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September 12, 2022
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for publication for revisions to the formula used to set provider of last resort (POLR) rates for non-volunteer POLR service (service from Large Service Providers, or LSPs)
September 9, 2022
In a proceeding addressing Duke Energy Ohio's proposal to implement a wholesale Standard Service Offer (SSO) auction for natural gas default service, with Duke proposing to transition away from the current gas cost recovery mechanism (GCR), Interstate Gas Supply (IGS) has proposed that the Public…
September 8, 2022
A witness for the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, who formerly worked for several retail energy suppliers, alleged in testimony before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that a former supplier employer had decided that it could "ignore" the national do-not-call registry for those customers the…
September 6, 2022
The New Hampshire PUC formally opened an investigatory proceeding to examine all pertinent aspects of RPS, electricity Default Service, and COG [gas utility cost-of-gas] procurements in New Hampshire, and related Commission processes.
September 1, 2022
Customer Classes/Service Areas Offered To Be Served By Volunteer POLRs Also Revealed
Staff of the Texas PUC has filed an initial preliminary list of non-volunteer POLRs (large service providers, or LSPs), by service area and customer class, as well as volunteer POLRs (VREPs), for the 2023-2024 two-year term
August 24, 2022
Aggregation Says Most Supplier Offers That Sound Too Good To Be True Are "Deceptive"
The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) will "immediately" be returning its Standard Program Price electricity customers to default service
August 22, 2022
Staff of the Maryland PSC have endorsed a change in the SOS procurement contract lengths at Pepco and Potomac Edison (PE) due to the potential launch of the Montgomery County pilot opt-out municipal aggregation (CCA)
August 18, 2022
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil (the Company) filed at the Massachusetts DPU for approval of an alternative approach to procuring and pricing basic service, "which is designed to address uncertainty relative to the Fitchburg municipal aggregation."
August 12, 2022
Dayton Power & Light (AES Ohio) has sought approval at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for various changes to its procurement schedule and product term lengths for Standard Service Offer (SSO) supply contracts to, "provide customers with greater protection against market volatility and more…
August 11, 2022
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a news release yesterday informing customers about default service Price to Compare increases occurring September 1 at PECO and the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities
August 5, 2022
PUC OKs New Utility-Offered Time Of Use Generation Rate Option For Non-shopping Customers
August 4, 2022
The District of Columbia PSC approved a contract with a solar facility for the bundled sale of energy, renewable energy credits (RECs), and capacity, for approximately 5% of total electric SOS load (approximately 154,000 MWh per year, which equates to 73 MW, or roughly 29%, of the solar project’s…
July 25, 2022
Reliant Energy Retail Services LLC (RERS) filed a request at the Texas PUC to be designated a voluntary retail electric provider (VREP, aka volunteer POLR) for the residential and small commercial classes up to a number of ESI IDs in certain service areas filed confidentially, for the 2023-2024…
July 18, 2022
Several Commercial PTCs Increasing As Well
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed PTC-Default rates with the Pennsylvania PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2022
July 18, 2022
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning September 1, 2022
July 12, 2022
The Texas PUC has assigned Project No. 53820 for: "Review of rates applicable to POLR service."
July 12, 2022
TXU Energy has filed at the Texas PUC to be designated as a volunteer POLR (VREP), for the 2023-2024 Provider of Last Resort term, for a confidentially filed number of electric service identifiers (ESI IDs) in each of the customer classes and TDU service areas identified in TXU's confidential…
July 1, 2022
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC the default service supply rate for Medium Commercial & Industrial customers for the period beginning September 1, 2022
June 29, 2022
Settlement Already Addressed Change In Fixed PTC Term, CAP Customers, & Referral Program
A Pennsylvania ALJ has issued a recommended decision that would adopt, without modification, an uncontested settlement that would establish a default service plan for the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities ("the Companies") to govern default service for the period June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2027…
June 29, 2022
Winning prices in a June 2022 default service auction for the Pennsylvania FirstEnergy EDCs remained at elevated levels, though they have eased a bit versus the April 2022 procurement
June 27, 2022
The Illinois Power Agency has issued a request for stakeholder feedback in advance of creation of its next draft electricity default service procurement plan, "in light of recent extreme energy market volatility that has had an impact on the results of the Agency’s procurement and the resulting…
June 24, 2022
The New Hampshire PUC approved a new energy service (default service) rate of 22.566 cents per kWh for the small customer group (residential and small C&I customers) at Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH or Eversource), for the six-month period starting Aug. 1, 2022
June 21, 2022
Will Review Timing, Duration, Cost Averaging
The New Hampshire PUC has ordered that an investigatory docket shall address a, "statewide review of electric distribution company default service procurement practices[.]"
June 9, 2022
A June procurement for electricity SOS supplies in…
June 8, 2022
A settlement concerning the merger of…
