April 18, 2018
A Pennsylvania ALJ has issued a recommended decision that would adopt, without modification, a settlement concerning revisions to the time of use generation rate program at PPL Electric Utilities, to comply with statutory provisions that require a default service provider to offer TOU rates to…
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April 17, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC granted Freepoint Energy Solutions LLC an expanded electric supplier license to include service to residential and small commercial (under 25 kW) customers at the seven large EDCs, in addition to its prior authority to serve large commercial (over 25 kW), industrial, and…
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April 3, 2018
All of the seven large EDCs in Pennsylvania saw the number of residential customers on competitive supply decline during March versus the February total, with the number of Pennsylvania residential customers on competitive supply declining by nearly 6,300 accounts statewide.
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March 14, 2018
PPL Electric Utilities has filed for approval of a settlement agreement with several parties that would implement a revision to its time of use generation rate program to comply with statutory provisions that require a default service provider to offer TOU rates to customers.
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March 5, 2018
Pennsylvania saw the number of customers on competitive electric supply decline by nearly 10,000 accounts during February, following a similar decline in January
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February 14, 2018
Statewide Decline In Residential Shopping Near 10,000 Accounts Monthly
January 2018 marked the 10th consecutive month that Pennsylvania has seen an aggregate decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply
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February 9, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC issued a final order clarifying the deadlines by which electric generation suppliers (EGSs) must drop participants in PPL Electric Utilities' Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) to default service.
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February 1, 2018
PUC Says Limiting Customer Choice, "Frustrate[s] The Purpose Of The Competition Act" Taking Away Customer's Ability To Choose, "Inherently Anticompetitive," PUC Says
In a written order denying a petition from NRG Energy to implement electricity supplier consolidated billing in Pennsylvania, the PUC made several observations regarding the purpose of the state's Competition Act and electric choice in general, which are of note given other proceedings before the…
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December 29, 2017
Pennsylvania Sees Ninth Consecutive Month Of Declining Aggregate Residential Customers on Competitive Supply
PPL Electric Utilities during December saw its first net monthly decline in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply since April 2017, as all seven of the large Pennsylvania EDCs saw a decline in residential shopping during December
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December 22, 2017
The Coalition for Affordable Utility Service and Energy Efficiency in Pennsylvania (CAUSE-PA) said that they will seek a limitation on the ability of customer assistance program (CAP) customers to take competitive electric supply at the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities, as part of the PUC's review…
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December 11, 2017
In comments on a tentative order from the Pennsylvania PUC which sought to clarify when retail electric suppliers must drop Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers at PPL Electric to default service, now that CAP customers may only shop through a CAP-specific standard offer program, the…
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November 15, 2017
PPL Growth In Shopping Jumps
October was the seventh consecutive month in which Pennsylvania saw a net decline in the number of residential customers on competitive electric supply
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November 9, 2017
New Wave Energy said that it is "immediately" expanding its service to include electricity supply to customers in Pennsylvania, after the company received its Pennsylvania retail electric supplier license yesterday
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November 9, 2017
The Pennsylvania PUC yesterday issued a tentative order proposing to clarify the deadlines by which electric generation suppliers (EGSs) must drop participants in PPL Electric Utilities' Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) to default service.
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November 3, 2017
Small Commercial PTC To Increase
PPL Electric Utilities posted its Prices To Compare for the period December 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018
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November 2, 2017
Also Launches Service In Canada
Ambit Energy announced that it has expanded its service to large commercial and industrial customers to include electricity in Pennsylvania, offering service to C&Is at PPL Electric Utilities, PECO, West Penn Power, Penelec, Met-Ed, Duquesne Light, Penn Power, and UGI.
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October 3, 2017
Monthly Net Decline Again Approaches 10,000; PPL Growth Slows To Near Nil
September was the sixth consecutive month in which Pennsylvania saw a net decline in the number of residential customers on competitive electric supply
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September 20, 2017
Monthly Loss Grows 50%; PPL Only Major EDC To See Growth
Pennsylvania saw the net decrease in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply increase 50% during August, versus the decline seen in July
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August 8, 2017
Pennsylvania saw the net decrease in the number of residential electric customers on competitive supply nearly double during July, compared to the net loss seen in June.
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July 21, 2017
But Net Growth In Residential Shopping At PPL Surges
Repeating a trend seen in May, the month of June saw the largest monthly net decline in number of Pennsylvania residential electric customers on competitive supply since September 2015, though PPL saw the number of residential customers on competitive supply surge
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June 26, 2017
The Pennsylvania PUC has issued a written order directing PPL Electric Utilities to meet with retail electric suppliers concerning operational issues related to the new Customer Assistance Program Standard Offer Program (CAP-SOP), which is the only vehicle for CAP customer shopping at PPL effective…
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June 23, 2017
RESA Says PUC Lacks Authority To Mandate Transfer of Customers From EGS To Default Service
The Retail Energy Supply Association filed a brief with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in support of its appeal of the Pennsylvania PUC's decision which ordered that, effective June 1, Customer Assistance Program (CAP) customers at PPL may only shop through a CAP-specific Standard Offer…
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June 15, 2017
PUC Accepts Withdrawal of PPL's Prior Proposal To Change Implementation Date
The Pennsylvania PUC accepted a motion from Vice Chair Andrew Place which directs PPL Electric Utilities to meet with retail electric suppliers concerning operational issues related to the new Customer Assistance Program Standard Offer Program (CAP-SOP), which is the only vehicle for CAP customer…
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June 6, 2017
But PPL Sees First Residential Shopping Increase Since October 2015
The month of May saw the net decline in number of Pennsylvania residential electric customers on competitive supply more than double versus April 2017, but PPL saw its first net residential shopping growth since October 2015, according to the latest stats on PA Power Switch
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May 24, 2017
An initial decision from a Pennsylvania ALJ would approve a settlement between the Pennsylvania PUC's Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement (I&E or Complainant) and Clearview Electric, Inc. (Clearview or Respondent) under which Clearview would pay $250,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged…
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