March 29, 2013
New Residential Supplier Listing Offer at PPL
A retail supplier has newly begun listing a residential electric supply offer for customers at PPL on PA Power Switch.
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March 29, 2013
PPL Proposes New Methodology to Set POR Discount Rate, Increase in Residential Rate
PPL Electric has filed with the Pennsylvania PUC a proposed mechanism to establish the purchase of receivables discount rate to reflect the unique uncollectibles experience of retail supply customers.
March 27, 2013
Say What? Pennsylvania Commish Says Retail Suppliers Breathing "Sigh of Relief" with Close of Retail Market Investigation
Retail suppliers are, "probably breathing a sigh of relief" that the Pennsylvania PUC has finally concluded its retail electric market investigation, PUC Vice Chair John Coleman said during the annual DNV KEMA retail energy executive forum.
March 26, 2013
License Briefs
Energy Cooperative of America Seeks to Serve Residential Customers in New State
March 22, 2013
Pennsylvania Continues to See Weak Growth in Residential Shopping
Pennsylvania saw negligible improvement in the growth rate of residential electric shopping in the most recent week, according to the latest stats from the PUC.
March 22, 2013
License Briefs
Summitt Energy Subsidiary Seeks New Supplier License in U.S.
March 22, 2013
Delay Sought in Retail Supplier Smart Meter Data Portal due to Customer Confidentiality Concerns
The PP&L Industrial Customer Alliance has requested that PPL Electric Utilities delay implementation of the Supplier Portal Pilot, which will allow retail suppliers to access customer data without the need for an EDI transaction, pending resolution of customer information disclosure issues.
March 20, 2013
Pennsylvania Attorney General Receiving Numerous Complaints of Energy Suppliers Claiming to be Utility
The Pennsylvania Attorney General said that it has been getting numerous complaints that customers are encountering sales agents offering an energy supply product who fraudulently claim to be from the utility, and warned customers that products offered by such agents raise the customer's rate…
March 15, 2013
TKO: Pennsylvania Deals Another Blow to Retail Suppliers, Proposes to Shelve Retail Opt-In Aggregation!
The Pennsylvania retail electric market continues to take on water in 2013 as the PUC has dealt another stomach punch to retail suppliers -- proposing to indefinitely delay the retail opt-in aggregation programs just approved at each of the major electric distribution companies.
March 14, 2013
New Normal: Second Pennsylvania Utility Now Seeing Decline in Residential Shopping
A week after Duquesne Light saw its first decline in residential shopping on a weekly basis in some two years, PPL has recorded a loss in residential shoppers, according to the March 13 stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
March 7, 2013
End State? Large Pennsylvania Utility LOSING Residential Shopping Customers
The electric distribution company in Pennsylvania that has the highest percent of switched residential accounts (among the 7 large EDCs) is now seeing a loss of residential customers on competitive supply.
February 28, 2013
Pennsylvania Continues Slow Recovery in Residential Migration Growth
Pennsylvania saw another week of marginal improvement in the growth rate of residential migration to competitive supply, according to the February 27 stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
February 22, 2013
For Third Straight Week, Pennsylvania Shopping Growth Stalls; Is This The Future?
Things aren't getting better when it comes to growing the number of accounts on competitive supply in Pennsylvania.
February 14, 2013
License Briefs
Retail Supplier Park Power Seeks to Serve New Territories
February 14, 2013
Growth in Pennsylvania Electric Shopping Continues to Be Challenged
February continues to be a challenging month for growth in residential electric shopping in Pennsylvania, as collectively the state saw its second-lowest weekly migration growth total since at least October of last year.
February 8, 2013
Growth in Pennsylvania Shopping Craters as State Hits 2 Million Milestone, Questions Arise on Sustainability of Current Default Supplier Model
During the first week of February, Pennsylvania officially surpassed two million electric customers on competitive supply, according to the February 6 migration report from the PUC.
February 6, 2013
FirstEnergy Solutions Launches Residential Offer in New Service Area
FirstEnergy Solutions has begun listing a residential electric offer on PA Power Switch for residential customers at PPL in Pennsylvania.
February 4, 2013
PECO, PPL Continue to See Strong Weekly Residential Shopping Growth
PECO and PPL continue to see strong weekly growth in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply, according to the January 30 stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
February 1, 2013
FERC Adopts Higher CONE Values for PJM Capacity Market
FERC accepted without modification a contented settlement to establish new Cost of New Entry (CONE) values for the PJM capacity market, to take effect for the May 2013 base residual auction.
February 1, 2013
Bounce Energy to Reward New Customers for Accurately Predicting Result of Groundhog Day
Bounce Energy is providing new customers a reward for guessing correctly whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he arises from hibernation on Groundhog Day, February 2nd, 2013.
January 29, 2013
PPL Sees Large Jump in Growth of Residential Shopping
PPL saw a significant increase in the weekly growth in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply, according to the January 23 stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.
January 28, 2013
Start-up Park Power Launches Service, Relying on Direct Selling
Start-up Park Power has launched service in Pennsylvania.
January 25, 2013
License Briefs
Start-up Park Power Receives Supplier License in New State
January 25, 2013
Pennsylvania Maintains Quarterly Pricing of Default Service at PPL
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a default service plan at PPL for the period June 1, 2013 through May 31, 2015 which retains quarterly adjustments to the Price to Compare for residential and small commercial customers.
January 21, 2013
PPL Sees Return to Residential Shopping Growth
PPL reversed a week-ago decline in residential shoppers and has again recorded growth in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply, according to the January 16 stats from the Pennsylvania PUC.