May 18, 2022
PUC Rules On Utilities' Requested Waivers Concerning Billing Non-Commodity Services On Utility Bills, Retail Supplier Bill Access
A Public Utilities Commission has issued orders concerning requests filed by several utilities which had…
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March 23, 2022
Retail Supplier Agrees To $16,000 Forfeiture Under Settlement With PUC Staff; Alleged Violations Stem From Sales Call To PUC Staff Member
A retail energy supplier has agreed to a forfeiture of $16,000 under a settlement with…
March 11, 2022
Retail Suppliers Seek Process To Address PUC Staff Report Which Recommends Against Expansion Of Supplier Consolidated Billing
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc., the Retail Energy Supply Association, and Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. jointly moved for a PUC to issue an order setting a procedural schedule so that the parties may file comments regarding a PUC Staff report on supplier consolidated billing filed in November 2021
March 9, 2022
Winning Prices Spike In Default Service Auctions At Two Utilities
Winning wholesale prices spiked in default service auctions held this month at…
January 10, 2022
Report: Customers On Retail Supply Paid $139 Million More Than Default Service Over Last 35 Months
The Ohio Consumers Counsel reported that, in recent shadow billing data by AEP Ohio, "it was shown that consumers who chose a marketer paid $139 million more in the aggregate than those who stayed on AEP Ohio’s SSO," over 35 months between January 2019 to November 2021.
December 1, 2021
PUC Approves Settlement Addressing Retail Supplier Data Access, Use Of AMI Data For Settlement Addressed
Settlement Provides For Territory-Wide Deployment Of Smart Meters
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has adopted without modification a settlement in AEP Ohio's gridSMART Phase 3 proceeding under which AEP Ohio will complete the deployment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) to the Company’s remaining customers by replacing up to an additional…
December 1, 2021
Utility To Ostensibly Allow Retail Suppliers To Bill Non-Commodity Services On Utility Bills, But Seeks 18-Month Waiver For Implementation
Waiver Request Suggests Differing Treatment Will Continue In Interim Period
AEP Ohio has filed a request with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio seeking a "limited" 18-month waiver of Ohio Adm. Code 4901:1-10-33(A), which now requires that utilities not discriminate in the billing of non-commodity and other non-jurisdictional services.
November 18, 2021
PUC Approves Rate Case Settlement Under Which Default Service Adder Will Be Set At Zero
PUC Approves Utility Plan To Work With Consumer Advocate On Displaying, On Shopping Customers' Bills, Price Comparison; Calculation Of Savings Available Under Default Service
November 8, 2021
PUC Staff Says Supplier Consolidated Billing Should Not Be Expanded At This Time, Cites "Poor Participation" Among Suppliers
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended in a report on a supplier consolidated billing (SCB) pilot at AEP Ohio that SCB should not be expanded at this time, as Staff cited, "poor participation of the eligible providers and concerns with the methods of customer enrollment[.]…
November 3, 2021
PUC Authorizes Utility's Motion To Terminate Retail Supplier's Participation In Choice Program, Disposition Of Customers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio granted Dominion Energy Ohio's application to terminate Gasearch LLC’s participation in Dominion’s Energy Choice program.
November 2, 2021
PJM Directs Utilities To Drop Retail Supplier's Customers To Default Service, Due To Supplier's Default
Default Prevents Contemplated Transfer Of Customers To Another Supplier Under Book Sale
Updated: Switch provided the following statement:
October 29, 2021
Utility With Retail Choice Withdraws Proposed Customer-Facing Smart Energy App As Part Of AMI Deployment Settlement
As part of a stipulation addressing advanced metering (AMI) and related smart grid issues, AEP Ohio ("the Company") has agreed to withdraw a smart energy app that would have provided smart home and energy management tools to customers.
July 15, 2021
PUC Approves Utility's Time Of Use Generation Rate Offering For Default Service Customers
PUC Orders Utility To File Testimony Regarding Use Of AMI Data For Wholesale Settlements, THEO, NSPL, & PLC
April 20, 2021
Supplier Announced For Amazon PPA Supporting Development Of 375 MW Solar Facility In Ohio
Lightsource bp has executed a power purchase agreement with Amazon for a new 375 megawatt (MWdc) solar project under development in Ohio (Birch Solar project)
March 15, 2021
Default Service Adder Would Be Set At Zero In Utility's Rate Case Stipulation
Utility Withdraws New Language Regarding Ability To Suspend Consolidated Billing For Retail Suppliers "Not Following" State Regulations
February 28, 2021
3/1: Updated With Additional Customer Details
Retail Supplier Defaults At PJM, Customers Returned To Default Service
Ohio Power Company (AEP Ohio) informed the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that Entrust Energy East, Inc. had been serving 877 customers (65 residential, 757 commercial, and 55 industrial) in its service area at the time of default. These customers are being moved to the Standard Service Offer
February 28, 2021
3/1: Updated With Additional Customer Details
Retail Supplier Defaults At PJM, Customers Returned To Default Service
Ohio Power Company (AEP Ohio) informed the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that Entrust Energy East, Inc. had been serving 877 customers (65 residential, 757 commercial, and 55 industrial) in its service area at the time of default. These customers are being moved to the Standard Service Offer
January 27, 2021
PUC Issues Rehearing On Proposed Switch Block Mechanism; Billing Of "Non-Jurisdictional Service" On Utility Bills; Shadow Billing
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio issued an order on rehearing in a rulemaking concerning minimum requirements for utility bills.
December 21, 2020
Retail Supplier Objects To Utility's Proposed Tariff Language That Would Allow EDC To Suspend Utility Consolidated Billing If Supplier "Not Following" State's Administrative Code Rules
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. has filed objections to a Public Utility Commission of Ohio Staff Report on the rate case of AEP Ohio (Ohio Power), including objections to proposed tariff language that would allow AEP Ohio to terminate "Company consolidated billing services" in the event that a…
November 30, 2020
PUC Discloses Winning Default Service Suppliers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio disclosed the winning bidders from AEP Ohio's November 2020 auction for a portion of Standard Service Offer (SSO) supplies for the period June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022
November 30, 2020
Default Service Utility Proposes Changes To Recover, From Non-shopping Customers, Costs Of Oversupply Of RECs, While Managing Rate Impacts
Ohio Power Company d/b/a AEP Ohio filed at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to modify its Alternative Energy Rider (AER) and Auction Cost Recovery Rider (ACRR) to recover, on a bypassable basis, an oversupply of RECs, in light of the wind-down of the state's renewable energy mandate, while…
November 19, 2020
PUC Staff Recommend Rejection Of Amounts Proposed By Utility Related To Unbundling Of Supply-Related Costs In Delivery Rates
In a report on an AEP Ohio rate case filing, Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended rejection of the amounts proposed by AEP Ohio for a new bypassable rider (and related nonbypassable credit mechanism) that would reflect the further unbundling of certain supply-related…
November 4, 2020
Default Service Auction Clearing Price Disclosed
A November 2020 auction for 33% of the electricity supply for Standard Service Offer (SSO) customers at AEP Ohio for the term June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022 resulted in a clearing price of $46.71/MWh
November 3, 2020
PUC Staff Favor's Utility Proposal To List Amount Of Shadow-Billed Default Service Cost On Shopping Customers' Bill, Prominently On First Page
OCC: Utility Data Shows Residential Customers Paying More By Shopping, Compared To Default Service
Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio filed comments in support of the application of Ohio Power Company (the 'Company' or 'AEP Ohio') for approval of a modified bill format that would provide the shadow-billed total supply cost that a shopping customer would have paid, had the customer…
November 2, 2020
Parent Of Retail Supplier Names New Executive Vice President - Strategy
American Electric Power today announced leadership changes to expand the experiences of key executives. The changes are effective Jan. 1, 2021.