas & Electric, effective July 1.
June 20, 2012
In setting new POR discount rates at BGE (see related story) , the Maryland PSC directed that the supplier coordination working group examine several proposed changes to the Purchase of Receivables program, including the treatment of late payment revenue.
June 18, 2012
Delmarva Power & Light has filed with the Maryland PSC a revised set of proposed new purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates.
June 18, 2012
Staff of the Maryland Public Service Commission have filed recommended levels for Baltimore Gas & Electric's Purchase of Receivables discount rates, to be considered at the Wednesday administrative meeting.
June 6, 2012
Potomac Edison has filed final new Purchase of Receivables discount rates which took effect June 1, 2012.
June 6, 2012
Pepco has filed in Maryland final new Purchase of Receivables discount rates which took effect May 30, 2012.
May 31, 2012
The Maryland PSC yesterday established new Purchase of Receivables discount rates at Pepco, Delmarva, and Potomac Edison.
May 17, 2012
Equitable Gas Company, LLC has filed at the Pennsylvania PUC to implement a Purchase of Receivables program.
May 16, 2012
Aside from previously reported retail auctions and referral programs (see earlier story) , Duquesne Light proposes to implement several processes meant to remove barriers to customer choice under its proposed default service plan for the period beginning June 1, 2013, including "seamless move" and…
May 16, 2012
Duquesne Light has proposed increasing the Purchase of Receivables discount rate to all retail electric suppliers serving residential customers to recover costs of its proposed Standard Offer customer referral program, which is part of its proposed default service plan for the period beginning June…
May 15, 2012
The number of switch holds applicable to residential customers in ERCOT as part of entering into a deferred payment plan declined significantly at Oncor during April.
May 14, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved the Electronic Data Exchange Working Group's request for two change controls for statewide implementation, to provide electric generation suppliers (EGSs) with information on future customer peak load contribution values, and to implement a net metering flag.
May 9, 2012
The New Hampshire PUC has officially opened Docket DE 12-097 to investigate the merits of instituting purchase of receivables, customer referral, and electronic interface programs for both electric and natural gas distribution utilities in New Hampshire.
May 7, 2012
Baltimore Gas & Electric filed an errata to one of its proposals for setting the discount rate for the natural gas Purchase of Receivables program.
May 1, 2012
The Massachusetts DPU has ruled that retail suppliers cannot use utility consolidated billing without participating in the forthcoming purchase of receivables programs, and also affirmed that POR discount rates shall be class specific, in an interlocutory order and order on clarification (DPU 10-53)…
