November 7, 2018
PUCO Denies, As Unneeded, Extension Of Current Columbia Gas Merchant Function Plan Sought By Retail Suppliers
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October 29, 2018
Stipulation In Utility Expenditure Case Includes Retail Market Provisions
A stipulation among several parties in a Public Utility Commission of Ohio proceeding addressing a proposed Capital Expenditure Program (CEP) at Columbia Gas of Ohio includes several provisions related to the retail natural gas market
September 14, 2018
Ohio Starts Process To Consider Petitions To Terminate Assignment Of Non-Shopping Customers To Retail Suppliers On Monthly Rate
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has issued a procedural order to consider petitions from consumer advocates to terminate the monthly variable rate (MVR) mechanism and assignment process for certain non-shopping customers at Dominion Energy Ohio (f/k/a Dominion East Ohio)
June 21, 2018
PUC Dismisses Complaint Concerning Provision Of Customer Lists To Retail Suppliers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio dismissed a "self-complaint" filed by Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio (Vectren, VEDO, or "Company") that had asked that PUCO affirm Vectren's decision to deny the provision of an eligible customer list to an entity which, as alleged by Vectren, identified…
April 26, 2018
PUC Declines To Implement Amount For Default Service Adder To Reflect Costs Not Unbundled From Distribution Rates, Defers Issue To Delivery Rate Case
Concurrence: Use Of Wholesale Product For Default Retail Supply, Without Measures To Address Inherent Cost Imbalances, Distorts Market, Eventually Leads To Re-monopolization
April 16, 2018
Stipulation In Default Service Case Would Require Audit of Purchase Of Receivables Program, Suppliers' Compliance With Limitation On Eligible Receivables
A stipulation among several parties would establish the process for Duke Energy Ohio to obtain Standard Service Offer (SSO) supplies for the period from June 1, 2018, through May 31, 2024 and would address other retail market issues, including the continuation of the current purchase of receivables…
March 13, 2018
OPAE Seeks To End, For Non-Residential Customers, Assignment Of Non-Shopping Customers To Retail Suppliers On Monthly Rate At Dominion East Ohio
The Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy has petitioned the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to terminate the Monthly Variable Rate (MVR) program as the default service for non-shopping non-residential customers at Dominion Energy Ohio, and to re-instate the Standard Choice Offer (SCO) as the…
March 12, 2018
Ohio Utilities, OCC Propose Allocation Of Seamless Move Implementation Costs To Retail Suppliers
Ohio's electric utilities and the Ohio Consumers' Counsel filed separate comments at PUCO arguing that retail electric suppliers should be allocated the costs of implementing seamless moves.
March 12, 2018
Ohio Consumers' Counsel Seeks End To Assignment Of Certain Non-shopping Customers To Retail Suppliers Under Monthly Rate Program
The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) filed a petition at PUCO to, "protect customers from unreasonably high natural gas prices that some marketers charge to residential customers through the Monthly Variable Rate (MVR)," at Dominion Energy Ohio, and requested that the PUCO re-establish…
March 1, 2018
PUC Denies Rehearing Of Purchase of Receivables (POR) Order, Sets Process To Address Further Cost Recovery Issues In Implementation Plan
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied rehearing requests from AEP Ohio and the Ohio Consumers Counsel concerning PUCO's September 27, 2017 order which had set certain parameters for a purchase of receivables (POR) program at AEP Ohio
December 6, 2017
Duke Energy Ohio Adjusts Default Service Auction Schedule Due To Pending ESP Case
Duke Energy Ohio filed a notice with PUCO informing PUCO of a change in Duke Energy Ohio's competitive procurement of default service supplies due to the pendency of an ESP case which would establish the future auction schedule for service beyond May 31, 2017
November 21, 2017
FES: Petition By Ohio Consumers' Counsel Seeking To Make FES Send Notices Of "Hypothetical" Bankruptcy To Customers Would Harm Retail Market, Instill, "Fear and Concern"
FES Says OCC Petition Based On Speculation And Conjecture
Requiring FirstEnergy Solutions to send its retail customers notices about a hypothetical bankruptcy filing that FES could potentially undertake in the future, "would needlessly instill fear and concern among FES customers and harm the CRES [competitive retail electric service] market," FirstEnergy…
November 7, 2017
OCC Requests PUCO Require FirstEnergy Solutions Send Retail Customers Notices Regarding Potential Bankruptcy
"In light of recent statements by the corporate parent of FirstEnergy Solutions ('FES') that FES likely will file for bankruptcy at some point, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ('PUCO') should address in advance how FES's consumers will be protected if or when a bankruptcy filing is made,"…
July 14, 2017
Ohio OCC Questions Whether AEP Ohio Bypassable Recovery of Renewable Compliance Costs Exceeding Statutory Cost Cap
The Ohio Consumers Counsel has questioned whether AEP Ohio's recovery of renewable energy compliance costs, which are recovered via bypassable Rider AER, has exceeded a statutory cost cap, and asked PUCO to direct AEP Ohio to respond to OCC information requests
May 25, 2017
New Bill Supported By Load Groups, AARP Would Require Utilities To Provide Default Service Under "Market Rate Offer"
A newly filed bill in the Ohio House of Representatives (H. B. No. 247) would require that the electric distribution utilities provide the standard service offer (SSO) under a "market rate offer" (MRO) as defined in the bill, eliminating the ability of EDCs to rely on the electric security plan (ESP…
December 12, 2016
AEP Ohio: POR Program Should Be Put "On Hold" Or Subject To Further Discussion Due To Supplier Consolidated Billing Pilot
OCC Seeks To Sunset POR Program After One Year, Require Separate Approval For Continuation
The purchase of receivables program that has been mandated at AEP Ohio should be put "on hold" or be subject to further workgroup discussions due to the introduction of a supplier consolidated billing (SCB) pilot, and the impact that the SCB pilot may have on POR program participation (and…
October 28, 2016
Pa. PUC Sets Default Service Design, Procurement For PPL For Period Starting
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted, without modification, a partial settlement addressing the design and procurement of PPL Electric Utilities default service for the period June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2021, barring any petition for a mid-course adjustment, and also addressed the issue of PPL's obligation to…
October 14, 2015
Pa. PUC Deems REC Default Service Procurement Non-Competitive, Directs Utility To File Alternative Procurement Plan
The Pennsylvania PUC has directed PPL Electric Utilities to file an alternative plan to acquire Long Term Alternative Energy Credits (AEC) after deeming the October 2015 solicitation non-competitive
December 23, 2014
FirstEnergy Ohio Utilities File 'Settlement' in Electric Security Plan Case Seeking Ratepayer Support for Affiliate FES Plants
The FirstEnergy Ohio utilities have filed what they termed in a news release a "settlement" in their electric security plan proceeding which would set default service procurement for the period, but has become most notable for FirstEnergy's sought provision that would require ratepayer support for…
October 31, 2014
Shock: Pennsylvania Judge Says PUC's Retail Market "End State" Order Not "Enforceable" Law (Judge Would Reject Expansion of Hourly Pricing As A Result)
The much-hyped "end state" retail electric market order from the Pennsylvania PUC is not, standing alone, "enforceable law," and therefore cannot be used to justify a sought lowering of the hourly pricing threshold at PPL Electric Utilities, an ALJ has concluded in a recommended decision on PPL's…
August 28, 2014
Ohio Maintains That Utilities Should Be Able to Offer Alternative Retail Generation Rates, Tweaks Other Default Service Rules
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio affirmed in a rulemaking relating to the filing requirements for electric security plans that electric distribution companies should be permitted to offer alternative retail generation rates, such dynamic pricing or time-based generation rates, as part of…
August 14, 2014
RESA Announces Speakers For 3rd Annual Retail Energy Markets Symposium
The Retail Energy Supply Association announced a slate of speakers for its 2014 Energy Competition Symposium in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 2
May 13, 2014
New York PSC to Review "Hedging" at Polar Vortex Technical Conference
"Hedging" has been included as a topic on the agenda for the previously reported May 15 technical conference that the New York PSC is convening on the polar vortex.
December 18, 2013
Affiliate of Canadian Retail Supplier Offering Service in New U.S. Territories
SFE Energy has launched natural gas service in Pennsylvania
August 19, 2013
Large Competitive Suppliers Oppose Shorter-Term, More Frequent Default Service Procurements
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. and Exelon Generation Company, LLC (jointly, Exelon) have opposed a recommendation from the Ohio Consumers' Counsel to hold more frequent auctions, for a shorter delivery period, to procure energy for AEP Ohio Standard Service Offer customers, with such auctions held…