June 11, 2013
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Muni Aggregation Returning Customers to Utility Supply, Terminates Contract With Supplier
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June 10, 2013
N.H. Staff Recommend Requiring PSNH to File Proposal Addressing Transfer of Generation to Affiliate, Given Utility's "Optimistic" View of Portfolio's Value
Staff of the New Hampshire PUC have recommended that Public Service Company of New Hampshire be directed to submit proposals addressing the transfer of its utility generation assets to an affiliate, given the "optimistic" value placed on the assets by PSNH.
June 4, 2013
Connecticut Budget Passes House, Senate Without Retail Auction of Standard Service Customers
The Connecticut House and Senate have now both passed the state's budget bill and have excluded a retail auction of Standard Service customers as part of the budget.
May 31, 2013
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Aggregator Places New Hampshire Electric Coop. Customers With Competitive Supplier
May 31, 2013
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Utilities Post June 1 Prices to Compare, Increase Up to 20% in Some Areas
The FirstEnergy distribution utilities in Pennsylvania have now posted official Prices to Compare for the 3-month period beginning June 1, 2013.
May 31, 2013
Illinois Posts Final Ameren Prices to Compare
The Illinois Commerce Commission has posted final Prices to Compare for Ameren for the period June 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014.
May 30, 2013
PPL Price to Compare to Increase June 1 for Residential Customers
PPL has posted final Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning June 1, with the new prices resulting in an increase for residential customers, but a significant decline for small business customers.
May 28, 2013
Pennsylvania Affirms Allocation of Standard Offer Referral Program Costs
The Pennsylvania PUC has confirmed the allocation of non-capital costs of the Standard Offer customer referral programs at several EDCs, in ruling on default service plan compliance filings.
May 23, 2013
Nstar Files New Mass Market, Large Customer Basic Service Rates
Nstar has filed with the Massachusetts DPU new basic service rates for the period beginning July 1.
May 23, 2013
PUCO Accepts Price from Duke Energy Ohio Default Service Auction
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved the results of the fourth of five wholesale auctions that will ultimately determine Duke Energy Ohio's electric generation rates through May 2015.
May 22, 2013
Connecticut Light & Power Files New Mass Market, Large Customer Default Service Rates
Connecticut Light and Power has filed Standard Service Rates for the period July through December 2013, and Last Resort Service Rates for July through September 2013. CL&P Standard Service Rates, Jul. 2013 - Dec. 2013 (¢/kWh) Rate 1 7.573 Rate 5 7.573 Rate 7 On-Peak 10.194 Off-Peak 6.694 Rate 18…
May 21, 2013
Ohio Staff Maintains Preference for Three-Year Transition to Fully Auction-Based Default Service at Dayton Power & Light
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have maintained a preference for a three-year electric security plan at Dayton Power & Light with a faster transition to fully auction-based default service versus the utility's proposal.
May 21, 2013
United Illuminating Files New Default Service Rates
United Illuminating has filed Last Resort Service Rates for the period July through September 2013.
May 20, 2013
Self-Proclaimed Competitive Markets Leader: Moving Away from Laddered Three-Year SOS Contracts May Not Improve Retail Competition!
Transitioning Maine Standard Offer service away from the current use of laddered three year contracts in favor of more market-reflective procurements, "may not improve retail competition," a self-proclaimed leader in opening competitive markets told the Maine PUC in an investigation of default…
May 10, 2013
Pennsylvania PUC Reverses Staff Action, Allows Assignment of Default Supply Contracts to FirstEnergy Solutions
Reversing a Staff action, the Pennsylvania PUC approved the application of Met-Ed and West Penn Power to allow the assignment of four default service tranches from BP, the winning bidder, to FirstEnergy Solutions.
May 9, 2013
PECO Price to Compare to Spike 40% for Some Businesses
The PECO Price to Compare for C&I customers in the General Service (GS) 100-500 kW rate class will increase nearly 40% on June 1.
May 9, 2013
Pennsylvania: This is Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Better
As Matters shockingly reported today (see related story) , the Pennsylvania residential electric market has now seen its first weekly decline in aggregate shopping totals, and the real bad news is that market conditions are expected to get worse before they get better.
May 6, 2013
Baltimore Gas & Electric Files New SOS Rates, Updates Transmission, Rider 8
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC new SOS rates for the period October 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014 for residential and Type I customers, and the period June 1, 2013 to August 31, 2013 for Type II customers.
May 3, 2013
Illinois Posts New Prices to Compare for ComEd, Ameren
The Illinois Commerce Commission has posted new Prices to Compare for Commonwealth Edison and Ameren for the period starting June 1, 2013.
April 26, 2013
BGE Residential SOS Supply Cost to Rise Nearly 12%, SOS Rates to Rise at Other Maryland Utilities As Well
Residential Standard Offer Service supply costs at Baltimore Gas & Electric in Maryland are due to increase nearly 12% beginning June 1, 2013 under new SOS supply contracts.
April 25, 2013
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NiMo Schedules Meeting in ESCO Versus Default Service Cost Comparison Collaborative
April 25, 2013
Tschamler: Recent Vote Advancing Retail Auction is Closest A State Has Come to Removing Utility from Supply Function
On Friday, Connecticut's budget bill advanced out of committee, which Taff Tschamler, Senior Vice President of Business Development for North American Power and Gas, LLC, said is, "as close as a state has come to getting a utility out of the supply function as I've seen."
April 25, 2013
PUC's Coleman: Pennsylvania Utilities Rumored to Be Considering Filing to Implement Alternative Default Service Provider
Pennsylvania PUC Vice Chairman John Coleman suggested during remarks at Platts' Northeast Energy Markets Conference that a Pennsylvania electric distribution company or companies are rumored to be considering the possibility of petitioning the Pennsylvania PUC to implement an alternative default…
April 22, 2013
Pennsylvania Standard Offer Customer Referral Programs to be Delayed
The implementation of the Standard Offer customer referral program at most of the Pennsylvania electric distribution companies will be delayed, according to updated compliance filings filed by the utilities.
April 18, 2013
RESA Chides Exelon for Support of Three-Year Laddered Default Service
"[I]t cannot be said that three-year SOS supply contracts promote the development of competitive retail markets, as Exelon [Generation Company LLC] argues," the Retail Energy Supply Association said in comments to the District of Columbia PSC.