July 12, 2011
WGES Seeks Rehearing on WGL POR Discount Rates
Washington Gas Energy Services has sought rehearing on the Maryland PSC's June order establishing Purchase of Receivables discount rates at Washington Gas Light (see 6/17) .
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July 12, 2011
Pa. PUC Tentative Order Addresses Smart Meter EDI Standards
The Pennsylvania PUC, via a Tentative Order, proposes to direct the Electronic Data Exchange Working Group (EDEWG) to review each Electric Distribution Company's current smart meter plan to ensure that third parties, with customer consent, have direct meter access and electronic access to customer…
July 12, 2011
Pa. PUC Issues Guidance to Electric Suppliers Regarding Billing of Taxes
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued guidance on the placement of tax information on residential customer electric bills.
July 11, 2011
Maryland PSC Staff Recommend Adjustments to BGE POR Discount Rates
Maryland PSC Staff have recommended modifications to Baltimore Gas & Electric's proposed updates to the electric and natural gas Purchase of Receivables discount rates.
July 7, 2011
Maryland Staff Seeks Cessation of Billing for Any Non-Volumetric Charges Through POR
The Maryland PSC should direct electricity suppliers to, "immediately cease billing any and all charges that are not billed using a kilowatt-hour ('kWh') rate via utility consolidated billing," PSC Staff recommended in reply comments concerning the inclusion of early termination fees in Purchase of…
July 5, 2011
Pepco Planning to Use Hourly Load Data for Supplier Settlement in Late 2013
Pepco is planning to use hourly data for load settlement with suppliers in the PJM marketplace by the, "latter part of 2013," it informed the District of Columbia PSC (FC 1017).
June 30, 2011
BGE Corrects Proposed POR Discount Rates
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC revised proposed Purchase of Receivables discount rates for electric and gas service.
June 29, 2011
Maryland PSC Accepts WGL POR Compliance Tariff With Modifications
The Maryland PSC accepted, with modifications, Washington Gas Light's compliance tariff to implement Purchase of Receivables with bills rendered on and after June 29, 2011, which is the start of the July billing cycle.
June 27, 2011
OPC, Utilities Oppose Inclusion of Termination Fees in Purchased Receivables
"Under no circumstance," should competitive supplier early termination fees be included in purchased electric or gas receivables, the Maryland Office of People's Counsel said in comments to the PSC.
June 23, 2011
BGE Requests Short Deferral in Effective Date of New POR Discount Rates
Baltimore Gas and Electric has requested that the Maryland PSC defer the effective date of its new Purchase of Receivables discount rates for both electric and gas service.
June 20, 2011
CenterPoint to Automate Submission of Usage History Authorizations in July
CenterPoint Energy informed REPs on Friday that it will soon begin testing a new automated tool for accessing customer usage history.
June 17, 2011
Washington Gas Light to Begin Purchasing Maryland Supplier Receivables with July Billing Cycle
Washington Gas Light will begin purchasing the receivables of Maryland competitive gas suppliers with bills rendered on and after June 29, 2011, which is the start of the July billing cycle.
June 17, 2011
Massachusetts DPU Approves Model Terms for Purchase of Receivables
The Massachusetts DPU has approved model terms and conditions to implement electric Purchase of Receivables (10-53).
June 16, 2011
Space Available Under SCE Direct Access Cap for September Switches
Nearly 300 GWh of direct access load has opened up at Southern California Edison, the utility has informed customers, allowing some customers to switch prior to Phase 3 of the expansion of direct access.
June 15, 2011
TNMP Suspends Disconnections due to Weather
Texas New Mexico Power has suspended disconnections for non-pay for the rest of the week in parts of its West Texas Service Territory after the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Terrell county.
June 15, 2011
Pa. PUC Approves Purchase of Receivables at Peoples Natural Gas
The Pennsylvania PUC has adopted without modification a settlement that will introduce Purchase of Receivables at Peoples Natural Gas.
June 7, 2011
Pepco Says D.C. POR Could be Implemented in Six Months
Pepco is not opposed to the introduction of Purchase of Receivables in the District of Columbia, but urged the PSC to carefully weigh costs and benefits of POR (FC 1085).
June 6, 2011
Retail Suppliers Seek Enhancements to Pepco POR if Program Brought to D.C.
Retail suppliers submitted comments to the District of Columbia PSC in support of electric Purchase of Receivables, with several suppliers pushing for program elements not contained in the POR program used by Pepco in Maryland (FC 1085).
June 1, 2011
Allegheny Power Confirms New Maryland POR Discount Rates
Allegheny Power has filed in Maryland a compliance filing to implement new Purchase of Receivables discount rates.
June 1, 2011
Conn. DPUC Says Rejection of Third-Party Contract Cancellations May Violate Billing Standards
An automatic determination under which third party cancellations or attempted cancellations of retail electric contracts or enrollments are invalid (and thus rejected by the supplier), "may conflict with the billing and metering protocols" set forth in Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 16-244i(c), the DPUC said…
June 1, 2011
Maryland PSC to Review Inclusion of Termination Fees in Purchased Receivables
The Maryland PSC will consider at the July 13 administrative meeting whether early termination fees for competitive electric supply are "commodity" charges which can properly be purchased under Purchase of Receivables.
May 25, 2011
ICC Disallows POR Costs from ComEd Base Rates, Invites ComEd to File Supplemental Charge on Retail Suppliers
No costs related to Purchase of Receivables will be included in Commonwealth Edison's distribution rates, according to an order issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission in ComEd's distribution rate case (10-0467).
May 24, 2011
Blended POR Uncollectibles Rate at ComEd Needed to Mitigate Flat Administrative Cost Charge, Dominion Retail Says
A blended Purchase of Receivables discount rate is appropriate at Commonwealth Edison because it alleviates some of the inequities caused by the flat 50¢ administrative charge per bill issued under utility consolidated billing with POR, Dominion Retail said in rehearing testimony before the ICC…
May 23, 2011
Infinite Energy Seeks Authority to Offer Prepaid Service at AGL
Infinite Energy will offer a prepaid natural gas product to customers in Georgia, and has asked for necessary waivers of the administrative rules required to offer prepaid service.
May 11, 2011
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Pa. ALJs Recommend Approval of Settlement Requiring POR at Peoples Natural Gas