August 16, 2017
Connecticut Light & Power Files New Default Service Rates
Connecticut Light & Power has filed new Last Resort Service rates for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2017
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August 16, 2017
RESA: Analysis Shows Millions in Potential Electricity Savings Available to Connecticut Consumers
RESA: Many Competitive Electricity Offers Available Below The Cost Of Utility Standard Service Rate
An analysis of Connecticut’s competitive electricity market shows many competitive offers below the cost of utility service, and if all Connecticut electricity consumers taking utility standard rate service switched to these lowest available competitive offers, the potential savings are more than…
August 15, 2017
Nstar Files New Default Service Rates
Nstar has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new electric basic service rates for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2017
August 14, 2017
Utility's Default Service Rates To Increase Over 50%
Narraganset Electric (National Grid) SOS electricity rates in Rhode Island are due to increase over 50% for the six-month period beginning October 2017 for residential and commercial customers, under proposed rates filed with the PUC.
August 8, 2017
Massachusetts Utility Files New Default Service Rates
Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (Eversource) has filed with the DPU new basic service rates for Medium & Large C&I customers for the three-month period beginning October 1, 2017
August 4, 2017
Pa. PUC Grants Waiver To Utility To Extend Current Default Service Rates For Additional Three Months (Skips Scheduled Change)
The Pennsylvania PUC granted a petition from the UGI electric and natural gas utilities for waivers authorizing the utilities to maintain their current default service rates through November 30, 2017, rather than enacting scheduled changes otherwise required on September 1, 2017, and, for…
July 25, 2017
Update: PECO Posts New Prices To Compare
PECO has posted new electric prices to compare for the period beginning September 1, 2017
July 18, 2017
PECO Residential Generation Rates To Increase On September 1, Commercial Rates To Decrease
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning September 1, 2017
July 18, 2017
Most FirstEnergy-PA Prices To Compare To Fall In September
One Customer Class's Rate To Fall 40% One Customer Class To See 16% Increase
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2017
July 12, 2017
Utility With Choice Seeks Change in Commodity Supply Purchasing Plan To Mitigate Price Volatility
Boston Gas Company and Colonial Gas Company d/b/a National Grid requested that the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities authorize a change in National Grid's gas purchasing practices designed to mitigate natural gas price volatility
July 11, 2017
PSC Denies Proposed Retail Auctions for Default Service With Scathing Rebuke
In an order on its review of electricity SOS ( see related story today here on other parts of the order ), the District of Columbia PSC flatly rejected various proposals offered by retail suppliers for a retail model default service.
July 11, 2017
PSC Issues Major Order On Structure, Design, and Procurement of Default Service --And It's Bad News For Retail Suppliers
The District of Columbia PSC has issued an order in its investigation into the current structure of electricity SOS, and essentially rejected all proposed changes from retail suppliers, while removing the current bypassable adder to SOS rates.
July 5, 2017
Utility Proposes New Method To Procure, Price Default Service; Would Transition Large Customers To Monthly Variable Rates
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) has filed with the New Hampshire PUC a proposal to procure and price default energy service (ES) effective January 1, 2018, due to the pending divestiture of its power plants which are currently used, in part, to provide default service.
June 30, 2017
PSNH Default Service Rate Will Increase On July 1
The New Hampshire PUC approved an increase in Public Service Company of New Hampshire's energy service rate (default service) from 11.17 cents per kWh to 11.66 cents per kWh, effective July 1
June 22, 2017
PSC Orders Use of Two Year, Rather Than Three Year, Full Requirements Contracts For Residential, Small Commercial Default Service
PSC Rejects Portfolio, Long-Term Contracts for SOS
The Delaware PSC recently adopted an order shortening the length of full requirements contracts procured for Delmarva's small customer electricity SOS from the current three years to two years, and the contracts will continue to be procured on a laddered basis.
June 20, 2017
Potomac Edison Files New SOS Rates
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning September 1, 2017
June 20, 2017
Pennsylvania Utility Seeks Authority To Extend Current Default Service Rates For Additional Three Months (Skip Scheduled Change)
The UGI electric and natural gas utilities in Pennsylvania have petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for waivers authorizing the utilities to maintain their current default service rates through November 30, 2017, rather than enacting scheduled changes otherwise required on September 1, 2017, and, for…
June 19, 2017
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 July 2017
June 19, 2017
Delmarva Files New SOS Rates
Delmarva Power has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning September 1, 2017.
June 19, 2017
Pepco Files New SOS Rates
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning September 1, 2017
June 19, 2017
BGE Files New SOS Rates
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning September 1, 2017
June 19, 2017
National Grid Files New Default Service Rates
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for industrial customers for the three-month period beginning August 1, 2017
June 14, 2017
Utility To Exit Self-Supply Function For Default Service, Cites Risks To Shareholders
Connecticut Light & Power (Eversource) has informed PURA that it will cease its voluntary self-supply of a portion of Standard Service effective January 1, 2018
June 5, 2017
Duke Energy Ohio To Rely Exclusively On 36-Month Contracts For Default Service Under One Year Of Its New Proposed Default Service Plan?
Duke Energy Ohio has filed with PUCO a proposed electric security plan that includes a proposal for procuring default service supply for the period June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2024
June 1, 2017
PSE&G Files For Gas Supply Rate Increase This Fall (Default Service)
Would Be First Supply Rate Increase in Nine Years
Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) today filed for what it called a "modest" increase in the residential gas supply rate for basic gas supply service customers