May 7, 2012
The retail market design in New Jersey for middle and mass market customers served under the fixed price Basic Generation Service (BGS-FP), "is not a retail market structure that is built to last," Jay Kooper, New Jersey State Chairman of the Retail Energy Supply Association, warned Friday during a…
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May 7, 2012
Baltimore Gas & Electric has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2012, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2012.
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May 3, 2012
The Illinois Power Agency has posted results from the recent default service procurements at Commonwealth Edison (energy only) and Ameren (energy and capacity).
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May 3, 2012
PPL Electric Utilities has filed a default service plan for the period beginning June 1, 2013 that would offer residential customers a fixed generation rate for six months, rather than three months, and would delay service under an opt-in retail auction until 2014.
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May 2, 2012
An expansion of mandatory hourly pricing (MHP) default service at Consolidated Edison, "would only burden these [new MHP] customers and the rate base with additional interval metering cost," and, "cannot reasonably be recommended," KEMA, Inc. said in an evaluation of the current MHP program prepared…
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May 1, 2012
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential, Type I, and Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2012.
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May 1, 2012
Delmarva Power has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2012, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2012.
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May 1, 2012
Pepco has filed with the Maryland PSC new residential and Type I SOS rates for the period beginning October 1, 2012, and new Type II SOS rates for the period beginning June 1, 2012.
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April 30, 2012
Maryland's April SOS procurement will result in lower SOS costs for residential customers at most utilities.
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April 30, 2012
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended that Dayton Power & Light should "strongly consider" filing an electric security plan to govern the Standard Service Offer, as an alternative to DP&L's proposed market rate offer.
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April 26, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has approved two Time of Use pilots for residential default service customers at Duquesne Light.
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April 25, 2012
The Maine PUC has formally launched Maine Green Power, the voluntary renewable option available for Standard Offer customers offered by 3Degrees.
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April 20, 2012
The Ontario Energy Board has released Regulated Price Plan (RPP) electricity commodity prices for the period May 1, 2012 through October 31, 2012.
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April 20, 2012
A final Illinois Commerce Commission order has established a process to remove subsidies to residential customers with electric space heating under Commonwealth's Edison supply rates (11-0498).
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April 18, 2012
The Maine PUC has set the energy component for large non-residential Standard Offer rates at Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro-Electric for the month of May.
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April 16, 2012
Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating, and Toledo Edison have filed a stipulation among several parties, including PUCO Staff and large industrials, to extend, with some modifications including the deferral of bypassable renewable energy costs, the utilities' current electric security plan…
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April 13, 2012
The Maryland PSC has directed three of the state's investor-owned utilities to enter into a Contract for Differences to support construction of a 661 megawatt natural gas-fired combined-cycle generation plant in Charles County, Maryland, with all costs or benefits associated with the CfD borne…
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April 12, 2012
The Ohio Consumers' Counsel has suggested that Standard Service Offer rates could reflect time-based price signals, in comments on PUCO's inquiry into dynamic pricing.
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April 12, 2012
The New Hampshire PUC has approved a higher default service rate at Public Service of New Hampshire to reflect temporary authorization to collect costs related to the Merrimack Station Scrubber, pending further investigation.
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April 9, 2012
PECO has selected an electric generation supplier for its Time of Use (TOU) pilot.
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April 5, 2012
A Pennsylvania ALJ would subject customers leaving default service at PPL Electric Utilities to a migration rider, similar to those in place at Pennsylvania's natural gas distribution companies, to recover (or refund) under/over-collections which accumulated during their time on default service…
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April 1, 2012
On March 30, AEP Ohio submitted a modified electric security plan to govern the pricing and procurement of default service for the period starting June 1, 2012 that would freeze non-fuel base generation rates for three years, and which would limit the amount of capacity provided to retail suppliers…
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April 1, 2012
On March 30, Dayton Power and Light applied at PUCO to implement a Market Rate Offer (MRO) to govern the procurement and pricing of the Standard Service Offer starting January 1, 2013 (Case 12-0426-EL-SSO).
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March 30, 2012
AEP Ohio confirmed in a news release this morning that it will file a modified electric security plan with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio later today, as AEP Ohio had previously indicated.
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March 29, 2012
The New Hampshire PUC has approved new default service rates at Granite State Electric Company d/b/a National Grid for residential and small commercial customers for the period May 1, 2012 through October 31, 2012, and for medium and large commercial and industrial customers for the period May 1…
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