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March 26, 2014
"The energy from Public Service of New Hampshire's power generation facilities during the past winter was produced at a cost that was $115 million less than energy sold through the region's wholesale energy marketplace," PSNH said yesterday.
March 24, 2014
North Shore Gas and Peoples Gas have warned Illinois customers about substantial increases in default service rates projected for April.
March 21, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC has ordered that Pike County Light & Power electric "customer bills" shall list a one-year average Price to Compare
March 20, 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 April 2014.
March 20, 2014
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved an alternative proposal from AEP Ohio to mitigate the impact of the transition to market-based rates on residential customers at Columbus Southern Power (CSP).
March 20, 2014
Ohio has disclosed the winning bidders of AEP Ohio's energy-only auction for a 10% slice of default service during the period April 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015
March 20, 2014
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, in a rehearing order, adopted an accelerated schedule for the transition to fully auction-sourced Standard Service Offer supplies at Dayton Power & Light.
March 19, 2014
The Michigan PSC set an expedited schedule to consider Consumers Energy Company's request for authority to immediately increase its gas cost recovery (GCR) factor.
March 14, 2014
The Massachusetts Dept. of Energy Resources wants the basic electric service provided by the utilities to be offered as a "menu" of rate design options
March 13, 2014
In a written order reconsidering PECO's proposal to allow electric Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to shop for a competitive supplier, the PUC has directed that PECO maintain the current schedule of publishing the Price to Compare 45 days prior to the effective date.
March 13, 2014
Connecticut's power procurement manager has proposed further changes to the procurement of Standard Service electricity supply.
March 11, 2014
The next time you see a study by The NorthBridge Group touting a centralized capacity market, or how a capacity market wouldn't cost materially any more than an energy-only market, keep in mind the following testimony from Scott Fisher, Principal with The NorthBridge Group, who was testifying on…
March 11, 2014
Nearly 90% of residential retail electric supplier customers pay more for generation than what customers would have paid under Standard Service, the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel said in testimony in PURA's electric marketing proceeding.
March 11, 2014
If the Pennsylvania PUC wants more market-reflective default service, as it indicated (but did not order) in its much-hyped end-state retail electric market order, utilities have not gotten the message.
March 7, 2014
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the winning bidders in the Dominion East Ohio Standard Choice Offer auction, for SCO service for the 12-month period beginning April 1, 2014.
March 7, 2014
With respect to rate issues, the Pennsylvania PUC denied reconsideration of its order granting PECO electric Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers eligibility to shop, with no cap on retail supplier rates, and in doing so, PUC Chairman Robert Powelson and Commissioner Pamela Witmer gave an…
March 6, 2014
Pike County Light & Power's residential default service rate for the period starting March 1 is almost 12¢/kWh.
March 5, 2014
A Pennsylvania utility seeking to institute a nonbypassable surcharge to recover a default service undercollection resulting from extreme pricing in the PJM market during January has filed to lower its bypassable default service charge by 8% effective April 1.
March 5, 2014
In a contrast to recent default service procurements, Delmarva Power's Delaware procurement of SOS supplies for the period starting June 1, 2014 resulted in clearing prices lower than those from last year's RFP, as well as the prices from the 2010-11 auction (whose results are being rolled out of…
March 4, 2014
Wellsboro Electric Company has become the second Pennsylvania utility to petition for a nonbypassable rider to recover an undercollection of supply costs due to, "abnormal and sustained cold weather conditions," during January.
February 27, 2014
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the results of an auction to procure supplies for a 10% slice of AEP Ohio default service during the period April 1, 2014 through May 31, 2015.
February 27, 2014
Unless current lawmakers are even more oblivious than apocryphal characterizations of the French nobility of the late 18th century, no legislator can cast a vote this year to terminate the availability of utility-offered, hedged default service, because the current runaway variable pricing in the…
February 25, 2014
Certain actions undertaken by the New York PSC, "create[] negative public perceptions of ESCO pricing practices," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to the PSC.
February 24, 2014
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the winning bidders in the recent Columbia Gas Standard Choice Offer auction for the 12-month period beginning April 1, 2014:
February 24, 2014
Cirro Energy has withdrawn as a default retail electric provider at the Sharyland Utilities territories newly opening to choice on May 1.
