October 17, 2018
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 for the month of November 2018.
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October 17, 2018
Texas PUC Issues Final Designation Of Non-Volunteer POLRs For 2019-20
The Texas PUC has approved a final list of non-volunteer POLRs (Large Service Providers, or LSP) for the 2019-20 term
October 17, 2018
KeySpan LDCs Report Surcharges To Default Service Gas Cost Rate Due To Reconciliation Of Under-collections
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company (KeySpan New York, or KEDNY) said that, concerning its gas cost reconciliation, it under-collected approximately $18 million of gas purchase costs for the twelve months ended August 31, 2018. This under collection results from the netting of: 1) $21.2 million gas…
October 17, 2018
PECO Residential Electric Generation Rate To Fall On December 1, Small C&I Rates Increasing
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning December 1, 2018
October 16, 2018
ComEd Seeks Declaratory Order Concerning Ability To Post Default Service Price To Compare On Bills Issued To Retail Supplier Customers
Commonwealth Edison has petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission for a declaratory order affirming that ComEd is not prohibited from including on bills a bill message setting forth "Price to Compare" information on the customer bills for the majority of residential and commercial accounts that…
October 16, 2018
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Utilities' Default Service Rates To Increase 10%-16%
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting December 1, 2018
October 16, 2018
ConEd To Include 6¢/Therm Surcharge For Default Service Under-collections
Other Gas Utilities Report Surcharges For Under-collections, Refunds For Over-collections
New York natural gas utilities have filed their annual reconciliations of natural gas costs for the 12-month period ending August 2018
October 11, 2018
PECO Posts Prices From Default Service Procurement
PECO has posted results from its September 2018 procurement of a portion of electric default service supplies for various periods through 2020.
October 11, 2018
Duquesne Light Supply Charge To Decrease For Residential, Small C&I Customers, Increasing 20% For Medium C&Is
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new default service supply rates for the period beginning December 1, 2018.
October 8, 2018
Utility's Residential, Small Commercial Default Service Rates To Increase Over 40%
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new mass market energy service (default service) rates at Unitil for the six-month period beginning December 1, 2018, with the new rates over 40% higher than the current rates
October 2, 2018
Massachusetts Mass Market Default Service Rate To Increase 25%
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, 2018.
October 1, 2018
Illinois Power Agency Files Final Default Service Procurement Plan
The Illinois Power Agency has filed its final proposal for its 2019 electricity default service procurement plan with the Illinois Commerce Commission
September 27, 2018
PUCO Discloses Prices From Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of Duke Energy Ohio’s default service wholesale auction that will, when blended with other procurements, determine its default retail generation rates from June 2019 through May 2022.
September 27, 2018
PSC: Comparison Of Costs Of Default Service, Retail Supply For Low-Income Customers, "Merits Further Exploration"
In an order on the 2019 Electric Universal Service Program plan, the Maryland PSC said that a comparison of costs paid by low-income customers under default service versus competitive retail supply, "merits further exploration," but declined to require the utilities to provide aggregate cost…
September 21, 2018
Texas PUC Accepts Late Filing For REP To Serve As Volunteer POLR
A Texas PUC ALJ granted Constellation NewEnergy Inc.'s motion for good cause to accept Constellation's late-filed request to serve as a volunteer POLR (VREP) for the 2019-20 term.
September 20, 2018
Texas PUC Staff Posts Final List Of Non-Volunteer POLRs
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has filed its proposed final list of non-volunteer Providers of Last Resort (aka Large Service Providers or LSPs) and Volunteer Retail Electric Providers (VREP, volunteer POLRs) for 2019-2020
September 19, 2018
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 for the month of October 2018.
September 19, 2018
National Grid Massachusetts Residential Default Service Rate To Increase 26%
Commercial Rate To Increase 30%
National Grid electricity default service rates in Massachusetts for mass market customers are due to rise 26-30% starting November 1, according to basic service rates filed with the Massachusetts DPU
September 19, 2018
New York Utility Proposes Changes To Default Service Reconciliation Mechanism
Niagara Mohawk (National Grid, or Company) has filed with the New York PSC proposed changes to its reconciliations mechanism for electricity hourly-priced default service, which will also impact the reconciliations seen by non-hourly default service customers
September 18, 2018
PSE&G Lowering Default Service Rates
Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) is lowering its default service natural gas rate, as the New Jersey BPU approved, on a provisional basis, PSE&G’s June gas supply filing
September 17, 2018
Illinois Posts Results From Energy Procurement For ComEd, Ameren Default Service
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the fall 2018 block energy procurement for default service at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren
September 14, 2018
Illinois Posts Results From Default Service Procurement
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the fall 2018 procurement of capacity for Ameren Illinois default service customers
September 14, 2018
Ohio Starts Process To Consider Petitions To Terminate Assignment Of Non-Shopping Customers To Retail Suppliers On Monthly Rate
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued a procedural order to consider petitions from consumer advocates to terminate the monthly variable rate (MVR) mechanism and assignment process for certain non-shopping customers at Dominion Energy Ohio (f/k/a Dominion East Ohio)
September 10, 2018
In Rate Case, NRG Says PECO "Misallocated" $100 Million In Default Service Expenses To Distribution Rates
NRG Proposal Would Increase Residential Price To Compare By 1.25¢/kWh
In an electric rate case for PECO, NRG Energy, Inc. alleges that PECO has improperly allocated $100 million in indirect costs to residential distribution service rather than default service, and is seeking a re-allocation of such costs.
September 6, 2018
Pa. PUC Approves Default Service Procurement Plan For FirstEnergy EDCs
The Pennsylvania PUC approved, without modification related to procurement matters, the FirstEnergy utilities' default service procurement plan be adopted as proposed, covering the term June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2023.