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March 21, 2025
A draft Connecticut PURA annual report to lawmakers concerning the state of electric competition is proposed to once again include a comparison of retail supplier rates and default service rates -- after omitting the customary data in last year's report
March 19, 2025
The PUC of Ohio granted, without modification, a petition (styled as a request for clarification) from Dayton Power and Light (AES Ohio) for approval for AES Ohio to procure default service supply contracts beyond the August 30, 2026 end date of AES Ohio's current electric security plan
March 19, 2025
The PUC of Ohio has directed Duke Energy Ohio to undertake measures meant to increase participation of retail suppliers in solicitations to provide natural gas supply to Duke's Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers.
March 18, 2025
PUC Addresses Call For Disqualification Of All 3 Commissioners, Recusal Of Hearing Examiner
The New Hampshire PUC will not consider potential hedging of default service electricity supplies in an upcoming adjudication of default service issues at Granite State Electric (Liberty Utilities) for the six-month delivery period beginning August 1, 2025, as the PUC will instead defer…
March 14, 2025
Baltimore Gas & Electric in Maryland has filed a further revision to its mass market SOS energy rates for the period June 1, 2025 to September 30, 2025, as a result of the completion of PJM's 3rd incremental capacity auction (IA) for the delivery year 2025/2026
February 28, 2025
Peoples Natural Gas Company LLC has filed in Pennsylvania an interim increase in its natural gas commodity supply cost, which also results in a higher merchant function charge, given the operation of how the MFC is calculated
February 28, 2025
The Massachusetts DPU has approved filings by Liberty Utilities to defer reconciliations of its gas supply cost that would otherwise be incorporated into Liberty's bypassable gas adjustment factor (GAF) at this time
February 25, 2025
In response to a Massachusetts DPU directive to cut residential bills by 5% during the peak winter season (story here) , Liberty Utilities in Massachusetts has proposed deferring reconciliations of its residential gas supply cost that would otherwise be incorporated into its bypassable GAF at this…
February 21, 2025
In a letter concerning Duquesne Light's proposal to make a Time of Use generation rate generally available to all default service customers (not only EV owners), the Retail Energy Supply Association asked the Pennsylvania PUC to direct Duquesne Light to make customers aware of TOU rate plans…
February 21, 2025
The Massachusetts DPU has ordered all of the state's investor-owned natural gas distribution companies to file revised reconciling factors that will result in no less than a 5% reduction in residential and residential low-income average bills for the remainder of the peak season (March and April…
February 21, 2025
PUCO has revealed the winning bidders from the Standard Choice Offer auction at the East Ohio Gas Company d/b/a Enbridge Gas Ohio (formerly Dominion East Ohio) for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026
February 20, 2025
The Pennsylvania PUC denied a bid from Penn Renewables, LLC to increase the cutoff for fixed-price default service rates at UGI Utilities - Electric Division to 3 MW, from the current 100 kW threshold, and also rejected Penn Renewables' argument that hourly priced default service violates…
February 20, 2025
PUCO has revealed the winning bidders from the Standard Choice Offer auction at Columbia Gas of Ohio for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026
February 14, 2025
Duke Energy Ohio has sought approval from the PUC of Ohio to award a new contract to Utility Gas & Power (LE Energy LLC) to supply natural gas to Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers
February 12, 2025
Winning prices from New Jersey's electricity Basic Generation Service auction for residential and small commercial customers (BGS-RSCP) spiked about 40% versus the tranches being replaced in the laddered portfolio
February 11, 2025
District of Columbia PSC Commissioner Richard Beverly has directed stakeholders to provide their updated position on the amount of electricity SOS load that should be served under a long-term PPA
February 10, 2025
Public Service of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed a proposal to serve 50% of its small customer group default service load from ISO New England market purchases, for the August 2025 to January 2026 period
February 10, 2025
Includes Personalized Behavioral Load Shaping Tips To Customers
As directed by the Pennsylvania PUC, Duquesne Light has proposed a new generally available Time of Use generation rate option for customers taking default service supply
February 7, 2025
PUCO has revealed the winning bidders from the Standard Choice Offer auction at Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, LLC d/b/a CenterPoint Energy Ohio for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026
February 6, 2025
Dayton Power and Light (AES Ohio) has petitioned the PUC of Ohio for approval (styled as a request for clarification) to procure default service supply contracts beyond the August 30, 2026 end date of its current electric security plan
February 4, 2025
A February 4 auction to determine the Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) for the Standard Choice Offer at Columbia Gas of Ohio resulted in an RPA of $3.25 per Mcf, for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026
February 3, 2025
As the PUC of Ohio considers a pending electric security plan application that would govern electricity default service at Duke Energy Ohio for the period beginning June 1, 2025, Duke Energy Ohio has petitioned PUCO for authority to conduct two interim standard service offer auctions prior to June 1…
February 3, 2025
The Standard Choice Offer auction to set the Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) at Enbridge Gas Ohio (f/k/a Dominion East Ohio) for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 resulted in an RPA of $0.50 per Mcf, which is 150% higher than the current adder of $0.20 per Mcf
January 22, 2025
The PUC of Ohio approved what it termed a "delay" in the implementation of a wholesale Standard Service Offer (SSO) auction to procure supply for default natural gas service at Duke Energy Ohio, with the initial SSO auction ordered to be held in early 2026, for service starting April 1, 2026
January 22, 2025
Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio's (CenterPoint Energy Ohio) Standard Choice Offer auction conducted on January 21, 2025 resulted in a Retail Price Adjustment (RPA) of $2.20 per Mcf for the period April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026
