January 10, 2024
PUC Directs EDCs To Procure Longer Default Service Product, Use Capacity Proxy Price
Allows Another EDC To Procure Only 12-Month Product
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December 20, 2023
Utilities Seek Interim Relief To Conduct Default Service Auctions
Several utilities have sought interim relief from…
November 16, 2023
PUC Won't Delay Consideration Of Utilities' Further Smart Meter Deployment Plan
A Public Utilities Commission won't delay consideration of…
November 8, 2023
PUC Will Review Utilities' Proposed Bill Format Changes (Including PTC), Suspends Automatic Approval
A PUC attorney examiner suspended…
October 30, 2023
PUC Staff Do Not Oppose Elimination Of 36-Month Contracts From Utilities' Default Service Portfolio
In testimony in the…
October 17, 2023
Consumers Counsel Seeks "Enhanced" Price To Compare Message On Bills
A Consumers' Counsel has requested that…
September 27, 2023
Utility Seeks To Move Price To Compare Language Under Bill Format Changes, List PTC Twice
Several EDCs have filed…
August 25, 2023
Retail Suppliers Suggest To PUC Allowing Retail Suppliers To Adjust Fixed Rates In Future Periods When PJM Capacity Price Not Known At Time Of Contracting
In comments to the PUC of Ohio concerning a proposed use of a capacity proxy price in electricity default service procurements, the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) has suggested that PUCO should authorize retail electric providers, "to offer fixed price contracts that contain provisions…
July 17, 2023
PUC Consultant's Report Recommends Elimination Of Non-Market-Based RTO Rider, Would Instead Allocate Costs To Customers' Retail Suppliers
A report from a consultant retained by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has recommended the elimination of the current Non-Market-Based Services Rider (Rider NMB) at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, with the PJM costs currently recovered under the rider instead assigned to a customer's retail…
July 17, 2023
PUC Consultant's Report Recommends Elimination Of Non-Market-Based RTO Rider, Would Instead Allocate Costs To Customers' Retail Suppliers
A report from a consultant retained by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has recommended the elimination of the current Non-Market-Based Services Rider (Rider NMB) at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, with the PJM costs currently recovered under the rider instead assigned to a customer's retail…
May 10, 2023
PUC Discloses Retail Suppliers Selected To Serve Low-Income Customer Load
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has disclosed the winning retail suppliers selected to serve the electricity load of Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) customers for the one-year period June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024
April 19, 2023
FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities Post All-In Residential Prices To Compare, Encourage Customers To Evaluate Retail Supplier Offers As PTCs More Than Double On June 1
FirstEnergy Corp., "is encouraging customers of its Ohio electric companies – Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison – to evaluate electric supply offers from competitive suppliers that fit their budget and protect against rising energy prices this summer," given the doubling of the…
April 13, 2023
FirstEnergy Ohio Rider GEN Rates To More Than Double For Residential, Commercial Customers (Official Tariff Filed)
The FirstEnergy Ohio utilities have filed an updated Rider GEN for the period beginning June 1, 2023
April 13, 2023
Parent Of Broker Ends Stadium Naming Rights Agreement With Cleveland Browns
FirstEnergy Corp. and the Cleveland Browns today announced that, "they have reached an amicable decision to end their stadium naming rights agreement," as stated in a news release from FirstEnergy Corp.
April 7, 2023
PUC Examiner Directs Utilities To Show Cause Why EDCs Should Not Be Assessed A Forfeiture For Alleged Delay In Responding To Data Requests Concerning Pilot Allowing Customers To Bypass EDC Non-Market-Based Transmission Charges
Data Requests Relate To PUC Consideration Of Pilot Program, Which Will Inform Whether Program Allowing Customers To Elect To Pay Non-Market-Based Transmission Charges Through Retail Supplier, Rather Than EDC, Will Continue
April 5, 2023
FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities File 8-Year Default Service Plan, Would Remove 36-Month Contracts From SSO Portfolio
FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs Preparing Amendments To Their Corporate Separation Plan
March 22, 2023
PUC Approves Results From Default Service Auction
The PUC of Ohio approved the results from a March auction for 34 tranches of SSO supplies for the period June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024 at the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities
March 8, 2023
PUC Adopts Minimum Stay Rules, Makes Changes From Proposals
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio adopted, at each of the four electric utilities with choice programs, default service minimum stay rules that are to apply when a governmental aggregator returns a threshold level of customers to default service prior to the previously established end date of…
December 30, 2022
Consumers' Counsel Seeks Postponement Of Default Service Auction, Alleging Risk Of Higher Prices
The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel has petitioned the PUC of Ohio to postpone the January 10, 2023 standard service offer auction for the FirstEnergy electric distribution utilities, as OCC said that unresolved matters concerning the certification of the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council…
December 12, 2022
Utilities File New Minimum Stay Provisions, Impact On Retail Customer Choice
The Ohio electric distribution utilities have filed new minimum stay provisions, applicable to large municipal aggregation loads returning to standard offer service
October 5, 2022
PUC Approves Results Of Default Service Auction, Winning Bids Above $120/MWh
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the results of an October 2022 auction for a portion of the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities' default service load for the period June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024
September 15, 2022
FirstEnergy, Parent Of Broker, Announces CEO Transition
FirstEnergy Corp., which owns broker FirstEnergy Advisors and which has stated a vision to offer to customers various innovative energy services, today announced that John W. Somerhalder II, chair of the FirstEnergy Board of Directors, has been named interim president and chief executive officer…
August 31, 2022
SSO Supplier Files Complaint Against "Rotten" NOPEC & The Aggregation's Plans To Drop 550,000 Customers To SSO, As SSO Supplier Alleges "Gaming" By NOPEC
SSO Supplier Alleges NOPEC Charged Rates Consistently Higher Than SSO Despite Terms Used In Marketing, Cites Alleged "Grant" Payments To NOPEC, Inc. Totaling Almost 40% Of Revenue
July 18, 2022
FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities Seek Approval To Install 700,000 More Smart Meters; Propose Customer Energy Management & Smart Thermostat Programs
The FirstEnergy Ohio utilities have filed for approval of a second phase of their grid modernization plan, which would include the installation of an additional 700,000 AMI meters
June 27, 2022
Retail Supplier Drops Customers To Default Service
Sunwave USA Holdings Inc. d/b/a Sunwave Gas & Power is dropping its Ohio electricity customers to default service and filed to relinquish its Ohio electric supplier license