August 9, 2024
Major Utilities Say Mandatory Dual Billing Could Be Required For 18-Month Period
Several utilities informed the PSC that
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August 9, 2024
Utility Alleges PUC Staff Report Which Favors Adding Discount To 0% POR Program Used "Mismatching" Data
A utility alleged that…
August 7, 2024
Utilities Seek To Require Use Of Dual Billing By Retail Suppliers
During a PSC conference concerning implementation of the ban on residential purchase of receivables (POR)…
August 7, 2024
PSC Orders Utility To File Alternative To Both 15% & Updated 5% POR Discount Rate
Concerned about the potential "anti-competitive" impacts from two proposals from…
August 2, 2024
Utilities Say PSC Should End POR For All Residential Customers
People's Counsel Urges PSC To Use Emergency Authority To Repeal POR Entirely
A PSC has been asked to use its emergency authority to repeal its existing purchase of receivables (POR) rules in an expedited manner
July 29, 2024
PSC Issues Order On Proposed Change In POR Discount Methodology, Meant To Address 15% Discount Rate
The residential purchase of receivables discount at…
July 29, 2024
Utility, In Post Collaborative Report, Says Supplier Consolidated Billing Would Require "Significant Financial And Operational Investment" With Little Or No Customer Benefit
In a report after the completion of a collaborative on supplier consolidated billing…
July 25, 2024
CenterPoint TDU Extends Moratorium On Disconnections For Non-Pay
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric is extending its moratorium on disconnections for non-pay through…
July 23, 2024
Utility Provides Updated Dates For Suspension Of Retail Supplier Enrollments Due To New CIS Cutover
An EDC has petitioned the PUC of…
July 23, 2024
PSC Floats Mandating Retail Suppliers Use Dual Billing, Temporarily, To Comply With New Statute
A PSC has initiated a proceeding to…
July 19, 2024
More Texas TDUs Extend Disconnect For Non-Pay Moratorium
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric is suspending disconnections for non-pay for its entire service area through…
July 18, 2024
Retail Suppliers Unknowingly Could Be Exposed To Violating State's Price Cap Due To Utility Implementation
Retail suppliers unaware of how a utility is implementing a new process to ensure that…
July 16, 2024
Texas Senator Requests That PUC Implement Disconnection Moratorium
A Texas state senator requested that the Texas PUC implement an electricity disconnection moratorium,
July 15, 2024
Texas TDUs Extend Disconnect For Non-Pay Moratoriums
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric said in a market notice that…
July 15, 2024
PUC Suspends Automatic Approval Of Utility's Proposal Move Price To Compare Message To First Page Of Bill
An ALJ at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has suspended the automatic approval process for proposed changes to bills issued by AES Ohio (Dayton Power and Light)
July 12, 2024
PSC Orders Utilities To Continue Work On Supplier Consolidated Billing Implementation
Orders Briefing On New Law's Impact On SCB
With new legislation only addressing the purchase of residential receivables…
July 9, 2024
ALJ Provides Temporary Waiver Of New Billing Rule Applicable To Retail Suppliers
An ALJ at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued a temporary waiver of new billing rules applicable to retail natural gas suppliers
July 8, 2024
Texas TDU Activates Catastrophic Meter Estimation Process; Two TDUs Suspend DNPs
Due to Hurricane Beryl, AEP Texas Central activated…
July 2, 2024
PSC Approves Stipulation For Utility To Maintain Real-Time Website For Retail Suppliers To Streamline Customer Turn-On, Other Appointments Requested Through Retail Suppliers
Retail energy suppliers in…
July 2, 2024
Utility Proposes Solution To Mitigate 15% POR Discount Rate, Cautions That Rate May Continue To Be Challenging In Future
An EDC has offered an alternative to the nearly 15% purchase of receivables (POR) discount rate that would result
June 28, 2024
Utility To Change When Hardship Customers Are Dropped To Default Service
A utility is changing the point at which…
June 26, 2024
PUC Staff Recommend Discount Rate Be Added To Long-Standing Zero Discount POR Program, Or Alternative Mechanisms Explored
Staff of a Public Utilities Commission is proposing changes to a long-standing zero discount purchase of receivables program for retail energy suppliers
June 18, 2024
Retail Suppliers Urge PSC To Develop Alternative To Shocking 15% POR Discount For Residential Customers That Renders Retail Contracts "Uneconomic"
The nearly 15% purchase of receivables discount rate which resulted from…
June 12, 2024
PSC Directs Utilities To Report On POR Discount Rate Changes, Balances In Light Of POR Wind Down
PSC Approves Large POR Increases At Several Utilities
A PSC has directed…
June 12, 2024
PSC To Seek Briefs On SB 1's Impact On Supplier Consolidated Billing, Set To Address SCB Implementation Pause
A PSC expects to quickly issue an order addressing whether…