September 30, 2019
Massachusetts Mass Market Default Service Rate To Increase 22%
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU electric basic service rates for the period beginning December 1, 2019.
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September 27, 2019
PSC Orders That Capacity Price Be Removed From SOS Bidding Due To Delay Of PJM Auction, Directs That Wholesale Suppliers Later Be Reimbursed With Final Capacity Price
The District of Columbia PSC has ordered that bidders in an upcoming Pepco SOS procurement for the June 2022 to May 2023 delivery year shall include a $0/MW-day cost for capacity in their bids, with winning bidders instead reimbursed the actual final price of capacity once determined.
September 19, 2019
Illinois Discloses Prices From Capacity Procurement For Default Service Customers Starting In 2020
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from a fall 2019 procurement of capacity for default service customers at Ameren Illinois
September 19, 2019
Ameren Files New Retail Purchased Electricity Charges (Default Service Rates)
Ameren has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission new Retail Purchased Electricity Charges (electric supply rates) for the period October 2019 to May 2020
September 18, 2019
Maine PUC Sets New Standard Offer Rates
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera-BHD aka BHE) for the month of October 2019.
September 18, 2019
National Grid Default Service Rates Increasing Up To 30% For Residential, Commercial Customers
Default Service Winning Suppliers Disclosed
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU basic service rates for the period November 1, 2019 through April 30, 2020 for the residential and commercial customer groups and the period November 1, 2019 through January 31, 2020 for the industrial customer group
September 17, 2019
ComEd Files New Default Service Purchased Electricity Charges, Transmission Charges
Commonwealth Edison has filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission updated Purchased Electricity Charges (PECs) for the period beginning October 1, 2019
September 13, 2019
Illinois Approves Results From Fall Procurement Of Default Service Supplies, Winning Suppliers Disclosed
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the results of the fall 2019 procurement of block energy supplies for default service at ComEd and Ameren
September 11, 2019
Retail Suppliers Propose Setting Bypassable BGE SOS Admin. Adjustment At 1.1¢/kWh for Residential Customers, Allege BGE Underallocating Costs to SOS
In testimony concerning electric and natural gas rate cases at Baltimore Gas & Electric, a group of retail suppliers alleged that BGE's proposal to set the bypassable electric SOS Administrative Adjustment underallocates costs to SOS, and recommended setting the SOS Administrative Adjustment at…
September 11, 2019
PUC Discloses Winning Price From Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the results of a September auction for a portion of electric standard service offer supplies at Duke Energy Ohio, for the term June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2022
September 9, 2019
PUC Staff Recommend That Assessment Fee Collected Through SOS Rates Be Refunded To Customers, Through Nonbypassable Rider
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended that amounts currently collected by Dayton Power and Light through its bypassable standard offer rates for PUCO/OCC assessment fees be credited back to customers, via nonbypassable surcharge, to prevent double recovery of the costs…
September 5, 2019
OCC: Duke Ohio Residential Customers On Competitive Gas Supply Paid $11 Million More Than Default Service In 2018 ($0.59/Mcf Higher)
The Ohio Consumers' Counsel said in testimony filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that, in 2018, residential customers on competitive natural gas supply at Duke Energy Ohio paid $11 million more than if they had paid Duke's GCR default service rate.
September 4, 2019
BGE Files Updated Bypassable SOS Admin. Charge, Transmission Rates
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC updated amounts for the bypassable SOS Admin. Charge and bypassable transmission rate, effective October 1
August 30, 2019
PSC Seeks Comment On Changes To SOS Procurement Due To Delay Of PJM 2022-23 Capacity Auction
The District of Columbia PSC invited stakeholder comments on proposed changes to an upcoming SOS procurement due to the indefinite delay of the 2022-2023 PJM Base Residual Auction for capacity pending further FERC order.
August 27, 2019
Pennsylvania Utility: Some Retail Suppliers, "Are Not Putting Customers First"
Consumer Group: Retail Supplier Pricing During Polar Vortex Shows Need For Default Service
In reply comments in a Pennsylvania PUC proceeding concerning potential changes to electricity default service, including a potential move away from a "plain vanilla" default service product, PPL Electric Utilities said that, "some retail suppliers are not putting customers first"
August 26, 2019
Nstar Files New Basic Service Rates For Eastern Territory, Suppliers Disclosed
Nstar (Eversource) has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new electric basic service rates for large C&I customers in its Eastern Massachusetts service territory for the period beginning October 1, 2019.
August 21, 2019
ComEd Files Updated Default Service Charges Due To Changes In Uncollectibles Factor
Commonwealth Edison has filed updates to its Purchased Electricity Charges (PECs), for both the summer PECs effective September 2019, and the non-summer PECs, as well as updates to its bypassable transmission rate, to reflect changes in the Incremental Supply Uncollectible Cost Factors (ISUFs).
August 20, 2019
Nstar Files New Basic Service Rates, Supplier Disclosed
NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy filed new basic service rates for the Medium & Large Commercial and Industrial customer class in the WCMA Load Zone, the former Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO) service area, for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2019
August 19, 2019
PUC Sets Evidentiary Hearing On Motion To Change Default Service Structure
Says Default Monthly Variable Rates A "Rip-off", Reflect "Price Gouging"
August 16, 2019
Maine PUC Sets New Standard Offer Rates
The Maine PUC has set the Standard Offer rates for the large non-residential classes at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera-BHD aka BHE) for the month of September 2019.
August 16, 2019
Utility Presents Potential Changes For Upcoming Procurement Of 2022-2023 SOS Due To Delay In PJM Capacity Auction
Pepco has filed with the District of Columbia PSC a report concerning a work group meeting that was convened to discuss how to address an upcoming SOS procurement that is scheduled to include, for residential and small commercial customers (RSC), a three-year contract, for approximately one-third of…
August 16, 2019
Illinois ALJ Would Approve ComEd's Proposed Time Of Use Supply Rate Pilot, With Capped Number Of Customers, Under Proposed Order
ALJ Would Deny Relief Concerning Retail Supplier AMI Settlement & Data Access, But Would Require Staff Report On Barriers To Retail Supplier TOU Plans
August 16, 2019
Connecticut Light & Power Files New Default Service Rates
Connecticut Light & Power has filed Last Resort Service Rates for the period October 2019 to December 2019
August 13, 2019
CL&P, UI Disclose Default Service Suppliers
Connecticut Light & Power reported that Exelon Generation Company will serve CL&P's Last Resort Service load for the fourth quarter of 2019.
August 13, 2019
United Illuminating Files New Default Service Rates
United Illuminating has filed new Last Resort Service rates with the Connecticut PURA for the period beginning October 1, 2019