September 5, 2018
Written Order Also Confirms Price Cap On Retail Offers To Certain Customers
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a written order concerning the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies' default service plans for the period beginning June 1, 2019
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August 23, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a joint motion which requires the institution of a price cap on retail supplier offers to Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program (PCAP, or CAP) customers at the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies, and which refers the matter to the PUC's Office of Competitive…
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July 26, 2018
Penn Power has filed new tariffed PTC Default rates with the Pa. PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2018
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July 24, 2018
FirstEnergy Corp. disclosed in an 8-K several executive retirements
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July 17, 2018
Commercial Default Service Rates Increase By Up To 7%
Several of the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2018
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June 29, 2018
Astral Energy, LLC has entered into a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) under which Astral is to pay a civil penalty of $6,000 to resolve allegations of slamming arising from the erroneous transfer of 6 customer account numbers, by a third…
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June 25, 2018
Pennsylvania saw a large decrease in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply during May
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June 11, 2018
Addresses Sought Default Service Adder, POR Clawback, Hourly Pricing Cutoff
A recommended decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ concerning the default service plan of the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities would institute a price cap on retail supplier offers to Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program (PCAP) customers
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May 18, 2018
Says Proposed Adder Violates Statute, Obligation Of Default Service Provider
The Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E) is opposing a proposed bypassable adder to default service rates at the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania EDCs, stating that the proposal, and similar alternative proposals, "unfairly target the Companies' residential default service…
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May 16, 2018
PUC Staff Had Proposed Implementing Discount To POR
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania EDCs, the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, the Retail Energy Supply Association and Respond Power, LLC have entered into a joint stipulation for the FirstEnergy EDCs to continue their purchase of receivables (POR) clawback charge for four years…
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May 16, 2018
Emphasizes Statutory Obligation For PUC To Ensure Electricity Provided On "Reasonable" Terms
The Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement has recommended that Customer Assistance Program (CAP, or PCAP) customers at the FirstEnergy EDCs be prohibited from shopping for electricity rates that exceed the EDCs' Price to Compare, "at any time."
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April 17, 2018
Several of FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting June 1, 2018
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April 17, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC granted Freepoint Energy Solutions LLC an expanded electric supplier license to include service to residential and small commercial (under 25 kW) customers at the seven large EDCs, in addition to its prior authority to serve large commercial (over 25 kW), industrial, and…
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April 3, 2018
All of the seven large EDCs in Pennsylvania saw the number of residential customers on competitive supply decline during March versus the February total, with the number of Pennsylvania residential customers on competitive supply declining by nearly 6,300 accounts statewide.
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March 5, 2018
Pennsylvania saw the number of customers on competitive electric supply decline by nearly 10,000 accounts during February, following a similar decline in January
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January 17, 2018
Small C&I Default Service Rates Increase 11%
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting March 1, 2018
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December 22, 2017
The Coalition for Affordable Utility Service and Energy Efficiency in Pennsylvania (CAUSE-PA) said that they will seek a limitation on the ability of customer assistance program (CAP) customers to take competitive electric supply at the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities, as part of the PUC's review…
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December 13, 2017
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have sought approval at the Pennsylvania PUC for a proposed default service plan covering the period June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2023.
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December 13, 2017
As part of a newly filed default service plan, the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have proposed maintaining a clawback charge as part of the utilities' purchase of receivables program
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December 13, 2017
As part of a newly filed default service plan, for the period beginning June 1, 2019, the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania EDCs have proposed implementing a new bypassable adder to residential default service rates, to incent shopping for a competitive supplier
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December 12, 2017
FirstEnergy's four Pennsylvania electric distribution companies have filed for approval of a default service plan covering the period starting June 1, 2019
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November 9, 2017
New Wave Energy said that it is "immediately" expanding its service to include electricity supply to customers in Pennsylvania, after the company received its Pennsylvania retail electric supplier license yesterday
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November 9, 2017
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday issued a tentative order proposing to clarify the deadlines by which electric generation suppliers (EGSs) must drop participants in PPL Electric Utilities' Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) to default service.
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November 7, 2017
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed commercial PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting December 1, 2017
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October 30, 2017
During an earnings call on Friday, FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones said that the company's decision to transition to a fully regulated company, completely exiting the merchant business, would not change as the result of any outcome from a DOE-proposed NOPR at FERC which proposes various cost-based…
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