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 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 22, 2018
Several parties have entered into a partial settlement agreement to address certain issues raised in the default service proceeding of the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities
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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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May 3, 2018
Potomac Edison has filed with the Maryland PSC new SOS rates for Type I customers for the periods beginning June 1, 2018 and October 1, 2018, and new Type II SOS rates for the three-month period beginning June 1, 2018
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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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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 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 18, 2017
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting December 1, 2017
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July 18, 2017
One Customer Class's Rate To Fall 40% One Customer Class To See 16% Increase
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, 2017
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July 15, 2017
PUC: Retail Supplier Which Had Filed Complaint Against Clawback Tariff Is, "Statutorily Entitled To An Opportunity To Meet Its [Heavy] Burden Of Proof"
The Pennsylvania PUC, in an order on an interlocutory appeal, has remanded to an ALJ a complaint filed by Respond Power against Penelec and West Penn Power concerning purchase of receivables clawback charges imposed on Respond by the EDCs
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July 14, 2017
PUC: Retail Supplier Which Had Filed Complaint Against Clawback Tariff Is, "Statutorily Entitled To An Opportunity To Meet Its [Heavy] Burden Of Proof"
The Pennsylvania PUC, in an order on an interlocutory appeal, has remanded to an ALJ a complaint filed by Respond Power against Penelec and West Penn Power concerning purchase of receivables clawback charges imposed on Respond by the EDCs
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April 18, 2017
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed new tariffed residential PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting June 1, 2017
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January 20, 2017
FirstEnergy Corp. announced it has entered into an agreement to sell four merchant natural gas generating plants in Pennsylvania and its merchant portion of a Virginia hydroelectric power station to Aspen Generating, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LS Power Equity Partners III, LP.
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