May 17, 2016
Retail Supplier Offering Predictive Usage Mobile App in Pennsylvania
WGL Energy Services announced the availability of a free mobile energy management app for customers in Pennsylvania's PPL Electric Utilities service area
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May 3, 2016
Statewide Growth in Pennsylvania Residential Shopping Slows
Pennsylvania marked six consecutive months of statewide growth in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply, but the amount of growth was significantly less than growth in recent months
May 2, 2016
PPL Price to Compare To Decrease 15%
PPL Electric's Price to Compare for residential customers will decrease about 6%, and its PTC for small business customers will decrease 14%, on June 1.
April 15, 2016
FirstEnergy Solutions Offering Residential Customers 100% Wind Energy Priced at "Standard" Rate (Switch2Green4Free)
FirstEnergy Solutions launched a new 100% wind electricity offer (Switch2Green4Free) in Pennsylvania and Ohio that is priced the same as its standard non-renewable offer
April 12, 2016
Pennsylvania Residential Shopping Growing in Six of Seven Large EDC Territories
Pennsylvania residential electric shopping grew in six of the seven large EDC service areas during March, according to the latest stats on PA Power Switch.
March 31, 2016
Retail Supplier Promoting New Flat Bill Electricity Offer in Pennsylvania
Commerce Energy has begun posting on PA Power Switch a flat bill electricity supply plan for residential customers that offers unlimited usage for a flat monthly price.
March 18, 2016
Direct Energy Petitions Pa. PUC To Restart Retail Opt-In Program With Revised Parameters
Direct Energy is to petition the Pennsylvania PUC today 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.
March 11, 2016
License Briefs
MPower Energy Receives Supplier Licenses in New State
March 9, 2016
License Briefs
Large Customer Seeks Pa. Electric Supplier License
February 26, 2016
Pennsylvania Sees Fourth Consecutive Month of Residential Shopping Growth In Excess of 5,000 Accounts
Pennsylvania saw aggregate residential electric shopping increase by a net of more than 5,000 accounts for a fourth consecutive month, according to the latest stats from PA Power Switch
February 11, 2016
NRG Home Offering Free Nights Plan At Northeast Utility, Also Enters New Service Area
NRG Home is offering a free nights electricity plan for residential customers at PPL Electric Utilities in Pennsylvania.
February 10, 2016
Retail Supplier Returns Customers to Default Service in Pennsylvania
VCharge Inc. has returned its retail electric supply customers in Pennsylvania to PPL Electric Utilities, and has asked that the Pennsylvania PUC cancel its retail supplier license
February 3, 2016
Pa. Utility Agrees "Limits" On Customer Assistance Program (CAP) Customer Shopping Should Be Developed (Cites CAP Shopping Customers Paying Rates in Excess of PTC)
PPL Electric Utilities, in its newly filed default service plan for the period beginning June 1, 2017, said that it agrees that, "some limits on CAP [Customer Assistance Program] Shopping should be developed."
February 2, 2016
PPL Seeks Approval of Default Service Procurement Plan Through 2021
PPL Electric Utilities has filed a proposed default service plan with the Pennsylvania PUC for the period June 1, 2017, through May 31, 2021.
January 29, 2016
License Briefs
Trident Power Receives Supplier License in New State
January 28, 2016
Growth Rate in Pennsylvania Residential Shopping Hits Another High Water Mark
For the second time in three months, Pennsylvania again saw its highest increase in statewide residential electric shopping since the polar vortex, though PPL continues to see a decline in residential shoppers
January 6, 2016
Pennsylvania Sees Another (Relatively) Strong Month in Residential Shopping Gains; PPL Continues Decline
Pennsylvania saw a second consecutive strong month in terms of statewide residential electric shopping growth during December, in the context of a post-polar vortex world, though PPL saw its second straight month of declining residential shopping
December 9, 2015
Pennsylvania Sees Largest Increase in Residential Electric Shopping In At Least Two Years
Pennsylvania saw its largest net increases in statewide residential electric shopping since at least the start of 2014, according to the latest stats from the Pennsylvania PUC
November 20, 2015
PUC Approves Higher Discount Rates for PPL Purchase of Receivables
The Pennsylvania PUC approved without modification a rate case settlement at PPL Electric Utilities which, among other things, addresses the design of the purchase of receivables program and discount rates
November 12, 2015
License Briefs
Affiliate of N.Y. ESCO Seeks Licenses in New State
November 3, 2015
PPL Price to Compare To Fall Nearly 20%
PPL Electric Utilities has posted its Price to Compare for the period December 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016.
October 29, 2015
Pennsylvania Sees Flat Residential Shopping During October
Pennsylvania in the aggregate saw flat statewide residential electric shopping from the end of September to the end of October
October 15, 2015
Streak of Statewide Growth in Pennsylvania Residential Electric Shopping Ends At Two Months
September saw a return to declining statewide residential electric migration in Pennsylvania after two consecutive months of statewide growth.
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
September 22, 2015
BlueRock Energy Listing Electric Offers In New State
BlueRock Energy has begun listing on PA Power Switch a residential electricity offer for customers at PPL and Penelec