May 2, 2016
Illinois Posts Prices, Suppliers Under Default Service Procurement
Illinois has posted prices and winning suppliers from the Illinois Power Agency's spring 2016 procurement of block energy supplies for default service customers.
HomeNews By CategoryDefault Service & Pricing
Default Service & Pricing
Narrow these results by state, topic, company or docket — filters stack, and every story shown carries all of them.
May 2, 2016
BGE Files New Residential, Commercial SOS Rates, Also Updates Transmission, Rider 8
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period October 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017, and Type II SOS rates for the period June 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016.
May 2, 2016
PPL Price to Compare To Decrease 15%
PPL Electric's Price to Compare for residential customers will decrease about 6%, and its PTC for small business customers will decrease 14%, on June 1.
April 28, 2016
Report: Connecticut Energy Shopping Site Shows Opportunities for Savings; Majority Of Competitive Suppliers Provide Green Power, Value-Added Products
Under the auspices of the Public Utility Regulatory Authority, the State of Connecticut has established EnergizeCT, a robust, well-designed and consumer-friendly electricity shopping website that routinely posts competitive generation supply products offered by licensed retail electricity suppliers…
April 28, 2016
Ohio Adopts Pricing From FirstEnergy EDCs' Second Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of FirstEnergy’s second wholesale auction held in April that will ultimately determine its Standard Service Offer through May 2019.
April 27, 2016
Potomac Edison Files New SOS Rates
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2016.
April 25, 2016
Report: Connecticut Consumers Could Have Saved $166 Million Since Start of 2016 by Switching Away from Electric Monopolies
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) recently reviewed current electricity prices publicly available to consumers in Connecticut and found that if all residential customers on utility standard service today had switched to the lowest competitive offers provided at the beginning of the…
April 25, 2016
Ohio Reveals Winning Bidders From AEP Ohio Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed winning bidders from AEP Ohio's March 2016 default service auction for a portion of default service supplies for the period June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2018
April 25, 2016
Delmarva Power Residential, Commercial SOS Rates To Fall
This story was updated on July 7 to reflect a July 6 Delmarva filing which said that its previously filed tariffs inadvertently switched the rates for the Type I Small General Services SGS-S and Type I Space Heating SGS-S classes. The corrected rates are shown below
April 25, 2016
Pepco Residential, Commercial SOS Rates To Decrease
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2016, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2016
April 20, 2016
Maine 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 May 2016
April 20, 2016
Update: Official PECO Prices To Compare To Fall June 1
PECO has posted official electric Prices to Compare for the period beginning June 1, 2016
April 19, 2016
Settlement Would Require Study of Introduction Of New Bypassable Retail Adder At Utility
A settlement concerning the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities' default service programs for the four-year period beginning June 1, 2017 would require the convening of a stakeholder collaborative to examine the potential introduction of a new bypassable retail adder at the EDCs.
April 18, 2016
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Prices To Compare To Decrease Up To 20%
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting June 1, 2016.
April 18, 2016
PECO Electric Supply Rates To Decrease 13% (Hourly Pricing For Medium C&Is Begins June 1)
PECO's Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) for small business customers will decrease about 13% on June 1, while the residential GSA will decrease nearly 8%.
April 15, 2016
Ohio Adopts Pricing From FirstEnergy EDCs' Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) accepted the results of FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' wholesale auction that will ultimately determine its standard service offer through May 31, 2019.
April 14, 2016
PSC Resuming Review of Dynamic Pricing for Default Service, Implicates AMI Data Access for Retail Suppliers
The District of Columbia PSC is resuming a review of dynamic pricing, including potential for SOS, at Pepco.
April 8, 2016
Unitil-NH Default Service Rates To Decrease 35%
Unitil has filed proposed new default service rates for New Hampshire electric customers, for the six-month period beginning June 1, 2016
April 7, 2016
Ohio Discloses Winning Suppliers From Duke Energy Ohio March Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has posted the winning bidders from Duke Energy Ohio's March 2016 auction for a portion of default service supplies for the period June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2018, which resulted in a tranche-weighted average price of winning bids of $48.34/MWh
April 7, 2016
Settlement Would Expand Hourly Pricing at Pennsylvania EDCs, Retain Use of Three Month Contracts For Small C&I Default Service Portfolio
A settlement in the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities' default service proceedings for the period June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2021 would lower the threshold for hourly priced default service and retain the use of three-month contracts as part of the default service procurement portfolio for small C&I…
April 6, 2016
Unitil Default Service Rates To Decrease 35%
Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company d/b/a Unitil has filed with the Massachusetts DPU electric basic service rates for the period beginning June 1, 2016.
April 6, 2016
Duquesne Light Supply Rates To Decrease 10%
Duquesne Light filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new default service supply rates for the period beginning June 1, 2016.
April 4, 2016
Delmarva Delaware SOS Rates To Fall 10%
Delmarva has filed with the Delaware PSC new SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2016, which are lower than the current rates
April 1, 2016
PUCO Requires FirstEnergy EDCs To File Application To Unbundle Default-Service Related Costs From Distribution Rates, In Accepting Default Service Procurement Plan, PPA Proposal
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has accepted with modification several non-unanimous stipulations which establish the process governing the FirstEnergy utilities' procurement of default service for the period June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2024, and accepted as part of such electricity security…
March 31, 2016
Clearing Price From AEP Ohio March 2016 Default Service Auction Posted
Update, 3/31: PUCO has approved the auction results described below