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February 2, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio disclosed that the winning bidders in Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio's Standard Choice Offer auction for 2015-16 were: Direct Energy DTE Gas Supply North American Power and Gas, LLC South Star d/b/a Ohio Natural Gas Volunteer Energy
February 2, 2015
The Maine PUC has disclosed the Standard Offer suppliers at Central Maine Power under the January procurement, and confirmed several changes to default service procurement in a published written order.
February 2, 2015
Consolidated Edison has filed to lower the cutoff for mandatory hourly pricing for default service customers from 500 kW to 300 kW under a newly filed rate case.
January 29, 2015
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved the results of the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' January 2015 wholesale auction that will ultimately determine its retail generation service rates through May 2016.
January 28, 2015
Update, 1/18: PUCO has approved the results of the auction and $1.29/Mcf RPA
January 26, 2015
Pepco has filed with the District of Columbia PSC new SOS electric rates for the period of June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2016.
January 23, 2015
Unitil (Fitchburg Gas & Electric) has recommended that the Massachusetts DPU eliminate the fixed price default electric service option for medium and large C&I customers.
January 19, 2015
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 February 2015.
January 16, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a final order governing Duquesne Light's default service for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2017 which adopts non-laddered quarterly contracts for medium C&Is, but retains laddered 12-month contracts for small C&Is.
January 16, 2015
The Pennsylvania PUC, reversing an ALJ's recommended decision, has approved the expansion of hourly priced default service at PPL, in a final order on PPL's default service plan for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2017.
January 15, 2015
Standard Offer electric rates for customers at Bangor Hydro-Electric (Emera Maine) will decrease starting in March, and the PUC appears to have selected 10-month supply contracts (through December 31, 2015), rather than 12-month contracts.
January 14, 2015
Update: PUCO accepted the Vectren SCO RPA as set in the auction as described below
January 14, 2015
Standard Offer electric rates for customers at Central Maine Power will decrease starting in March, and the PUC appears to have selected 10-month supply contracts (through December 31, 2015), rather than 12-month contracts.
January 12, 2015
The New York PSC has accepted a joint proposal from Consolidated Edison and ESCOs concerning adjustments to cashouts for the first three months of 2014, but directed that the resulting impact on default service customers' commodity costs shall be implemented immediately, rather than through ConEd's…
December 30, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC approved an increase in the Public Service Company of New Hampshire default service rate effective January 1.
December 24, 2014
The Rhode Island PUC has deferred National Grid's Standard Offer Service electric rate increase for residential and commercial customers.
December 22, 2014
The Illinois Commerce Commission rejected the use of full requirements contracts in the 2015 Illinois Power Agency procurement plan for default service, and said that it was "not inclined" to consider the use of full requirements contracts in the future absent a quantification of the benefits of…
December 18, 2014
National Grid has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new default service rates for industrial customers for the period February through April 2015.
December 17, 2014
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 January 2015.
December 17, 2014
The Massachusetts DPU has ordered the termination of Nstar's Green supply program, citing its "unsustainable" design (Docket D.P.U. 13-80).
December 17, 2014
The New York PSC has taken no action on the natural gas utilities' annual reconciliation filings, meaning that large reconciliation credits for default service customers at Consolidated Edison and Orange & Rockland will take effect.
December 16, 2014
Public Service Company of New Hampshire has filed to increase its default service rate on January 1.
December 15, 2014
The New Hampshire PUC has approved changes to the design of Public Service Company of New Hampshire's alternative default service rate (Rate ADE), and related provisions applicable to customers returning to PSNH from competitive supply.
December 12, 2014
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed winning bidders from AEP Ohio’s fourth energy-only auction that will ultimately determine its retail generation service rates through May 2015.
December 9, 2014
Public Service Company of New Hampshire has floated the idea that it retain its generating assets, but that the assets not be used to serve default service customers, with costs or benefits of the units instead applied to all customers via nonbypassable charge.
