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October 24, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC in a final order is requiring electric distribution companies to conduct triennial solicitations informing customers of their ability to opt-out of inclusion on the eligible customer list (ECL) provided to retail electric suppliers.
October 23, 2014
The legal reasoning used by FirstEnergy in a FERC complaint that seeks to eliminate demand response from participation in the capacity market would also mean that FERC lacks jurisdiction to create and compel participation in capacity markets, the Pennsylvania PUC said in a protest of FirstEnergy's…
October 16, 2014
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania electric distribution companies have filed new tariffed PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting December 1, and the residential rates will again decrease at most of the EDCs, while commercial rates will increase
August 12, 2014
Pennsylvania saw a statewide decrease in residential electric shopping in the most recent week, departing from the general trend of growth (driven by the FirstEnergy EDCs) over the summer, but one which may settle in for some time as Prices to Compare become more competitive at a number of utilities…
July 25, 2014
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday approved a default service plan for the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities covering the period June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2017.
July 17, 2014
After a holiday-impacted week saw Pennsylvania slip back to a statewide loss in residential electric shopping customers, the FirstEnergy utilities are now again driving statewide growth in residential electric shopping, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
July 16, 2014
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania electric distribution companies have filed new tariffed PTC Default rates with the PUC for the three-month period starting September 1, and the residential Prices to Compare will fall significantly at each.
May 27, 2014
While Pennsylvania has ordered the electric distribution companies to include the logo of a customer's electric supplier on utility consolidated bills by June 1, 2015, that logo may not necessarily be in color, under a final order published Friday.
May 14, 2014
Pennsylvania has approved the assignment of 23 tranches of load following contracts supplying default service at the FirstEnergy utilities.
May 7, 2014
A recommended decision would continue the use of 24-month contracts for a significant portion of residential default service at Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power through May 31, 2017.
April 21, 2014
Default service electric rates for certain customer classes at the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities will jump up to 50% on June 1.
April 8, 2014
Inspire Energy Holdings, LLC has launched residential electric service at Met-Ed and Penelec in Pennsylvania.
March 28, 2014
A partial settlement would continue the use of 24-month contracts for a significant portion of residential default service at Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power through May 31, 2017.
March 21, 2014
Purchase of receivables, and specifically the utility's ability to disconnect service for non-payment of supplier charges, drew the ire of Pennsylvania State Representative Dan Moul, R, during a hearing yesterday concerning recent variable rate price spikes and proposed legislation to address the…
March 12, 2014
Ethical Electric, Inc. has asked the Pennsylvania PUC to require the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies, "to eliminate the use of the duplicitous [sic] and burdensome 'customer number' and instead use only the customer's account number for EGS enrollment."
March 12, 2014
Retail suppliers should be assigned one-half of the cost of changes needed to accommodate retail electric supplier logos on utility consolidated bills, PECO said in comments filed with the Pennsylvania PUC.
March 11, 2014
If the Pennsylvania PUC wants more market-reflective default service, as it indicated (but did not order) in its much-hyped end-state retail electric market order, utilities have not gotten the message.
November 22, 2013
Several Pennsylvania utilities have provided updated enrollment data from their Standard Offer customer referral programs.
November 6, 2013
Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power have petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC for approval of a default service plan (DSP) for the period June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2017 that would rely on contracts lasting 24 to 48 months to serve nearly 50% of residential and commercial default service load.
October 22, 2013
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed with the PUC new Prices to Compare for the period December 1, 2013 through February 28, 2014.
October 17, 2013
American Power & Gas of Pennsylvania has expanded its electric service to Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power in Pennsylvania.
September 3, 2013
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) reminded customers on Friday, "to beware of telemarketers and door-to-door salespeople claiming to be employees of JCP&L or FirstEnergy."
August 23, 2013
PPL saw the weekly growth of residential migration to competitive electric supply increase by nearly a factor of four in the most recent week, buoyed by enrollments under its Standard Offer referral program.
August 15, 2013
Respond Power has begun offering residential electric service at Penn Power and West Penn Power.
July 24, 2013
The FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities have filed their new Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning September 1.
