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December 9, 2016
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted an order on PECO's electricity default service plan for the period beginning January 1, 2017 that declines to address in the default service plan any changes or restrictions on the ability of Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers to shop for competitive supply.
December 9, 2016
Proposes Switch "Block" Mechanism For Customers With SCB Past Due Balances
Note: Story updated at 10:51 am to provide more discussion on the block mechanism
November 22, 2016
Stream has launched several new energy plans in Texas and other states bundling either free identity protection service, or a free SkyBell Video Doorbell
November 18, 2016
PECO's electric Prices to Compare for the period beginning December 1, 2016 have been updated to reflect a change in the transmission rate
November 16, 2016
NRG Energy officially announced a new bundled offer of electricity and natural gas for customers at Philadelphia Gas Works.
November 16, 2016
Direct Energy has launched its first connected home bundle featuring products from Hive, the connected home brand initially launched by its parent Centrica in the United Kingdom
November 15, 2016
"Pricing Restrictions" Could "Undermine" Work To Develop Nationally Recognized PA Retail Market
The "unprecedented" action of the Pennsylvania PUC to restrict Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers at PPL Electric Utilities to shopping only through a new Standard Offer Program specific to CAP customers (CAP-SOP), under which the EGS must serve the customer at a 7% discount off the Price…
November 8, 2016
During October, PECO surpassed half a million residential electric accounts on competitive supply, while Pennsylvania saw statewide residential shopping increase by the highest number of accounts in a month since March 2016
November 3, 2016
Direct Energy has filed to withdraw its petition before the Pennsylvania PUC in which Direct Energy had sought to restart the retail opt-in electricity referral/aggregation programs, which had been previously approved by the PUC, but which the PUC suspended prior to implementation.
October 31, 2016
From 2011 to 2014, "statewide average annual retail electricity rates to residential shopping customers were higher than utility default service rates," a report from Christina Simeone and John Hanger, published by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, says
October 28, 2016
PECO, joined by several parties, requested to withdraw its petition at the Pennsylvania PUC for approval of a microgrid pilot, which would have included utility ownership of microgrids and distributed generation, to instead allow for a collaborative stakeholder process to consider microgrid…
October 28, 2016
PECO has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to implement a prepayment (advance payments plan) pilot.
October 24, 2016
PECO has posted electric Prices to Compare for the period beginning December 1, 2016
October 18, 2016
PECO has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC new electric Generation Supply Adjustment (GSA) charges for the period beginning December 1, 2016
October 7, 2016
During September, Pennsylvania saw its first monthly decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply since May.
October 7, 2016
PUC Rebuffs Arguments From Retail Suppliers Concerning Existing Contracts
PUC Claims EDCs Will Raise Default Service Rates As Well (Is This Really Possible Under Full Requirements Contracts?)
October 6, 2016
PECO has posted results from its September 2016 procurement of default service electricity supplies
October 5, 2016
A Pennsylvania ALJ has issued a recommended decision concerning PECO's electric default service plan for the period beginning June 1, 2017 that would adopt, without modification, a settlement filed in the case, and which would dispose of contested issues including shopping by Customer Assistance…
October 3, 2016
PECO has filed at the Pennsylvania PUC to increase its natural gas purchase of receivables (POR) discount rate, to reflect the PUC's approval of recovering 50% of the costs of implementing a natural gas remote account number look-up mechanism through the discount.
September 21, 2016
LifeEnergy, an affiliate of LS Power, has launched electric service in Ohio and has expanded into new service areas of Pennsylvania as well.
September 6, 2016
August saw Pennsylvania statewide residential electric migration increase by a similar amount to July's gains, as PPL continues to see declining residential shopping
September 6, 2016
PECO has filed an updated electric Customer Assistance Program (CAP) shopping implementation plan, which includes a proposed effective date for allowing CAP customers to shop
August 25, 2016
MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC has begun listing on PA Power Switch residential retail electricity supply offers
August 15, 2016
LifeEnergy, the recently created retail supplier affiliate of LS Power, has begun offering residential electric service at PECO in Pennsylvania
August 5, 2016
A settlement among certain parties in PECO's default service procurement plan proceeding for the period June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2021 would drop an earlier proposal to use a five-year contract for a slice of residential supply, and would adopt the use of 24 month contracts for half of the small…
