December 8, 2010
DPUC Denies Cianbro Energy Supplier Initialization Fee Waiver Request
The Connecticut DPUC denied Cianbro Energy, LLC's request for a waiver of the supplier setup initialization fee ( 11/29 ).
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December 3, 2010
ICC Chairman Flores Stresses Need for Robust Residential Choice During POR Oral Arguments
Illinois Commerce Commission Acting Chairman Manuel Flores pressed intervenors yesterday during oral arguments regarding Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables tariff regarding what form of cost recovery would lead to more robust residential choice.
December 3, 2010
Pa. PUC Would Maintain Current Treatment of Uncollectibles in PPL POR Under Non-Binding Poll
In a non-binding poll, Pennsylvania PUC Commissioners unanimously endorsed an ALJ's recommendation regarding the treatment of uncollectibles under PPL Electric's Purchase of Receivables program, including rejecting the Retail Energy Supply Association's proposal ( 9/7 ) to institute a nonbypassable…
December 2, 2010
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Md. PSC to Further Examine Columbia RM 35 Costs, Implementation The Maryland PSC directed Columbia Gas to present additional details regarding various costs of implementing several provisions of RM 35, including purchase of receivables and a 12-day enrollment timeline, after Columbia reported that…
December 1, 2010
RESA Opposes West Penn Power $6 Charge Per Utility Consolidated Bill
West Penn Power's proposed consolidated billing charge of $6 per bill per month, which is part of its proposed Purchase of Receivables program, "will result in an excessive and unworkable effective discount rate," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in a motion to intervene filed with the…
November 15, 2010
Staff Calls ComEd POR Uncollectibles Calculation Inconsistent with Ameren Precedent
Commonwealth Edison's most recent calculation of a combined uncollectibles factor to be used in the Purchase of Receivables discount rate for all customer classes appears to have been calculated, "in a manner that is not consistent with the calculation used by Ameren Illinois in Docket Nos.…
November 9, 2010
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ComEd Reports Weighted POR Uncollectibles Factor Commonwealth Edison has calculated the "weighted average uncollectibles factor" specific to the customer classes eligible for POR derived in a manner consistent with the method used at Ameren, and reported that the value is 1.8453%. That compares to…
November 5, 2010
Pa. PUC Approves POR at T. W. Phillips Gas, Upon Supplier Request
The Pennsylvania PUC approved a settlement in T. W. Phillips Gas and Oil Co.'s rate case under which T. W. Phillips will institute a Purchase of Receivables program upon the request of competitive suppliers (R-2010-2167797).
November 5, 2010
Pa. PUC Approves PECO Gas POR, Leaves Uncollectibles in Base Rates
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved PECO's natural gas Purchase of Receivables program as recommended by an ALJ, with uncollectibles associated with both competitive supply and sales service remaining in base rates (P-2009-2143588).
November 4, 2010
West Penn Power Files to Institute Charge of $6 Per Utility Consolidated Bill
West Penn Power (Allegheny) has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC changes to its electric generation supplier (EGS) coordination tariff to, among other things, institute a new charge of $6 per utility consolidated bill per month to recover programming costs for the new Purchase of Receivables program…
November 3, 2010
Peoples Natural Gas Files to Offer Purchase of Receivables in Pennsylvania
Peoples Natural Gas has proposed offering a Purchase of Receivables program as part of its newly filed rate case with the Pennsylvania PUC (R-2010-2201702).
November 2, 2010
ICC Staff Favor Using Rider UF for ComEd POR Uncollectibles Factor
Illinois Commerce Commission Staff said that they have no objection to using the system average uncollectible factor found in Commonwealth Edison Rider UF if the Commission elects to impose a single discount rate on all customer classes under ComEd's Purchase of Receivables program.
October 28, 2010
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Md. PSC Approves Nov. 1 Start for Standard Electronic Gas Market Transactions at BGE
October 27, 2010
BGE Stresses Need for November 1 Effective Date for Standard Electronic Transactions for Gas Market
Although a working group report has suggested that the Maryland PSC allow natural gas distribution companies to use proposed new standard electronic transactions effective December 1 ( see Matters, 10/25 ), Baltimore Gas & Electric reiterated in a filing with the PSC that it needs the effective date…
October 25, 2010
Maryland Working Group Files Standard Electronic Transactions for Gas Market
A Maryland working group has submitted a Maryland Gas Standard manual to implement standard electronic transactions for the retail gas market required by RM 35.
October 22, 2010
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Columbia Gas Seeks Rehearing of Maryland POR Order, Submits Revised Compliance Plan
October 20, 2010
Citing ESCO Opposition to Funding, NiMo Proposes to Shelve Remote Account Number Access Plan
Niagara Mohawk has proposed that it not implement its plan to provide customers with remote access to their account numbers at this time due to the lack of agreement among ESCOs to fund implementation (98-M-1343).
October 18, 2010
Mass. AG Seeks Hearing on Purchase of Receivables Terms and Conditions
The Massachusetts Attorney General asked the Massachusetts DPU to require competitive suppliers and the electric distribution companies to submit witness testimony and exhibits, with discovery and cross examination on such evidence, to support their respective positions regarding Purchase of…
October 11, 2010
Georgia Marketers Seek Three-Day Disconnect/Reconnect Process at AGL
Several retail natural gas suppliers have asked the Georgia PSC to consider implementing a permanent three day standard for Atlanta Gas Light to follow in regard to connecting, disconnecting and reconnecting customers, including monthly reporting of the service level standards (Docket 31647-U).
October 11, 2010
N.Y. PSC Staff Opposes True-Up to Uncollectible Rate in NiMo MFC Charge
New York PSC Staff have opposed Niagara Mohawk's request to include a true-up of the uncollectible rate included in the electric Merchant Function Charge, which would also be used in setting the Purchase of Receivables discount rate (Case 10-E-0050).
October 11, 2010
Illinois ALJ Recommends Rejection of Flat Fee to Recover ComEd POR Implementation Costs
An Illinois ALJ has recommended that Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables discount rate be established solely as a fixed percentage discount off of a supplier's receivables, with no flat per-bill charge as proposed by ComEd (Docket 10-0138).
October 7, 2010
RESA Urges Mass. DPU to Use Uncollectibles from All Distribution Customers in POR Reconciliation
The Retail Energy Supply Association has urged the Massachusetts DPU to reject the electric distribution companies' proposed calculation of the Past Period Reconciliation Percentage to be contained in the Purchase of Receivables discount rate, with RESA arguing that the reconciliation component…
October 5, 2010
O&R Posts New Electric POR Rate, Uncollectible Components for MFCs
Orange & Rockland has filed with the New York PSC updated uncollectibles factors to be used in the electric Purchase of Receivables discount rate and Merchant Function Charges.