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July 17, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC approved the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies' self-procurement of supplies from the PJM spot market to serve hourly priced default service customers, after the PUC had rejected results from an earlier competitive procurement for hourly priced service.
July 17, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC reminded stakeholders yesterday that it will not pursue the goal of fashioning perfectly competitive markets, "at the expense of all other considerations."
July 9, 2013
FirstEnergy Corp. announced today that it expects to deactivate two coal-fired power plants located in Pennsylvania by October 9, 2013.
May 31, 2013
The FirstEnergy distribution utilities in Pennsylvania have now posted official Prices to Compare for the 3-month period beginning June 1, 2013.
April 17, 2013
The Pennsylvania PUC has denied, via Secretarial letter, the request of two distribution companies to assign default service tranches from the winning bidder to a utility affiliate.
April 15, 2013
FirstEnergy Solutions has launched an online tool to allow small and medium-sized businesses to create their own fixed-price electricity plan.
April 4, 2013
Two electric distribution companies in Pennsylvania saw a decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply during the most recent week, a new low point for the troubled market.
February 15, 2013
Retail suppliers participating in the Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power opt-in customer aggregation program will not have to provide the rate for their eight-month fixed price offer (delivery under which will start in about October 2013) as early as February 2013, the PUC ruled…
December 21, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC has clarified the costs to be included in the nonbypassable Default Service Support Rider (DSS Rider) applicable to customers at Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power.
December 21, 2012
PECO has recorded its third consecutive week of witnessing a decline in the total number of electric customers on competitive supply, but the decline has now reached the residential class as well, according to the December 19 stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
December 19, 2012
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a revised retail opt-in program, which takes the place of a previously proposed retail auction, and, as Matters understands the new proposal, the opt-in program may leave customers desiring to take service under the program unable to participate, even though…
November 30, 2012
Pennsylvania utilities saw lower weekly growth in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply during the shortened Thanksgiving holiday week, which included additional non-business days on which meters were not read, according to the November 28 migration data from the…
November 26, 2012
Penn Power has posted updated Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning December 1, 2012
November 26, 2012
West Penn Power has posted updated Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning December 1, 2012
November 26, 2012
Penelec has posted updated Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning December 1, 2012
November 26, 2012
Met-Ed has posted updated Prices to Compare for the three-month period beginning December 1, 2012
November 22, 2012
Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power have filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed design for a retail opt-in aggregation program, meant to jump-start the retail market in place of an earlier proposed retail opt-in auction which the PUC ordered be modified into a new program.
November 12, 2012
Solid weekly growth in the number of residential customers on competitive electric supply continues at PECO, PPL, and West Penn Power, according to the November 7 migration data from the Pennsylvania PUC.
November 9, 2012
In a departure from an earlier "discussion draft" issued in September, the end-state default electric service design for medium commercial customers in a Pennsylvania PUC tentative order is hourly pricing, regardless of whether interval metering has yet been deployed to such customers.
October 23, 2012
Direct Energy has begun offering residential electric service at West Penn Power
September 28, 2012
The Pennsylvania PUC, in an order on rehearing and clarification, has clarified the price that will be charged to customers participating in the retail opt-in program at the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies, for service beginning June 1, 2013.
September 14, 2012
Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, and West Penn Power have proposed to the Pennsylvania PUC dates for the procurement of default service supply for the period June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2015.
September 13, 2012
Over the past two weeks, PECO has seen a sharp decline in the growth of the number of residential customers on competitive electric supply, according to the September 12 migration data from the Pennsylvania PUC.
August 17, 2012
Relying almost solely on 24-month contracts for default service, "presents a considerable risk that default service rates would not remain economical relative to other electric supply options," the Pennsylvania PUC said in a written order on the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies' default…
August 3, 2012
In its binding poll conducted yesterday concerning the FirstEnergy electric distribution companies' default service plan, the Pennsylvania PUC agreed to expand the universe of customers eligible to participate in a series of programs at the EDCs meant to encourage customers to take competitive…
